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HEADQUARTERS
CONTINENTAL AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
ENT AIR FORCE BASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
16 Sep 1955
CODOI
SUBJECT: (Confidential) Reporting of Intelligence Sightings
by Friendly Nations
TO: Director of Intelligence
Headquarters USAF
Washington 25, D. C.
1. Considerable effort has been expended at both Headquarters USAF
and Headquarters CONAD to develop procedures for reporting vital intelli-
gence sightings which are broader in scope than those presently contained
in JANAP 146(C). Some progress has been made in that reporting by U.S.
aircrew personnel flying over Canada, Greenland, and Iceland is now
authorized. In addition, it is understood that several conferences with
Canadian representatives have been held at Headquarters USAF to draft a
U.S.-Canadian document which will replace JANAP 146(C) and will be
directive in both countries.
2. The adoption by Canada and the U.S. of a common system of
reporting is considered highly desirable, and brings to mind the possi-
bility that other Allied nations might also participate in such an
arrangement. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization in particular may
offer the framework on which such an agreement could be based. It
appears that there is considerable reporting potential in the merchant,
fishing, and whaling fleets of NATO countries operating in the North
Atlantic and contiguous northern seas; in their extensive transatlantic
airline operations; and in the recently inaugurated transpolar operations
of the Scandinavian Airline System. Other factors warranting investiga-
tion include the timeliness and reliability of reporting under a NATO
system.
3. In view of the paramount importance of warning, it is requested
that the feasibility of a NATO reporting system be examined and this
headquarters be advised of your findings.
FOR THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF:
s/ROBERT TAYLOR, 3d
Brig Gen, USAF
DCS/Intelligence
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