, ‘\ PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMCVED HEADCUARTERS TASK GROUP 7,7 JOINT TLSK FORCE SEVEN APO 197 (11O") 6/o PCSTLASTER SAN FIRUNCISCO, CALIFCANIA 312 JF. L944 11 Mareh 1954 Cars nnerr, Insk Groun 7.4 Joint Task Force Seven £P0 197, c/n Postraster Sen Fresncisco, Caliternic Desr _ Thenk you fer your lcttcr of 3 lorch BUVO sarpliny :ission on’? sus; cstions“-s recor, you ury bo interosto’ in the 2ate. scaiyple * ontericl collected’ by the airernft 1954 recucstin: ccrmonts cn tho to the :dssions te come. Fer tho in appen ix I which represent the in BRAVO, Ycu will note that only two cireraft returned with less than 10 fissions, This achicvun:cnt is emphasize Sy tho fact that cn IKE Shot only four cf tho twelve sauplincz F84G cireraft returned with nero than 101° fissicns, while in KING Shct, nene of then collecte! this cmcunt. 9 I wish to reply to your specific questcns as follows: Tho RB~36 wes in :csiticn at 60 noutical riles ct 130° eziruth fru zcro point -n initicl position as rcqucstel by Preject 11.2 and a reed to by Preject 9.1. The pressure altitule was 37,500 fect rather than the 40,000 fort recuested, b. Apart fren multiple leyers cf intervenin: cirrus clout lyin: in the benks in the scuthecst que rent, this pcsiticn satisficc the “i- rectin: copability roquira:cnt. O epproech te initial pesition st a pressure altitude of 37,500 fect, wo wore flyinz in an“ out cf the tep of the widdle cirrus leycr. iftor ecrpletin: the phote mission mancuver, wo raze a2 180° turn (to tho risht) snd clinbc”® t 42,000 foot vrossure -ltitu’e. ie cloarent the tep cf the cirrus by appsroxinatcly 1,000 fect turin: return te apposition seuth cf zcre print ant ronezvcus with the reconnzaissnec aircraft (Sniffers), Threuchcut the tine recuire* te ve te this s-utheorly positicn, cur view of the leteils cf the elvut bclew 60,000 fect was chseure? by the censclitaticn cf the upper anc sittle Isyers of cirrus in its vicinity. Theso circu istcnecs ccused us initiclly to evelucte the prebale success cf the sci -plin.; rission cs very ror. The rission weuld have beon a failure if the \B-36 hed not beon able finelly te find « position unter the cverhanin: cleut fro which « relatively clcar vicw of it lowor perticns coul* be w:rintainel. If the Sniffers hat spnrenchel Y CO, 7 ye A ge TAB NO, 5 (1) 32,