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SECURITY INFORMATION
To The President - 4
As to the Polaris systems, my understanding is that none of these
systems would be operational until 1960 at the earliest; and that
date appears over-optimistic to (us.
2
There follow the figures given us by Mr. Dulles as to the Russian
?
position:
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
TO.
6 launchings,
4 impacts in
1957 to date,
ranges 3500 mi.
or more
Maybe 10
Additional
operation-
number,
al @ 5500
500
estimated
mi. in this
operational
to be oper-
year.
ational,
not given.
10 oper-
ational
500 oper- -
ational
)
As presented, we believe the above CIA estimate vastly understates
Soviet testing to date. Even so, however, it predicts a greatly
superior operational Soviet ICBM force, from 1960 through 1962, as
compared with the actual program of the United States.
This latter program follows:
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
3 @ 600-800
Approx. 100
24 Atlas
65 oper- -
120-130
miles.
test flights
oper-
ational
oper-
2
@ 2600 mi.
of Atlas &
ational
Atlas,
ational
Titan sched-
capability.
plus
Atlas &
10
more Atlas
uled for
Polaris
some
Titan &
and 1 Titan
$59-160
possibly
Titans
Polaris
test this
period.
operational. and
year
None fully
Polaris
operational.
Electrostatic reproduction made
for preservation purposes by he
Eisenhower Library for reor
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