\ REFErlRJ\L IIOTICE .. -DATE .-n-t~J~f~J-o-A~t u "'O nep o t' t Assistant Chief of Staff, I ntP.lligence MC IN X% f\fCINY .. fCINX3 Af'CIIl X~ TYPE OF AC"r I ON AI'PRO?RI~r \ CVI ON PRE;> ARM I ON OF AI' PR OPR I ATE FO~'IfARD I HG COl'litESPONOENCE lriF'ORMATICN ON YrHICH TO BAS REPL Y A CTI ON ASSI GNED T01 CS/1 HAS/HAS NOT SEEN NOT!: AND RE ll;;>'i ltoFO~\IATIOo; .;,o/JR FII.E PREPARA(IO'j OF R!-.PLY ( f o r l~nJttuo o f I.CSf!ntoll ),lence) PRE.P\RATIMi OF RfPL Y (for all/nature of Dttputy, ACS/Intel/JIIen<: ) PREPA't.\TION OF Rt:PLY (for ,.JJn~tturo I COOHOINATIO' AFCIHX HAS ORIGINAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFOR\1.\TION CO:-lTACT ( jndicatct lltt:na ond oxten:Jion) IUFORII\TIO'i COPI ES FORWARO:.O TO: OIR~CT REPLV (1it~ CO?Y to 1 . Attached is a n action by your o :ffice 1nqu1.ry from the ACS/I for immediate 2. Request rpur-answ be route d through AFCIN-X by Jl !ncL: .w.r tr0a 1006 :ISS, 2~ Jun (~O~F) 2 cys GCL'J'IEL, USAF GffiCE, ~SSISTA~T CHIEF OF SUFF, il~IN:ZCZCSQE469ZCQ YC63l J)~ R .JWZSB 17~ FM COMAI~DIVDIF 28 ;:-;r CMMDR A1IC ( UNCLASSIFIED) 280ID 5226. f OR AFCIN-4I G CONFIRMING TELICQN BETWEEN SGT BOLIEU, YMUR HQ, AND SGT GREER REFERENCE UNITED A!x LINES SIGHTING 18 JUN 59 AT 12132. THIS HQ HAS BEEN UNABLE TO BOTAIN EITHER CONFIRMAriON OR DENIAL OF ANY MISSILE FIRING ON THE ABOVER DATE. SUGGEST OFFtCER OF N.~VAL INTELLIGENCE AS SOURCE FOR DE~IRED INFO. ~!/1906Z JULY ~J~zqa \'lift ' pf I !\I NOI :.C ~PllCIAL. IN51TrtU CTION'f I~illiC .... l llON rH li":>'' ACC.S l"l.J FOR't I ':l, 1 <)C1 oi\'J, \VdiCH Wll .. l . 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IHFOR~ATION 4h0/0 R FILE COOI!OIHATIOtt Olll!CT REi'LY ( lth copy to PREPfiRATIOH OF REPLY ( f or in~ture o f D~puty, ACS/Intell ~nc) pqEPA~ATIOH OF REPLY ( f or e lSnatur<~ I INFORMATION COPIES FOR~AROEO TO: <':OOkOINAT ION ( Tnltlttle, l.lut """"'e nd Grad~) SICfi>\(URE '-!" _._ Q-85 PR" VIOUS EOI T IO'!S OF ntiS FO;t~ AilE OII,OLE:T[ . 1006TH AIR INTELLIGENCE StWYICE SQTJADHON U N I TI:':O STA'fES AIR FORCE FORT B ELVOIR VIRGIN I A L C:-~ief' or St<1f'f) lnV~lli1, LtCol '!cCorti (r .. ~cJ ~:-1) rters) lJ-)JiF l . In co:npli "ln rrlth V~I'~.:ll l'Ct' lCo:i L of L.t:.Col ''e:~O!'f~' $I .J r l 1 , trw p:.lot o" l ri.l-:~d .'\irlircn ~'li.vht .;y., H~..; .Lnt,cl'vLv:T~d on 2r., .JJrtO 19">9 .1 .J t ... ., b. l;hcnc to chis ur.. t . a. 'c:;...:ri;.ticn of Ob,iecvs: IntcPse blui!>:-:-1hitc. 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