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I. VE HAVE PONDERED THE THOUGHT OF A SOVIET ATTEfPT TO RECOVER 

HXRV #3( 1201-3) IN THE EVENT VE DECIDE TO ABANDON THE SCENE'OR 

A SHORT PERIOD OR PERMANENTLY. HERE ARE OUR FINDINGS, THOUGHTS 

AND CONSIDERATIONS. 

A. WHAT INTEREST AND CAPABILITY VOULD THE SOVIET HAVE IN 

RETRIEVING 1201-31 . 

(I> INTEREST --- OBVIOUSLY GREAT. 

(I) CAPABILITY -- IT APPEARS THAT THERE COULD BE A SOVIET CAPABILITY 

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ENTITLED. ·OCEANOLOGY -USSR AND COMMUNIST CHINA.·' ITEMS DESCRIBED 

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THE VESSEL SEVER-2 WHICH THE SOVIETS CLAIN HAS A 6.1. roOT DEPtH 

AND MANlPULATORARNS FOR DEEP RETRIEVAL HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1968. 

THE DSB-II AND 8-11 VESSELS, BELIEVED TO BE UNDERGOING nSTS IN 

THE SOVIET mUON. ARE CAPABLE TO DEPTHS 0' 33.981 FEET. INFORMATION 

CONCERNING MANIPULATOR ARMS ON THESE TVO VESSELS IS UNKNOWN HERE. 

RECENTLY IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE SOVIETS ARE PURCHASING 

VESSELS, WITH MAINPULATOR ARMS, IN VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA. THESE 

VESSELS ARE DESTINED FOR SOVIET AGOR·S (OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SHIPS) 

Be AS YOU KNOW TJfE SOVIETS. IT AL. HAVE THE SAME TERRITORIAL 

RIBKTS I N THE OCEAN AS VEe I F WE ABA~1)ON THE SITE THEY CAN PtOVE 

IN. E.G., THEY HAVE BEEN STATION KEEPING DIRECTLY OVER THE DOWNED 

SOVIET NOVERSER CLASS SUBMARINE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC FOR OVER A 

1!ARANO A HALF. THEY MAINTAIN ONE SHIP AT THE POlIn' CONSTANTLY. 

PRESUllBAIi. Y TO PRECLUDE ANY U. S.EFFORT TO RECOVER HARDVARE FROIf 

THIS SOVIET SUMARINE. 

2. SUGGISTI OMS. 

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B. IF VE ABANDONSITI WITHOUT ACHIEVINB THE OBJECTIVE, WI 

SHOULD PERFORM ALL ACTIONS THAT MAKE IF APPEAR AS IF WE HAVE 

R£TRElvm 1201-3 INCLUDING THOSE COMPIUNICATIONS WHICH WOULD BE 

ORDINARILY NEEDED FOR, ADDITIONAL LOGISTICS FOR SUPPORTING AND 

COMPLETING THE MISSION SUCCESSFULLY AND CONGRATULATIONS. 

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