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RELAU/OPA/iESCGC
SIC ABA/IOC
PERSONAL FOR CINCS FROM GEN W.Y.SMITH-, COFS
S U B J E C T : AIR DEFENCE R E A C T I O N TO POLISH S I T U A T I O N
1- -CNS} IF THERE IS ARMED I N T E R V E N T I O N IN POLAND-, THE POLISH
NATION F1AY RESIST AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT POLES MAY DEFECT
BY AIR AND SEA TO NATO AND NON-WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES- RUSSIAN
AND OTHER WARSAW PACT FORCES WILL PROBABLY ATTEMPT TO STOP

DEFECTORS.
E- -CNS> IT-^IS ASSESSED THAT RAISING THE FORMAL NATO ALERT STATE
PRIOR TO THE T I M E O F I N T E R V E N T I O N WOULD BE P R O V O C A T I V E - HOWEVER-,
AN I N C R E A S E IN A I R DEFENCE READINESS MAY BE N E C E S S A R Y :
A- I F WARSAW PACT AIR FORCES COME TO A HIGH STATE O F
READINESS.
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B. IF THE POSSIBILITY OF POLISH DEFECTIONS BY AIR IS ADJUDGED TO
DECLASSIFIED - PUBLIC DISCLOSURE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ - MISE EN LECTURE PUBLIQUE

BE H I G H . T0 ,
3. -CNS> MSCS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO RAISE THE PEACE TIME ALERT
P O S T U R E OF AIR DEFENCE FIGHTER AND SAM FORCES AT SHORT NOTICE
AND TO I M P L E M E N T ON SACEUR ORDER.
M- -CNSI UITH REGARD TO I N T E R C E P T I O N OF POSSIBLE DEFECTORS-, AND
P O S S I B L E UARSAU PACT PURSUERS OF DEFECTORS-, THE CURRENT RULES OF
E N G A G E M E N T A R E TO B E RIGIDLY ENFORCED UITH THE FOLLOWING A M P L I ­
FICATIONS:
A. OVER I N T E R N A T I O N A L WATERS -> AIRCRAFT MAY BE INTERCEPTED AND
SHADOWED BUT NATO FIGHTERS A R E NOT TO I N T E R V E N E IF POLISH A I R ­
CRAFT A R E ATTACKED BY OTHER WARSAW PACT FORCES-
B- IN NATO AIRSPACE-, WARSAW PACT FIGHTERS ATTACKING POLISH AIR­
CRAFT A R E TO BE CONSIDERED P E R F O R M I N G A HOSTILE ACT AS LAID DOWN
IN NATINAD A-PPENDIX E TO ANNEX E-, PARA 10 A. {E>-
C- IN NO CASE A R E NATO FIGHTERS TO PURSUE WARSAW PACT AIRCRAFT
INTO WARSAW PACT TERRITORY-

5- -CNSI W H E R E V E R P O S S I B L E DEFECTORS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LAND

AT MILITARY AIRFIELDS- HOWEVER-, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE ARMED-,
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b. { N S I F Y I S A C E U R H A S R E Q U E S T E D D E P L O Y M E N T OF FOUR -CM} US

AUACS A I R C R A F T . O P E R A T I O N A L C O N C E P T A N D I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R T I E -

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7. <NS> F O R C I N C N O R T H : I N R E C O G N I T I O N OF P A R T I C U L A R A I R

D E F E N S E S I T U A T I O N I N D A N I S H T E R R I T O R Y ^ S U G G E S T Y O U D I S C U S S HANDL­

I N G OF P O S S I B L E A I R C R A F T D E F E C T O R S U I T H CHODDEN.

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