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1
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A “Cold Night in Erfurt” described what?

A

Shootdown of USAF T-39 by Soviet. All 3 men died

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2
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When did the cold night in Erfurt occur?

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Jan 28, 1964

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3
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What was the Special Operations Executive?

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Ordered by Churchill- to undermine German’s in countries they occupied.

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4
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When was the Special Operations Executive employed?

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July 22, 1940

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5
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What is meant by the term “special operations forces”?

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small elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate into hostile equipment, on land, sea or air.

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6
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What is the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center?

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Fort Bragg NC. Established during Kennedy administration, JFK was 1st to assign high priority to SPECOPS

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7
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What was the primary task of the US Military Liaison Mission?

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Helping US citizens in Soviet Occupation Zone, including repatriation of defectors

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8
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Define psychological operations, the basic PSYOP function, and the PSYOP radio network.

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  • Involves deception
  • Force multiplier
  • Demoralize population, military, or government
  • Determine US objectives translate them
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9
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What did US Military Liaison Mission involve?

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Soviets concerned logistic support for Potsdam House, exchange of diplomatic notes, social gatherings

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What is the US Army’s active duty PSYOP unit?

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4th POG unit at Fort Bragg

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11
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What is a Biblical account of special operations?


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Joshua sent 2 spies to look at weaponry, guards (number and post change) supplies, enemies of king, height and weight of wall

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12
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What factors are likely to produce an intelligence failure?

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  • Subordination of intel to policy
  • Lack of necessary info
  • Mirror imaging
  • Received opinion
  • Missed opportunities
  • Misunderstanding the enemy
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13
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What is the national intelligence estimate (NIE)? *

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The most authorized documents on a subject

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14
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During the 1982 Able Archer crisis, the KGB in London set what as their indications and warnings index?

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-pattern of work at Prime Minister’s office
-travels of couriers going between key
institutions
-comings and goings of the Prime Minister
and other key officials
-any unusual civil defense measures.

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15
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What are indicators?

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  • Basic intell
  • Periodic reports
  • Intelligence Estimates
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16
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What is Cryptanalysis?

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Breaking of enemy codes and ciphers. The process of solving or breaking codes and ciphers.

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17
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What is a code?

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A word or phrase is replaced by the group of digits or letters found opposite that word or phrase in a codebook

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18
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What is Ground resolution distance?

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the key for measuring quality of a photographic reconnaissance system.

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19
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What are Crateology?

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A reference to signatures. can be productive or misleading.

20
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What were some specific USMLM operations?

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  • Statsi operation
  • Operation Sand Dune
  • Operation mincemeat
21
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What were some specific BRIXMIS operations?

A

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22
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What was the significance of the Zimmerman telegraph?

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  • WWI
  • Create Military alliance so mexico could distract US to go to Europe.
  • Promised land from US.
  • Between Germany and Mexico
  • Caused Woodrow Wilson to arm US merchant ships against German submarines
23
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What was the Soviet interest in maintaining the MLM system after US extended diplomatic relations to East Germany

A

They wanted to remain in Frankfurt

24
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What is an example finished intelligence?

A

Scientific and technical intelligence

25
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What is scientific and technical intelligence?

A

To predict the emergence of new weapons.

26
Q

Define Military Intelligence

A

information about foreign military

establishments

27
Q

What is essential during wartime?

A

determining your own military requirements in peacetime and for planning military operations

28
Q

What is the most basic military finished intelligence?

A

The “order of battle” study

29
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What is the “order of battle” study

A

basic information about an adversary’s

forces.

30
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What is finished intelligence?

A

documents that go to decision-makers.

31
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What drives intelligence into destruction?

A

Politics

32
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What are ciphers?

A

the rule that each letter be replaced by the letter following it in the alphabet.

33
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What were key features of the periods of the history of cryptology?

A

-1st messages had to be encrypted by hand.
-2nd mechanical or electromechanical devices for breaking codes.
-3rd computers are used
to encipher and to decipher messages.

34
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What is basic intelligence?

A

“all source” function and is used to plan for future operations. It is encyclopedic.

35
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What are periodic reports?

A

Deal with special, specific issues that arise without warning or not on a schedule.

36
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What are intelligence estimates?

A

The NIE is the most authoritative documents

on a subject. The CIA NIE on Iraq in the fall of 2002 has been the subject of great debate.

37
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What is the President’s Daily Brief?

A

Agencies act a lot like news media except their audience is governmental decision makers. Best known product. This only goes to president.

38
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What is the Senior Executive Intelligence Brief?

A

Less restricted that President’s Daily Brief. Goes out to SES(?).

39
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How does the USMLM differ from the OSS

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  • USMLM was not covert
  • Wore uniforms
  • Drove marked cars
  • they were a recognized entity
  • They did not recruit agents
40
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Who did not run agents in the west.

A

The Soviets

41
Q

Who was Philippe Marriotti?

A

Adjutant-Chief who was killed when an NVA URAL 375 truck hit his tour car.

42
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Who was Art Nicholson?

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was unarmed was denied medical assistance when shot by Soviet sentry at Ludwigslust

43
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How did the US react to the death of Arthur Nicholson?

A

Nicholson’s body was returned to the States with full military honors met by VP Bush.

44
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How did East Germany and the Soviets respond to Arthur Nicholson’s death?

A

After GDR collapse, Mission veterans

placed wreath at incident site.

45
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What was the guidance on uniforms and vehicles for the USMLM?

A

They wore uniforms drove marked cars

46
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What was the guidance on uniforms and vehicles for the USMLM?

A

They wore uniforms drove marked cars

47
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The intelligence priorities of the USMLM?

A
  • Imminence of Hostilities
  • Equipment details and unit ID
  • Soviet and E. German military activities.

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