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Box 138 - Intrec - Projects - Iran - J-6

 Collection

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is divided into 20 series:

Personal (1938-1997) 201 (Personnel) Files (1942-1970) SAWS (1960s-1982) Journals (1971-1989) World War II Service (1943-1945) Fort Benning I (1945-1946) Berlin (1946-1949) Fort Benning II (1950-1952) Korea (1952-1953) Fort Campbell (1954-1955) Fort Leavenworth (1956-1959) Turkey/NATO (1959-1961) RDTF (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation) (Weapons Systems) (1961-1962) Secretary of Defense Division of System Analysis (1962-1963) Fort Ord (1964-1967) Bureau of the Budget (1967-1969) RAND (1969-1972) Blue Ribbon Panel Intrec (1972-) Miscellaneous Materials Audio-visual materials (1940s-1980s) 1930s-1980s 153 boxes (57 l.f.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1972

Extent

From the Collection: 57.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

J-6 was one of the 7 units reporting to the Chief of the Supreme Commander's Staff, who in turn reported directly to the Shah of Iran. Intrec's J-6 projects focused on the two main elements of the proposed J-6 organization, Communications and Electronics (CEM or C/EM).

In a document dated June 11, 1975, the functions of the Chief of J-6 are the following:

• Coordinated, monitor, revise and integrate the CE projects of all agencies of the Armed Forces. Ensure coordination with TCI [the governmental unit dealing with civilian uses of CEM such as civil aviation].• Coordinate military aspects of CE programs at the technical program management level with the ESD Liaison Office and the J-6 of the ARMISH MAGG; act as the Imperial Iranian Government control authority for the ISD Liaison Office.• Chair the JCRC Committee when meetings are concerned with primarily military programs; attend other meetings of the Committee.• Secure the participation of other elements of SCS, as required.• Maintain files on the status and content of CE projects of each agency of the Armed Forces (and other Civil Aviation and Meteorological Organizations• Advice General Tuofanian on opportunities for in-country production related to CE projects.

There were various projects untaken by the J-6 which are detailed in this collection. Some were Intrec related, others were projects untaken by other companies with Intrec taking a secondary role. There is an extremely detailed history of the inter-relations of the these projects dated March 14, 1975 which attempted to define the overlapping problems of the projects, sub-projects and parallel projects, along with recommendations on how to correct the situation. Authorship of the study is unclear. The initial project was Peace Scepter, which also had a Peace Scepter II phase, and was related to Peace Crown, Peace Crown II, Peace Crown III, Peace Spellout (1965-1968), Peace Ruby (1969-1971), Peace Net (1968-1975), Peace Corona, Peace Alter, Peace Log, and Project Pearl. These projects dealt with a proposed expansion of the existing U.S.-built IIAF [Imperial Iranian Air Force] tropospheric scatter communications system which was to rely on tropo links and to use a computer-controlled multi-level precedence switching system.

Additionally, there were related air-traffic control projects called Seek Sentry (Air Defense Improvement) and Seek Switch (Improvement of national communications).

No attempt has been made to untangle these inter-locking projects. All materials relating to J-6 CEM matters are filed chronologically under the general J-6 heading.

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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