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THE NRO STAFF 30 September 1969 

MEMORANDUM FOR CAPTAIN GEIGER 

SUBJECT: Comments on Mr. Froehlke's Memos on the CDIP/CDIRIS 

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I. Letter to McLucas/Bennett/Gaylor 

a. Responsibilities conflict with those of ExCom. 

The 11 August 1965 DOD/CIA Agreement (summary attached) would 

have to be completely renegotiated. At the 7 August ExCom 

meeting Mr. Packard stated explicitly that "the ExCom should 

continue to function as it has and so should the NRO." (Extract 

from minutes attached) Both of these documents are in direct 

conflict with Mr. Froehlke's memos. For example, he will 

require that Dr. McLucas develop program recommendations for 

him, Mr. Froehlke will determine NRP resource levels, he will 

set the ceiling on the NRP budget, etc. 

b. Requires NRP to submit "Air Staff type papers," 

e.g., POMs (Program Objective Memoranda). Neither the NRO field 

units nor the staff is manned for this workload. 

c. Cross program issue studies will draw on the programs for people. The NRO Staff is not manned for this if it 

is to be a big effort. Also, our travel budget won't support 

the junkets which would likely occur. 

d. Recommend~-~--~~participate in any questions 

related to fiscal guidance/procedures. If DOD/Air Staff procedures ar, farced an the NRO~--~~-~will not be able to 

handle the. I NRP account by himself. 

e. Proliferation of paper will mean greatly expanded 

coordination/reviews by the services and increased exposure of 

the NRP from a security standpoint. We would lose complete 

control of the Byeman billet system, 

f. Many of the new reviewers/coordinators have been 

shut out of the NRP for years and feel they have an axe to 

grind with us. They could be very obstinate and obstructive. 

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2. Memo to Secretaries of Military Departments 

a. The CDIRIS, if reasonably like the Phase II TOD, 

can be prepared by the NRP . .,It appears that the NRO budget 

planning cycles will have toA~escheduledin order to comply 

with submission dates. 

b. New NRP requirements such as the reporting of 

manpower by program will be difficult in view of our current 

organization. 

c. While not mentioned in the memo, current TOD 

data are maintained by CIA Staff. I don't think this information should be available to people who are designing competing 

systems. 

d. As mentioned previously, it is implied that much 

additional paper will be generated by the programs. Specifically, 

PDP's (Program Development Plans), DCP (Development Concept 

Papers) and PCR's (Program Change Requests) are clearly indicated. 

The staff is not manned for this nor is this in conformance 

with one of the major concepts of the NRO structure, streamlined 

management. 

Attachments 

Tab A, Extract from 

ExCom Minutes 

Tab B, DOD/CIA 

Agreement 

Lt Colonel, USAF 

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