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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 16 Jdne 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (POLICY)

SUBJECT: Proposed DOD Directive on the NRO

REFERENCE: Your Memorandum, Subj: Implementation of

Order 12036, dtd 9 June 1978

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As I told you during our discussion on Friday, 16 June..

I am forwarding herewith our recommended changes to the proposed DOD Directive on the NRO. Two major factors were

considered in redrafting the directive:

The role that you and Gerry Dinneen play as

principal staff assistants to the Secretary of Defense for

the NRP is clearly delineated.

The directive is carefully written in order

not to impinge on the established DCI prerogatives. with

respect to the NAP (e.g., tasking and security policy).

I think the enclosed draft strikes a balance between

the need to recognize the present organizational environment

and the necessity to make the directive on the NRO as definitive as possible with respect to the functions and responsibilitie

of the DERO.

.I am pleased that you agree with the suggested changes we

 have made to the draft directive. The two suggestions that you

Defense's authority as specified in the Executive Order 12036

made during our meeting (the inclusion of the Secretary of

and the clarification of SIGINT satellite operations) have been

included.

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The directive as it stands is a good one and I believe

 we can operate successfully under its provisions.

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PROPOSED CHANGES

(Changes in italics, page numbers keyed to DUSD (Policy) draft) •

Page 1, para II., first paragraph, line 4. Recommend the

second sentence be modified to read: "The Director win mvort

dimatlyto tlisSoorstary ofDsfsnse and will be responsible for consolidation of all Department of Defense reaomaissonce satellite

projects for intelligence, geodesy and mapping imagery and

acadatits electronic signal collection into . . 6

Rationale: Phrase is added to clearly delineate the direct

line of authority from the Secretary of Defense to the DNRO.

The word reconnaissance is added to differentiate mapping,

charting and geodesy support provided by the NRO from that

provided by NASA: The word satellite is added to clarify

electronic signal collection as satellite only.

Page 2, para. II., first paragraph, lines 4 through 10.

Recomiend the last three sentences of pare II. be deleted:

"These are . . . . to stated requirements."

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3. Page 2, para II., first paragraph. Recommend the following

sentence be added: "ft Director shall easeider the needs of sdiitaty

open:Wend fimmmw in the formaation and imptanststation of the Program.

Rationale: The DNRO has no'collection tasking responsibility and hence cannot •ensure appropriate satellite reconnaissance support to deployed military operational forces."
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The sentence, as modified, recognizes the expending NRO

interfaces and stipulates the need for the IRO to be

Cognizant of the requirements of military operational forces.

This sentence is in the latest DUSO(P) draft under relation--

ships. It is more appropriately included under II.,

Organization and Responsibility.

4. Page 2, pima III. A. 1. Recommend para. A. 1. be deleted

and the following paragraphs inserted:

"2. Work directly with the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Cammunicatime, Command, Control, and intelligence) on programs and budgets, the

Deputy Nader Secretary of l:0one* (Policy) on requirements, security, and

prioritise. These two officials are principal staff assistants to the

Secretary of Defense for the Rational Reconnaissance Program and the

Director will respond as appropriate to special tasks approved by these

officials.

Provide quarterly reports to the Department ofDefimmuternspector

General on Intelligence concerning the legality and propriety of NRO

collection activities.

keep the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptrotler) informed

on overall budget mztters."

Rationale: As the recommended wording is paraphrased from

the 6 March 1978 memorandum, it is believed that it reflects

8 the spirit and intent of the DUSD(P) and AM (C 3I) relationship

with respect to the DWRO. The addition of the paragraph on

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the Department of Defense Inspector General on Intelligence

recognizes this role in oversight of the N.

S. Page 2, pars III. A. 2. Recommend this paragraph be

redesignated 4. and be changed to read: Worm other . . . ."

vice "Similarly inform . . . ."

Rationale: Consistency.

Page 2, pars III. A. 3. Recommend the following changes

to the paragraph: ". • . the Defense Intelligence Agency,

and the Deense84,641Agamw."

Rationale: Reference to NSA is deleted and phraseology from •

pare IV. A.. 3. describing the NSA and NRO relationships is

included .as new paragraph II/. A. 6. DMA has requested they

be added to this paragraph. NRO concurs.

Page 3, pars III. A. S. Recommend pars be deleted.

Rattionale: The requirement for considering the needs of

military operational forces more appropriately belohgs under

pars II., Organisation and Responsibility.

8. Page 3, pars III. n., second sentence. Recommend sentence

beginning The Director will respond . . . ." be deleted.

Rationale: A slight modification in wording is included

in paragraph III. A. 1.

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Page 3, para. III., last sentence. Recommend the following--

phrase be added to the end of this.paragraph: ". . . concerned

although these staff elements wilt not participate in these project matters

swept as he specifically requests and these project. will not be aubjeci

to 710211.2Z Dwartment of Defense review .wept as specified in pare III.

A. 1. and 2. above."

Rationale: The inclusion of this phraseology continues

a long-standing policy and is essential to ensure the continued

streamlined operation of the NRO.

Page 4, pare IV. A. 3. Recommend the following phrases

be added to this paragraph: . . of satellite reconnaissance,

and rommaissevmw satellite-related mapping and geodesy matters,

including managing the researoh demp Iommntoomplisitim, and operation

ofbothinverycoldimaeiMe electronic signal projects . . . ."

Rational: The word reconnaissance added to differentiate

between NRO support to mapping, charting and geodesy cgmmunity

' and not provided by NASA. This phrase provides clear delineation

of the DNRO's authority in the area of operational control over

NRP satellites. This clarification is consistent with pare

1-1202(a) of E.O. 12036 as well as pare VI. A. 1. of the

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proposed DOD Directive 9100.20 on NSA. The word photographic

is changed to imagery for consistency. The word satellite is

added for clarification.

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Page 4, pars IV. A. 3., second sentence. Recommend the •

following sentence be included as pars III. A. 6.: 'Tor

matter* related to satellite collected MGM the Dtrector,119-11110

and the Director, NSA, will work in coordination."

Rationale:. Nbrding which indicates , the NRO/NSA relationshipismore suitably included under pare III., Relationships.

Page 5, pars VI. B. Recommend the paragraph be rewritten

as follows: ". . . National Reconnaissance Program will be

subject to special ovativis inappropriate aompartanentedepten(s),

except in thoweirmstammelmmificanyampteiby 1:64-Director

National lteconnaissance Office . . . ."

Rationale: This wording, which is taken from the 1964

DoD Directive on the NRO, was selected at that time, to enable

publication at the TOP SECRET non-compartmented level. Although

DIA ha411111111Fecurity responsibility for all other DOD intel-

; ligence activities, references to Director, DIA cognizance over

thptem, when it applies to the NRP, are inappropriate.

Responsibility for security policy which encompasses timilly

system rests with the DCI. Per thillillirontrol System

1• Manual and the still-operative 1965 DepSecDef/DCI Agreement

on the NRP, the responsibility for the operation of

system has been delegated directly from the DCI to the DNRO.

13. Page 5, pare VI. R. Recommend the following phrase be

deleted: ". . . or the Deputy Under Secretary (Policy) acting

for the Secretary of Defense."
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Rationale: This provisionis not a restraining provision.

It would be Operative only in a circumstance which would make

security practices more lenient. Such determinations can best

be made by the DNRO in accordance with published DCI guidelines.

Responsibility for exceptions to thallartem is the explicit

responsibility of the DNRO in coordination with the DCWAIWAIIP

Control System Manual).

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE

164-NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE

REFERENCES: (a) DoD Directive TS 5105.23, subject as above;

dated March 27, 1964 (hereby cancelled).

Executive Order 12036, "United States

Intelligence Activities," January 26, 1978

Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum of

March 6, 1978, "Implementation of Executive

Order 12036"

GENERAL

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of

Defense and the provision, of the National Security Act

of 1947, as amended, including the Department of Defense

Reorganization Act of 1958, a I-Si-National Reconnaissance

Office is hereby established as an operating agency of

the Department of Defense, under the direction and

supervision of the Secretary of Defense.

ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY

The 461 National Reconnaissance Office will be organized

separately within the Department of Defense under a

--(S-). Director, National Reconnaissance Office, appointed

by the Secretary of Defense. The Director will report

directly to the Secretary of Defense and will be responsible for consolidation of all Department of Defense

reconnaissance satellite projects for intelligence,

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-TOMEgeodesy and mapping imagery, and satellite electronic .

signal collection into a single program, defined as the

114-National Reconnaissance Program, and for the complete management and conduct of this Program in accordance

with policy guidance and decisions under the direction,

operation, control, and fiscal management of the Secretary

of Defense. The Director shall consider the needs of

military operational forces in the formulation and

implementation of the Program.

III. RELATIONSHIPS 

A. In carrying out his responsibilities for the

-ES)-National Reconnaissance Program, the

410 Director, National Reconnaissance Office shall:

Work directly with the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Communications, Command, Control, and

Intelligence) on programs and budgets, the

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

on requirements, security, and priorities. '

These two officials are the principal staff

assistants to the Secretary of Defense for

the National Reconnaissance Program and the

Director will respond as appropriate to special

tasks as approved by these officials.

Provide quarterly reports to the Department of

Defense Inspector General on Intelligence
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concerning the legality and propriety of

NRO collection activities.

Keep the Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller) informed on overall budget

matters.

Inform other Department of Defense personnel

as he may determine necessary in the course

of carrying out specific project matters.

5. Establish appropriate interfaces between the

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-lei-National Reconnaissance Office and the

National Foreign Intelligence Board, the Joint

Chiefs of Staff, the .Defense Intelligence Agency

and the Defense Napping Agency.

Work in coordination with the Director, NSA

on matters related to satellite collected SIGINT.

Where appropriate, make use of qualified personnel of services and agencies of the Department

of Defense as full-time members of the -(S-)- National

Reconnaissance Office.

B. Officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense,

military departments, and other DOD agenciershall

provide support within their respective fields of

responsibility, to the lit-Director, National

Reconnaissance Office, as may be necessary for the

Director to carry out his assigned responsibilities
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will report directly to the-WA- Director, National

Reconnaissance Office. The -fet Director, National

Reconnaissance Office, will be given support as

required from normal staff elements of the militaty

'departments and agencies concerned, although these

staff elements will not participate in these project

matters except as he specifically requests and these

projects will not be subject to normal Department

of Defense review except as specified in para III. A.

1. and 2. above.

IV. AUTHORITIES 

The-{Si-Director, National Reconnaissance Office,

in connection with his assigned responsibilities

for the -(0)- National Reconnaissance Office and

the -M-National Reconnaissance Program, is hereby

specifically delegated authority subject to the

direction, operation, control and fiscal management

of the Secretary of Defense to:

Organize, staff, and supervise the-tiff National

Reconnaissance Office.

Establish, manage and conduct the {f4-National

Reconnaissance PrOgram.

3. Assist the Secretary of Defense in the supervision of satellite reconnaissance, and

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reconnaissance satellite-related mapping and

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geodesy matters, including managing the research,

development, acquisition, and operation of both

imagery and satellite electronic signal projects,

and be his direct representative on these matters

both within and outside the Department of Defense.

4. Review all.Department of Defense budget requests

and expenditures for any items falling within

the definition of the4S4- National Reconnaissance

Prograe, including studies and preliminary

research and development of components and

techniques to support such existing or future

projects.

S. Other authorities specifically delegated to the

444-Director, National Redonnaissance Office,

by the Secretary of Defense will be referenced

in numbered enclosures to this directive.

V. PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS •

All projects falling within the definition of the

-46}-National Reconnaissance Program are assigned to

that program and will be managed as outlined herein

unless specific exception'is made by the-I-Si-Director,

National Reconnaissance Office. Announcement of any

such exceptions will be made by numbered enclosures

to this directive.

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VI. -SECURITY

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The 464-Director, National Reconnaissance Office

will establish the security procedures to be

followed for all matters of the-I-Si-National

- . Reconnaissance Program, including suitable •

unclassified names and functions to protect all

elements of the 48)-National Reconnaissance Office.

All communications pertaining to matters under the

-464-National Reconnaissance Program will be subject

to special controls in appropriate compartMented

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control systems(s), except in those instances

specifically exempted by -f9)--Director, National

Reconnaissance Office.

C. With the single exception. of this directive, no

mention will be made of the following titles or

their abbreviations in any document which is not

controlled under the special security contr61

system(s) referred to in B. above: - 464- National

Reconnaissance Program; AEI- National Reconnaissance

Office. Where absolutely necessary to refer to the

19} National Reconnaissance Program in communications not controlled under.the prescribed special

security systems, such reference will be made by

use of the terminology: "Office for the collection

of specialized intelligence through reconnaissance

programs."

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EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Directive is effective upon publication.

CANCELLATION

Reference (a) is hereby cancelled.

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Deputy Secretary of Defense memorandum of March 6, 1978,

'Implementation of Executive Order 12036.'

DoD Directive TS 5105.23, subjeCt as above,-dated

March 27, 1964 (hereby cancelled)

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GENERAL.

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Defense and the provisions of the National Security Act

of 1947, as amended, including the Department of Defense

Reorganization Act of 1958, a -CO-National Reconnaissance

Office is hereby established as an operating agency of

the Depactment of Defense, under the direction and super-

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techniques to support such existing or future projects.

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program and will be managed as outlined herein unlesi

specific exception is made by the (S+- Director, National

Reconnaissance Office. Announcements of any such .

exceptions will be made by numbered enclosures to, this

directive.

VI. SECURITY

A. The -Mt-Director, National Reconnaissance Office

will establish the security procedures to be followed

for all matters of the National Reconnaissance

Program, including suitable unclassified names and

functions to protect all elements of the fel-National

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EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Directive is effective upon publication.

CANCELLATION 

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