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: 44....reciate your ?tempt ectioe to disligeatIas General Greer es "Mr. mar-,

ac osianlisteles cop priority for the assignment of slis needed assisteata?

a• s-..mos• ssed is your COWY:DZIITZAL - ILLS a memorandum 11 4 August 1960.

is so. .perating as Tic. Cammeadar, MIND, for Space Security.

Satellites. ugliest. for prnposals have gone out and ve wive triefad ths .

C /*',Of!:?• relative to the requireernts of the I-6 Program; and the eesse:

su.c.ss#11 is seturels. Wilting payload* to eartlWall add to fivr CORMOWNIL

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tar 'our consideration, I want to give you O few SOTO thomests as

T 614 ;T7C11111 to OOLObatial a Selene* Advisory Cammittmio en gem* is a role .47 •

t:r SAMCS similar to tteV $emosms Committee as ballistic missiles.

Idea :is 'r create a Netter freem criticism which we (meet from civilise

cAmMt!CO*0 such as tile lu•s beaded by Dr. Wise amd Dr. Meer, tOCIRNII• 1t

se se difficult and time consuming for key Air Poem personnel to taunter. .

".• tTIOttCSOISS of such committees. In this conneetIrs we can expect the

4,07:OCIP defection of SSA pummel to give impetus to inrestigatiome

and revives of entelligeece and intelligent* systems. This lends further

udipbt t. the Idea of establiebine the propased committee. Ultimo • ..?•:.-AO

Science Adviser, Committee convulsed of members esevatible to tbe severathr

sotetested egenties would funttLam as a buffer, would facilitate solution

of ens, of the technical and vested interest problems with which ea are

confronted and. perhaps, most ingmetamt, would demosetrate Air Peres

Initiative in developing SAMOS to serve Lb. variety of national purposes

uf which it is cereals. This could help to coveter, in the taelplatt

4V:sr's, any charges that lb. Air Puree is attemptiag to bold SOSo • .:;.erus

...me its own parochial purposes. Isis latter consideration mild be

APT!, swiftest and could ergots the reguirelerut to reaffirm AIDC's elharter::*0

ts• conduct af ese ;reptea. -44

CONCAPT% ourselves with the worldwide trivia of the forth-.

emo lartnPle of tte first 1 SANDS satellite any scheduled for

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4 October. This falls within the time apse netbesest United Nations!

Assembly Keating ditch commeeces on or about 20 September. Wecei expect

the luselens to launch mother propegoode attack during this meeting,

which will be designed to further UMW& S. istelligeact etfcrts,

:. Thy loss of the 0emeters, the C-2 and the recent S-47 tn:Icelt !Ave reform's:zed ibo urgescy of • successful sad timely oehinvomr-.t

graph:: amd electronic recoseaLseence of the Soviet Boise and ether denied

areas.

A •ucc•ssful SAMOS leach shortly after casemate' of toe U. No General

t;G SoFtemher MO). would provide the C. S. eo4 other Western

ur • met' • ort • 4sea.!da vt:tory and strusgthea the posit::: zf the Vest

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.. Commuriot • coitivs, toe the other toad, eight he wake to 'y ouch a

drfoLiTeret and could result in a more conciliatory Soviet at This

could conceivably serve to Lessem the asistiag Seat •ifest tOnliaMS.

4. A successful SAMOS lemechteg could be portrayed as a scientific develop.

owl! which could servo Or purposes of furthering disarmament %y denoestrating

an tmepeetion amd oneltorimg capability for certain specific area torero'

prorwsals.

Lt like meaner the SAMOS could be portrayed as en effertivt. cite ttt.wtioc

toward an opus writ' and thereby further servo to reduce existing taosions.

t. One of the Soviet limes of attach at the V. We prltatly will ► e to cm-.

ttnue to play the 0-2 theme. A'successful laumch of SAMOS could coolers

sects nights (C-2) would be umeecessary to the future and could deflate

rh► Soviet bombast.

7. The SAMOS lamachlog should be considered as a normal, tftutilf domainsort is out research and development ptogram6 Amy decision rc delay the

leutctise would require a eabsequest positive decision as to whom the

elprnrtate time eight wait to re-establish a Launch data. Such a subsena.= 4.cisioe might be bard to obtain inasmuch as • :ndsiment would be

'squired as to the "right' time. Coeceivibly, a continuing slipcase could

occur in armlets. at such a positive decision and we weld find on.elves

to a silvan's, elation to that existing in the c y st cessation negettatiftfts

where tie have for a prolonged period of time beau amble to test nuclear

weapons.

b. There is a good possibility that the Soviets mmy oat choose to react

temediataly to a O. S. recoonaissamee satellite. This bas bees abitten:rd

i! the past by the tact that the Soviets haw* made so formal rrt•est abut

TfkOS (1171 l004-40). The Soviets might deliberately adopt 0.'041 a ptstti.ms

t n •r4•t not to give further rerugsitioc t: such • r. S. artiewaueat.

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speciallyvecomnsissence activities. this attack, together with pressures

whiz% say ortginate within the framework of our pun Gavercsait e. frees

utlic oplaion must sot be parnitted to delay or 1.2tArfe!fr wit% ?It?

s: voided launching for the following reasons!
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