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Dear Bob: 

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WASHINGTON; O~C. 

:1 December 1967 .. -. 

This is in response to your memorandum of ,October 12, 

19,67 (BYE-55045-67) concerning the LM&SS Program Termination. 

The Director, Central Intelligende has.~ecently . approved the findings and 'recommendations of a special ~tudy 

g~oup which addressed Recommendation #7 of the NSAK 156 Ad Hoc 

Committee's report of 11 July 1966', "Political" and ·Security .t.. spects of Non-Military Applications' ~f Satellite Earth 

Sensing,." Under the policy established by this DCI action 

:he ITEK (-9) mapping camera can be decontrolled and used by 't~le NASA as an unclassified i tem, provided it, 1s used in . ~.!cordance with basic NSAM 156 limitations and p:rovided that 

'the covert development and prior in.telligence applications 

of th~ camera are positiv~::'y protect,eQ from disclosure. The 

ITEK (-9) camera and descriptive documentation can be de-, 

classified, but the flight history of this equipment and the 

flight qualification· data cannot be revealed except under BYEM&~ securitycont~ol under a code word different from 

UPWARD. ! I realize that the value of the camera hardware to 

NASA is enhanced by knowledge of the flight qualification record,and I am prepared to supply these data to two or 

three NASA officials whose pOSitions of authority will permit them to 'use the data a.dvantageously, and who.·will be 'ablfit ' 

to positively prevent queries by NASA personnel to lTEK for 

development or flight qualific.tion information,~· Mr.'Mazza, 

the NROStaff Assistant for Security,work1ng under the super-· .visiou of General Berg, has been instructed to prepare terms 

of refe~ence for the decontrol and declassification ot. the 

,: :..mera eqUipment and for the actlons necessary to prevent' .h'4authorized disclosure ,of the camera's history.' 

I have been advised that Mr. Mazza has already begun 

.:legotia tions with Messrs. Williamson, Krueger ,'and Sweet of 

:rASA, on tbe security aspects of the LM&8S te,~m:i.nation, ~nd 

will develop sec:uri ty in$:truct1"on~ to be given all?i4SA .~er;",:. 

sonnel ::0 be d.ebriefed =::-0111 this aC-:,ivitJ. ."" .. 

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I propose that the classified hardware and documenta~' 

tion from this program will be maintained and stored by the 

Director, SAFSP. The BYEMAN/UPWARD documents at NASA.headquarters required' forhistor'ical documentation would 'be 

retained, but all BYEMAN documentation at NASA centers would 

be turned back to SAFSP. The UPWARD code word would continue 

to be used for control of this material; however, the number 

of personnel cleared would be greatly ~.duc.d.Th. compo81- ~ion of document files to be retained by NASA h~adquarters" 

and SAFSP, .can be. negotiated' between NROStafii NASA, and 

SAFS.P. . . I ' 

It may be advisable to eliminate or change the UPWARD ,,! 

,code word at some future date; however I this w·ill require ' ." .' .":.:. '.:. 

further study and need not interfere with the. orderly termina~;,;. >. 

tion of the current LM&SS program •. For. the immediate future,.:< .".: 

I intend to retain the . UPWARD cqmpar:tmentation for c~Dtro,l' ot. '>:" 

the UM&SS program documentatio~. . :.' 

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: ~ concur" w'i th the proposed' posture 'paper' and. internal . guid~:4ce memorandum' which you··a. ttached as Enclosure 2 to your 

lettel". :: also ~oncur in your proposal .. on the. public informa-. tion~~ aspects of. the LM&SS terminatiQn. 

HANDLE VIA 

Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr. 

Deputy 'Administrator 

National Aeronautics. 

and Space Administration Wa~hingtonl D~,C.~ 

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Alexander H. Flax : 

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