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THE NRO STAFF 23 January 1975

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Relocation of the AFSPPF R&D Effort

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DEG) and (OD&E/ITD) to review t e move from

AFSPPF to . e nitial work and agreement has been accomplished in a message from Mr. Plummer to Maj Gen Bradburn and

Mr. Les Dirks (Atch 1). Also an initial meeting was convened

/AFSPPF in Nov h 2). Later in November the

esulted in th greeing to support our effort

g processing and IC functions (Atch 3).

The basis for this meeting was to discuss the every day

operation and in particular the direction from the CCB, the

handling of funds and the transfer of people. The ITD division

(Heurtley) falls under DEG (Malinowski) and Mr. Malinowski was

not up to speed on the agreements and happenings which had transpired since October 1974.

I reiterated that basic direction is provided by the CCB,

but that day-to-day operation is the responsibility of ITD.

Also that funding would be provided by project and not given

to CIA as a lump sum. 1 that in our type of R&D and the

relationship we have rsus other contractors and the

speed with which we must so 4e problems does not lend itself

to the normal RFP relationship. Of course security is also a

large concern.

Mr. Malinowski was very receptive and was satisfied with

all our prior planning and work. I agreed to draft the basic

letter of agreement/understanding for staffing which will be

signed by Maj Gen Bradburn, Mr. Dirks (Duckett) and Col Wheeler/

Mr. Plummer.

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1. AS YOU ARE AWARE. WE HAVE PLACED THE PRODUCTION

/UNCTION OF SPPF AT MAIM AND DE EVALUATION FUNCTION

IQ EPIC. TIE .DISPOSITION CF TIE PHOTO RED FUNCTION

MS BEEN REVIEWED BY EACH CF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. BY

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a AS A MULE CF TIE ABOJE, THE Famine DECISIONS

SING TIE PHOTO RID FUNCTION HAVE BEEN MADE:

A. TIE EFFONT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO WASHINGTON,

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IERICSPACE. SPFSP WILL UTILIZE V ME ma.

FOUR OR FIVE AIR MICE OFFICER SPACES WILL BE

MOVIDED AIM WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY COE PERSONNEL AS

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TIE AF PEOPLE WILL RORK IN ONE BRANCH OF COE/

no, RUMMY IDENTIFIED AS TIE PHOTO MD BRANCH

CEXCEPT AS NOTED IR F. BEM S, AND TIE CHIEF OF THIS

MINCH WILL BE A /EIMER OF THE AIR FORCE.

TIE CHIEF AF HERBER WILL MIME TIE OFFICER

VFECTIVENESS REPCRTS COMM ON TIE OT) AF MMUS.

DE NRO WILL COMPLETE TIE CHIEF AT P/DIBEWS CER BASED

C M PART ON A LEITER OF MMUIATIal PROVIDED BY TIE CHIEF

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ND WILL HAVE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO TiE CHIEF AF HEISER.

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MEE RADICAL FILM PROGRAM OFFICE FOR PURPOSES OF CONTI•

RUTTY FOR ALL NRP PROGRAMS AND VIM ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE

II THIS PROGRAM.

CIA AIEVOR AF CCORACTING CHANNELS WILL BE USED X APPROPRIATE,

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A MORON GROIJID OF MCERSTANDING AND THAT TVE INTEMTS

TEE NRO WILL BE BEST SERVED UNDER THE ABOVE CONCEPTS.

'DE CCB WILL COORDINATE THIS ROVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: AFSPPF Photo R&D

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'Lt Col L. C. Butt, Dir, R&D AFSPPF

Lt Col W. D. Owens, SAF/SS

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This initial meeting was basically a brain storming session

to air potential and real problems which will require attention

during the next several months prior to establishment of the

final management/operations plan. Among the various items

discussed were:

Office space at 0

Research space a

Working relations

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AFSPPF

Time frame for movement

Personnel chain of command

At this initial get-together it was concluded that no major

obstacles are evident. Prior to detai •• • SAF/SS will

meet with Charlie Roth, OD&E, to reso elationships

and to determine the actual research wOr ong with

power/planning. In addition, a meeting wil be convened with

Mt. Les Dirks and Mr. Don Haas, OD&E, to resolve management

and contractual areas. Upon completion of these two meetings

Lt Col Butt will prepare a movement plan along with a time

table for major milestones. Later a memo of understanding will

be formulated between OD&E and the NRO.

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photo R&D were discussed. Our main purpose was to have

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and QC functions lude not only the equipment, but

reed to this tasking on tenonMr. Veiel attended the-Senior Level National

Cryptologic School course (3 days) to determine if it

is worthwhile for NRO Staff members. The course provides

an overview of the SIGINT Community and would be valuable

for all Staff members. We will take steps to get quotas

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