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WASHINGTON, D.C. 

This is in response to your letter of January 23, 1969. It is 

encouraging to see the progress you are making in defining the 

needs of civil agencies for satellite photography. I certainly concur in the participation of the Naval Oceanographic Office personnel on your Marine Sciences Working Group. 

Sincerely, 

Alexander H. Flax 

Director 

Dr. Donald H. Steininger 

Chairman, ARGO Steering Committee 

Executive Office of the President 

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THE NRO STAFF January 29, 1969 

MEMORANDUM FOR DR. FLAX 

SUBJECT: Naval Oceanographic Office Participation in an ARGO 

Subcommittee 

Problem: 

To determine the desirability of Naval Oceanographic Office 

participation in an ARGO Subcommittee. 

Background: 

Don Steininger has a group working on Phase IV of the ARGO 

plan. This is the phase in which ARGO moves from "Look what is 

available to us '' to "What do we really need? 11 

Present Status: 

Don has written a letter to you (see Tab A) requesting your concurrence in having representatives of the Naval Oceanographic Office 

advise Phase IV ARGO on the applicability of satellite photography to 

the marine sciences. Specifically, he would like to have ~---~ 

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Discussion: 

The immediate question which comes to mind is, "Why is Don 

asking DNRO approval of this kind of support? 11 It turns out that the 

Navy -- and Don -- have felt that the restrictions imposed on service 

representatives in the earth-sensing area are substantially more 

severe than is actually the case. I have explained to Don that the 

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restrictions to supporting other organizations are directed specifically 

toward NASA. In addition, even if the restrictions were applied to 

ARGO (and they are not), your letter of May 15 to Dr. Seamans (Tab B) 

is very liberal and specifically approves the investigation of "how 

imagery derived from overhead sensors can be used to determine information of scientific interest about the oceans and waters of the 

world •.. " 

Don still feels he wants and needs your coordination. 

Recommendation: 

That you sign the attached letter to Don, concurring in Navy 

participation in ARGO IV. 

PAULE. WORTHMAN 

Colonel, USAF 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

WASHINGTON 

January 23, 1969 

Dear Dr. Flax: 

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This dpcument consists of ..L jl\~ No. 1-.J)f -6..Coples, Serles 

As you know, the purpose of the "ARGO Steering Committee" is 

to help the civilian agencies identify ways in which they might use 

products from the classified satellites and to make those interests 

known to COMIREX. Some of the possibilities were suggested 

in last year 1s ARGO report and these we are trying to define more 

fully. However, the ARGO members feel that the ARGO report 

did not do justice to possibilities related to Marine Sciences and 

the Committee is proposing to have a subgroup investigate this 

area more fully. The working group would be chaired by~---~ 

~----~of the Marine Sciences Council and be composed of 

the people on the attached list, all of whom have T /KH clearances. 

We would like to take advantage of the experience and competence 

of the Naval Oceanographic Office by having ~-----------~ 

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and his people give advice and technical support to our working 

group. I have received preliminary agreement to this arrangement 

from your staff and the Naval Oceanographic Office and if you find 

it acceptable, the working group will plan its first meeting for 

January 31. 

I have attached a description of the Working Group's scope of work. 

Sincerely, 

Donald H. Steiningerfi y '-t:..~__,__,___~L--.,. 

Chairman, ARGO St' ering Committee 

Enclosures 

a/s (TCS No. 36,991 /68, Cy Z, Ser. D) 

Dr. Alexander H. Flax 

Assistant Secretary for Research & Development 

Department of the Air Force 

Washington, D. C. 20330 

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ARGO WORKING GROUP ON MARINE SCIENCES 

Chairman 

National Council on Marine Resources 

& Engineering Development 

U. S. Geological Survey 

National Council on Marine Resources 

& Engineering Development 

James S. Jordan 

Department of Transportation 

J. Robert Porter, Jr. 

National Aeronautics & Space Administration 

Defense Intelligence Agency 

U. S. Coast Guard 

Coast & Geodetic Surve_y 

U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office 

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The Working Group is requested to identify by April 15, 1969, the 

current and future opportunities for using the classified satellite 

program for meeting specific civilian agency requirements in the 

marine sciences (e.g. , ice observation; coastal delineation, charting, and mapping; harbor and port surveys; oceanography) and to 

prepare recommendations concerning: 

a. "Specific agency requirements that can most effectively 

be met by the classified satellite program. 

b. Agency and interagency arrangements for developing 

and submitting requee:ts for specific satellite 

missions. 

c. Processing and distributing results of satellite obser:-

vations to end users. 

In accomplishing the foregoing, the Working Group should: 

a. Evaluate and supplement the marine sciences sections 

of the ARGO report, taking into account the comments 

-- prepared by the Naval Oceanographic Office. 

b. Identify tho.se requirements that can most effectively 

be met by use of the classified satellite program, 

including consideration of possibilities of sanitization and· declassification of selected data. 

c~ Describe agency plans for clearing personnel and 

developing facilities to process and distribute resu~ts 

of classified satellite observations to end users. 

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