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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Reconnaissance 

Office 

SUBJECT Security Proposal for Protection of 

TAG BOARD End Produ,et 

1. This memorandum contains a recommendation for 

your approval in paragraph __ on the security protection to 

be afforded the TAG BOARD end product. 

2. BYEMAN Project TAGBOARD calls for the use of 

a reconnaissance drone over denied territory. An experimental/ 

operational mission over the south China mainland has been 

approved. It is planned that the Eastman Kodak Company will 

process the recovered film under secure conditions and that 

exploitation will be by the United States intelligence community 

in accordance with the guidance set forth in the National Tasking 

Plan. 

3. In consideration of the fact that the mission is to be 

flown in an experimental/operational mode, unique requirements 

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arise in connection with the security controls to be exercised. 

Alllong these are: 

(a) The undeterlllined need for technical 

evaluation of the fillll by contractor s; and 

(b) The pos sibility that at SOllle future 

date the fillll obtained by TAG BOARD or by 

early satellite systellls lllay be broken out of 

TALENT control. 

4. In order to llleet the dual objective of reasonable 

intelligence and technical exploitation with sound security, the 

Office of Security, CIA proposes that: 

(a) The TAGBOARD fillll and subsequent 

reports be classified TOP SECRET--NO FOREIGN 

DISSEMINATION; 

(b) The fillll and subsequent reports be 

provided a unique codeword (TAG); and 

(c) The processed fillll and reports therefrolll be protected in the TALENT Control Systelll 

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pending further deterITlination by appropriate 

authority of control feature s. 

Thus each fraITle of the TAG BOARD filITl will bear the 

clas sification TOP SECRET- -NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION and 

the codeword TAG. in addition to other titling inforITlation. 

5. Your approval is requested of the Office of Security 

CIA proposal to eITlploy the clas sification of TOP SECRET- -NO 

FOREIGN DISSEMINATION and the unique codeword TAG in the 

titling of TAG BOARD filITl and subsequent reports derived therefroITl and control of this ITlaterial in the TALENT Control SysteITl 

pending further deterITlinations by appropriate authority of 

security controls. 

APPROVED: 

John L. McLucas 

CARL E. DUCKETT 

Deputy Director 

for Science & Technology 

Date 

Director, National Reconnaissance Office 

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CONCUR: 

Director of Security 

Frank W. Hartley, Jr., Col. USAF 

Director, Program liD" 

John W. McLauchlin 

Chairm.an, Im.agery Exploitation Subcom.m.ittee, COMIREX 

Meredith P. Davidson 

Chairm.an, Sanitization and Decontrol 

Working Group, COMIREX 

Roland Inlow 

Chairm.an, COMIREX 

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cy 1 & 2 - D /NRO 

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5 - D/Project TAGBOARD 

6 - Chairm.an, COMIREX 

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7 - Chairm.an, Im.agery Exploitation 

Subcom.m.ittee, COMIREX 

8 - Chairm.an, Sanitization and 

Decontrol Working Group 

9 -I IAssistant for 

Security, NRO 

10 - SSC Subject file 

11 - SSC BYE Reading file 

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