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August 1, 1969

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Attached for your signature is the

memorandum for the Vice President which

transmits our Annex to the STG report. I

have revised paragraph 4, per your instructions, to include the necessary caveats

on the handling of the report once it is received in Mr. Agnew's office.

I have also attached the copy of the

Annex which we plan to forward Mr. Agnew.

Your noted change to page 12, line 17, has been made.

We would appreciate your signature

on the letter and your approval to dispatch.

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*NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE

WASHINGTON. D.C.

O r: FICE OF THE DIRECTOR

MEMORANDUM FOR THE WWI PRESIDENT

SUBJECT: National Reconnaissance Program (NRP) Annex to the

Space Task Group Report

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During the planning stages of Space Task Group activity in the

DOE• , yenf apprised the National Reconnaissance Program Executive

Committee (Mr. Packard, Mr. Helms, and Dr. DuBr'

Group plans to include in its report a brief Top Secre

annex which would outline the prospective missions, p •

cost estimates and launch frequency of National Reconnaissance Program satellites over the next decade.

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..rarwa 11." We.-have prepared such an Annex, whisk-diem:my tile National

Reconnaissance Program, briefly-deseribing-eentestr-goater-and—

projer-tions,tagstlier-with a summary of national policy applicable

to the program andcomments on key interagency relationships.

The Annex has been reviewed and approved by the NRP Executive

Committee for igclugion in the Space Task Group report. It has also

been reviewed 123 .teamans with respect to DOD space interests

and objectives.

In light of the special security controls applied to National

Reconnaissance Program activities and information, it was decided

that the Annex should be transmitted separately from the DOD report.

gxtreme care sbottid-Isememerelsed in disseminating, using, and

storing this Annex1 to prevent unauthorized disclosure of its existence

or content. logeeeee-ta-the-ettformatiem-eentebtect-in-this-report-must-

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

MEMORANDUM

July 29, 1969

Some days ago C icated

to you that Dr. Seams he

first weekend in August, be personally

preparing the letter of transmittal for

the DOD STG report. You asked me to

insure with Dr. Seamans' office that the

transmittal letter include only an unclassified statement to the effect that a special

annex would be forwarded under separate

cover and to assure his office that we had

completed that annex, that it contained no

controversial issues, and that it had been

reviewed and approved by our ExCom and

Dr. Seamans.

On July 28 I visited Col Willy Y. Smith,

who is following the STG activity for Dr.

Seamans, to discuss this of

Smith advised me that C rhaps

misunderstood what Dr. planning to do, explaining that Dr. Seamans'

activity on the first weekend in August would

be to prepare his personal comments for the

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NASA portion of the STG (since he has a

wealth of background from his previous

association). Col Smith advised me that

the letter of transmittal we were looking

for would be prepared by Nevin Palley

and that they were presently shooting for

Friday, August 1, as the due date. He

assured me that he would remind Mr.

Palley of the restrictions on the reference

in the letter of transmittal and that he would

obtain a copy of the letter which we could

use in referring to our annex under separate

cover to the proper addressee.

Col Smith asked me to recheck with

him on Friday, August 1. 1 will dQ so.

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