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The United States needs to continue the collection of 

foreign intelligence .by means of reconnaissance satellites. 

Since reconnaissance satellites are the single most expensive 

source of intelligence, the United States needs to continue 

to conduct an affordable and cost-effective satellite reconnaissance effort. 

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1st Order Issues - S-cope of Program 

1. Should there be a single dedicated reconnaissance 

program? 

2. Should such a program be national in scope? (o 

3. Should such a program be covert? 

4. Should such a program employ satellite assets only? 

5. Should such a program be dedicated to strategic 

intelligence only? 

2nd Order Issues - Scope of Program Operations 

1. Should such a program include development, production 

and operation of collectors? 

2. Should such a program be devoted to the collection of 

data only? 

3rd Order Issues - Scope of Program Organization 

1. Should there be a dedicated monolithic organization 

associated with such a program? 

2. Should such an ·organization be interagency in character? 

3. Should such an organization have streamlined decision 

making? 

4. Should such an organization have corporate management? 

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GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OF 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652 EXEMPTION CATE 

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OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PARTIES AND OBJECTIVE THINKERS NOT DIRECTLY IN NRO ORGANIZATION 

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Mr. David Packard - Hewlett Packard - Ex Dep Sec Def 

Dr. John L. McLucas - Secretary af the Air Force - Ex DNRO 

Lt General Lew Allen - Director, NSA - Ex NRO Program Director 

Dr. Alexander Flax - President IDA - Ex DNRO 

Colonel Paul Worthman (Ret) - Ex Deputy Director NR0 Staff 

Dr. John Martin - DCI Staff - Ex official Office of Science 

and Technology 

Dr. James Fletcher - NASA 

Dr. Bob Hermann - NSA 

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SOME OPTIONS FOR· RECONNAISSAN.CE 

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with SecDef the______. , 

streamlined - reports directly to SecDef 

Executive Agent -----NRo· becomes 

- ExCom structure employed, SecDef, DCI 

~ reviewed at 0MB level 

normalizecl--=:--reports to SecDef through ASD(I) - no ExCom structure includ~s _CIA 

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with SecDef 

Executive Agent 

with DCI 

Executive Agent 

NRO normalized 

NRO normalized 

SecDef Executive·Agent for normally 

classified programs - low orbiting collectors 

DCI Executive Agent for sensitive·classified 

programs - high altitude SIGINT near-real-time 

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- no ExCom structure portion 

- r~ports to SecDef through ASD(I) 

- CIA does. not participate 

- reviewed by ASD(I), DDR&E 

---:-'"reports to DCI through IC - reviewed at IC level 

- no ExCom structure - limited defense participation 

reports to ASD(I) through DIA and NSA 

- reviewed by DDR&E, DCI 

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·reviewed by IC, USIB 

special decision structure 

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Program A (AF) 

Los Angeles 

. Brig General DaVid Bradburn , 

'contr~__!:torst 

·HEXAGON 

.Payload - Perkin Elmer · 

\ Pres. - Mr. Robert S8renson 

Program - Mr. Michael Weeks 1 

·Spacecraft - Lockheed 

Vice Pres .... Dr. F. C. E. •Oder. 

Program - Mr. Paul Heran 

GAf!BIT 

Payload ... Eastman Kodak 

Gen Mgr. - Mr. Charles Spoelhof 

Program - Mr. Edward Warnick 

Spacecraft - Lockheed 

v1ce·Pres. - Dr. F, C. E. Oder 

Program - Mr. Bob Koche 

. P-11 

Pliy:load - Lockheed 

Vice Pres. - Dr. F. C. E. Oder 

Program - Mr. Charles ~ilson 

Program B (CIA) 

Washington 

Mr. Carl Duckett 

(Mr. Les Dirks) 

Contractors 

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NRP .. PRINCIPALS 

Mr. James Plummer - DNRO 

Mr. Robert Singel (CIA) • DDNRO 

I I General .John E. Kulpa - NRO Staff Director 

Program C (Navy) 

Washington 

~ RADM Robert Geiger 

Program D (AF) 

Washington 

Colonel Bernard Bailey 

No Major Contractors 

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- Mr. Art Kellond -

. - Maj Ralph Guild 

- Mr. John Canavan 

:EK Processing - Mr. Robert.Koch 

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