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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 15 December 1967 

SUBJECT: ISA Disclosure Initiative 

On November 29, we received the attached memorandum from 

Ambassador Kohler, calling for a DOD-initiated meeting of the NSAM' 

156 Ad Hoc Committee. The memorandum caught US by surpriseHnd 

the immediate concern was to find out who had called the State Department and what was on his mind. 

Ray Garthoff,. at State, and Colonel George Overby, ISA, were 

very cooperative in helping US get the answers. The genesis of this 

matter lay in a conversation between Mr. McNamara and Mr. McNaughton 

last July, when Mr. McNamara was reviewing a DIAl JCS memorandum 

which recommended limited disclosure of "the fact ofl! satellite reconnaissance and of some reconnaissance products. The Secretary nonconcurred 

strongly with the DIA I JCS position and indicated so. Then he asked MJi'. 

,McNaughton, fils there pe rhaps some initiative re garding disclosure which 

could benefit us? I wonde r. . . 11 ' 

Dr. Morton Halperin (SI/TK) (hired by Adam Yarmolinsky, and newly 

assigned to ISA) picked up this comment. After several month's mulling 

over the matter(as well as hearing:complete policy briefing by the NRO 

Staff), Dr. Halperin called Ray Garthoff and asked for a meeting of the Ad 

Hoc Committee to consider the following U. S. initiative: 

The U. S. to negotiate secretly with the Soviets for a joint public disclosure of satellite reconnaissance capability. Halperin feels that this 

initiative is analagous to the recent ABM discussions. The scenario 

would be: Approach the Soviets on the question, they refuse to join us, we 

disclose the discussions to the press, and the world (1) recognizes and 

applauds the U. S. desire for openness and cooperation and (2) decries 

Soviet negativism and isolation. 

The foregoing resume is based on our conversations with Garthoff 

and Overby. Other factors enter the picture: 

1. Based on his RAND tenure, Halperin is disaffected with the Air 

Force. 

2. He tends to reflect the liberal news of Yarmolinsky on disarmament and disclosure. 

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3. He rarely works on a coordfnating basis; he typically acts 

unilaterally, ignoring ensuing complaints. 

4. He is not impressed by the points raised in the NRO Staff 

briefing on satellite reconnaissance policy. 

5. He is extremely provoked over the manner in which we handled 

the Lindsay episode, calling our rnoduB, !lUcs Lupo tt'tctics. II 

General Berg and I briefed Dr. Flax on thi.s episode on November 

29. He., also, had not heard of the meeting or of the initiative and said 

he would call Mr. Warnke. We discussed the impact of Halperin's 

venture and agreed that, if permitted to go to a conference table, it 

would probably be well-received by ACDA, NASA, NASC, and State. 

CIA would probably be i.ntimidated by the insi.nuation that the initiative 

was Mr. McNamara's idea._ The vote looked like 6 to 1, with the NRO 

in bad taste for splitting with the other OSD member! 

On December 1, Dr. Flax called to tell me he had talked to Mr. 

Warnke, who had not heard of the meeting. Dr. Flax agreed with my 

suggestion that we "postpone" the meeting. I cancelled it by calling 

Mr. Gartoff's office. 

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PAUL E. WORTHMAN 

Colonel, USAF 

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