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THE NRO STAFF

31 July 1973

MEMORANDUM FOR SS-5,

The Coordinated Review by the Intelligence Organizations of the DOD of OMB Staff Report and the DCI Plan of

Action is an extremely sophisticated (and well written)

document.

It scares me.

I believe it inserts the DNRO directly into the DCI-ASD(I)

power struggle--on the ASE!Q's side. The title page indicates coordination with the DNRO ,and implies that the

NRO is a DOD intelligence agency. Throughout the text the

NRO is lumped with DOD intelligence agencies. The review

frequently takes issue with the DCI Plan of Action. DOD

(ASD(I)) recommendations and planned actions appear to have

far reaching impact on the intelligence management structure,

particularly on where real or exorcized authority resides

(I infer a shift toward ASD(I)). Key sections are paragraph

VI, Review of Management Improvement Recommendations--

Management Focal Point, starting on page 93, particularly

pages 98, 99 and 100; Review of the Collection Strategy

Recommendation, starting on page 101; Review of Cross

Program Budget Recommendation, starting on page 106; and

Review of Management Information System Recommendation,

starting on page 110.

In decreasing order of preference, recommend that:

The NRO disassociate itself from the review;

insert a disclaimer--the introduction now

indicates that all views are reflected in the review--

insure that "all reported views were not held by all

agencies," is added; or

c. Non-concur in the review.

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Page 46, mid page. A SIGINT Committee ad hoc group is

studying assessment/elevation mechanisms. NRO is

represented on this group. A preliminary report

has been provided to the parent committee. A DOD/

NRO study appears redundant.

Page 50, •ara•raph 4

Page 59, last sentence (continues on page 61). The views

of other intelligence community members on the

telemetry tasking mix would be valuable.

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Page 89, 2/3 down. The number of radars associated with

missile systems is not small when one considers all

missile systems.

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