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11 August 1965

AGREEMENT FOR REORGANULTION OP THE

NATIONAL RECONNO.SSANCE PROGRAM

The 'rational Reconneissance Protram

The NIP is a single program, national in character,

to meet the intelligence needs of the Government under a

strong national leadership, for the development, management,

contra: and operation of all projects, both current and long

range for the collection of intelligence and of napping and

gao4etic information obtained through overflights (excluding

peri7fnaral reconnaissance operations). The potentialities of

U. S. technology and all operational resources and facilities

Cra: be aggressively and imaginatively exploited to develop

and operate systems for the collection of intelligence which

are fully responsive to the Government's intelligence needs

and ob;ectives.

The National Reconnaissance Program shall be responsive

direcrly and solely to the intelligence collection requirements

and priorities established by the United States Intelligence

arid. Targeting requirements and priorities and desired

frequency of coverage of both satellite and manned aircraft

missions over denied areas shall continue to be the responsibility

of USI3, subject to the operational approval of the 303 Committee.

B. The Saaratary of Defense will:

I. Establish the NRO as a separate agency of the DoD and

will have the ultimate responsibility for the management and

operation of the NRD and the NR?;

.2. Choose a Director cf the NRO who will report to him

and be responsive to his instructions;
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Concur in the choice of the Deputy Director of the NRO

who will report to the DL3O and be responsive to his instructions;

Review and have the final power to approve the NRP budget;

5. Sit with members of the Executive Committee, wheal.

necessary, to reach decisions on issues on which cc=ittee

agreenent could not be reached.

C. The Director of Central Intellizerce will:

Establish the collection priorities and requirements

for the targeting of X22 operations and the establishment of

:heir frequency of coverage;

Review the results obtained by the NR? and recommend,

if appropriate, steps for improving such results;

Sit as a =ember o the Executive Committee;

Review and approve the. NR? budget each year;

5. Provide security policy guidance to maintain a uniform

system in the whole 33P area.

D. ha-:onla Reconnaissance Prom= Executive Committee 

1. An NR2 Executive Committee, consisting of the Deputy

Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence,

ant the Special Assistant to the ?resident for Science and

Technology, is hereby estebliihed to guide and participate is

the formulation of the NRP through the DRRO. (The DN20 will

sit with the Executive Committee hut will not be a voting member.)

If the Executive Committee can not agree on an issue the

Secretary of Defense will be requested to sit with the Committee

in discussing this issue and will arrive at a decision. The NEP

Executive Committee will:

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n Recommend to the Secretary of Defense an appropriate

level of effort for the NRP in response to reconnaissance

i. ecuirenents proved ty SIB and in the light of technical

capabilities and fiscal limitations.

Approve or modify the consolidated National

Reconnaissance Program and its budget.

Approve the allocation o2 responsibility and the

corresponding funds for research and exploratory development

for new systems. Funds shall be adequate to ensure that a

vigorous research and exploratory development effort is achieved

and mainrained by the Department of Defense and CIA to design

and construct new sensors to meat intelligence requirements

aired at the acquisition of intelligence data. This effort

shall be carried out by both CIA and ToD.

Approve the allocation of development responsibilities and tha corresponding funds for specific reconnaissance

prograns with a view to ensuring that the development, tasting

and production of new systems is accorplishad with maximum

efficiency by the component of the Government best equipped with

facilities, experience and technical competence to undertake the

assign:len:. It will also establish gridalines for collaboration

between departments and for t: real support where appropriate.

Assignment of responsibility for engineering development of

sensor subsystem will be ride to either the CIA or DoD components

in accordance with the above criteria. The engineering development of all other subsystans, including spacecraft, reentry

vehicles, boosters and booster interface subsystems shall in

general be assigned to an Air 'Force component, recognizing,

however, that sensors, spacecraft and reentry vehicles are integral components of a system, the development of which =1st

proceed on a fully coordinated basis, with a view to ensuring

optlimmm system devalcpnan: in su?Port of intelligence requirements for overhead reconnaissance. To optimize the primary

objective of systems development, design requirement of the

sensors will be given priority in their integration within the

spacecraft and reentry vehicles.

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Assign operational responsibility for various

types of menmed overflight missions to CU. or DoD subject to

c0==_==e of the 303 Committee.

Periodically review the essential features of the

=jot program elements of the NEP.

2. The Executive Conmittee stall meet on the call of

either the Deputy Secretaty of Defense or the Director of

Central Intelligence. All meetings will be attended by the

MI: and such staff advisors as the Deputy Secretary of Defense

or the Director of Central Intelligence consider desitable.

Natic=a1 Raccnnaissence Office 

To implement the NEP, the Secretiry of Defense will

establish the NEO as a separate operating agency of the DoD.

It shz.11 include the SOC which shall be jointly manned.

The Director of the 100 shall b3 appointed by the

Secretary of Defense. The Director NR3 will:

Subject to direction and control of the Secretary

of Dafemsa and the guidance of the Executive Committee as set

forth in Section D above, have the responsibility for managing

the =13 and executing the NEP.

Subject to review b7 the Executive Committee, and

the provisions of Section D above, have authority to initiate,

approve, T..oe..tfy, redirect or terminate all research and development

pro7rams in the N12. Ensure, through appropriate recommendations

to the Executive Committee for the assignment of research and

development responsibilities and the allocation of funds, that

the full potentialities of agencies of the Government concerned

with reconnaissance are realized for the invention, improvement

and development of reconnaissance systems to meet USIB requireS2CR!T 1/1478-65

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Rave authority to require that he be kept fully

amd ccmpletely informed by all Agencies cmd Departments of the

Gcmarrment of all programs and activities undertaken as part of

the NRP.

Maintain end provide to the members of the Executive

Committee records of the status of all projects, programs and

activities of the NIIP in the research, development, production

and/or operational phases.

Prepare a comprehensive budget for all aspects of

the National Reconnaissance Program.

Establish a ascii control and accounting procedure

to ensure that all funds expanded in sapport of the National

Reconnaissance Proven are fully accounted for and appropriately

utilized by the agencies concerned. In particular, the budget

shall show separately those funds to ba applied to research and

explorixory des 4 7m develo?ment, systems development, procurement,

and operational activities. Frmds expended or obligated under

the tlIthority of the Director of Central Intelligence under

Law 113 shall be administered and accounted for by CIA

tnd mill be reported to 1=10 in accordance with agreed upon

procedures.

g. Sit with the USI3 for the netters affecting the NRP.

The Deputy Director N30 shall be appointed by the DCI

with the concurrence of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and

thall serve full t!:ne in a line posit{ an directly under the

Director :1120. The Deputy Director shall act for and exercise

the powers of the Director, MO during his absence or disability.

The 720 shall be jointly staffed in such a fashion as

to reflect the 'oast talent appropriately available from the CIA,

tha three military departments and other Govermment agencies.

The MO staff will report to the DM end DDNRO and will maintain

no allegiance to the originating agency or Department.

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7. Initial Allocction of Prom= Restomsibilities 

1. Responsibility for existing ;rograms of the NRP shall

be allocated as indicated in Annex A attached hereto.

(siAned, Cyrus Vance (signed) W. F. Reborn 

Deputy Secretary of Defense Director of Central Intelligence

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The following assignments for the development of new

optical sensor subsystems are made to tL:te full advantage of

technical capability and experience (11! the agencies involved.

The CIA will develop the improvements in the CORM

general search optical sensor mlbsystens.

7ollowins the selection of a concept, and a contractor,

far full-scale cavelopment, in the area of advanced general

search, the CL will develop the optical sensor subsystem for

Vnac system.

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The Director, K30 trill, in maiir.g the corresponding overa:1 systems developments, ensure that:

The mznagemant of and contracting for the sensors is

arranged so that the design and anginsering capabilities in

the various contractors ere most efficiently utilized..

The sensor packages and other subsystems era integrated

in an over-all system engineering design for eadh . system, with

DXSO having responsibility for systens integration of each

over-all system.

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