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WORTHMAN ON 11 MAR, THE SECURITY RESTRICTIONS ON DORIAN ARE VERY 

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WHICH WILL BE APPROPRIATELY COURIERED TO THE ADDRESSEES ON THE NEXT 

RUN. BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DELAY IN THE COURIER SYSTEM, AND BECAUSE OF 

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"SCG MAR 10, 1964 2AFSS A I 

BYE-19259-64 I 

MOL PROGRAM 

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MAJOR GENERAL BEN I. FUNK 

COMMANDER 

SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION 

AIR FORCE UNIT POST OFFICE 

LOS ANGELES 45, CALIFORNIA 

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1. REFERENCE OUR SECRET TWX MSF 9-3-13 DATE 9 MARCH 1964 TO YOU 

ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT AND GUIDELINES FOR A PRELIMINARY 

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE MOL PROGRAM. THIS LETTER SUPPLE,- 

MENTS THE REFERENCED TWX AND DEFINES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS WHICH 

ARE REQUIRED. 

2. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT. IF THE MOL EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATE 

SATISFACTORILY THAT MAN IS ABLE, WITH APPROPRIATE AIDS, TO POINT AN t 1 

INSTRUMENT WITH ACCURACY BETTER THAN 1/2 MILE, AND TO CORRECT IMAGE 

MOTION TO BETTER THAN 0.2 PERCENT, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO COMPARE RF-2 

CAREFULLY THE POTENTIAL COST AND PERFORMANCE OF MANNED AND UNMANNED FILE 

VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SYSTEMS. THIS WILL BE DONE WITHIN THE-6S)- NRO, 

AND STUDIES ARE NOW UNDERWAY TO THIS END. THESE STUDIES WILL CONTINUE 

AND WILL BE KEPT CURRENT WITH THE MOL PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO 

INSURE THAT AT SUCH TIME AS THE EVIDENCE FROM MOL EXPERIMENTS WARRANTS 

THE DECISION, THE BASIS FOR TIMELY DEVELOPMENT OF A MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM WILL BE AT HAND. 

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PLANNING TO SUPPORT THIS OBJECTIVE BE INITIATED 

OUT DELAY. FURTHERMORE, THE RESULTS OF THE INITIAL PLANNING SHOULD 

AADE AVAILABLE TO THE DIRECTOR,"t6). NRO AND THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

HE SAME TIME AS THE PROLIMINARY TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS 

ASSURE THAT ALL AVAILABLE FACTS TO SUPPORT A DECISION TO PROCCED 

PHASE I OF THE MOL PROGRAM ARE AT HAND. 

4. THEREFORE, A SEPARATE APPROPRIATELY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT WHICH 

SUPPLEMENTS THE PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN MUST BE 

PREPARED. THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD- DEFINE THE STUDIES UNDERWAY AND PLANNED 

AND THE RESULTS TO DATE. IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE INITIAL PLANNING FOR 

SPECIFIC EXPERIMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IT HAS BEEN INDICATED THAT 

PHOTOGRAPHY OF QUALITY APPROACHING THAT NEEDED FOR RECONAISSANCE MAY 

BE UNDERTAKEN ON SOME ORBITAL FLIGHTS. THE CAMERA NOW HELD UNDER 

SPECIAL SECURITY WHICH MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE IS AN 

EXISTING EXPERIMENTAL F/16 CAMERA OF FOCAL LENGTH. IN ADDITION, 

CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO TESTING A SIDE LOOKING RADAR NOW 

BEING DEVELOPED UNDER SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION ON ORBITAL FLIGHTS LATE 

IN THE PROGRAM. FINALLY, A PROPOSED INTERFACE AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR 

NECESSARY INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN THE SSD MOL PROGRAM OFFICE 

AND THE -0i.)-NRO SHOULD BE DEFINED. REQUEST YOU WORK DIRECTLY WITH 

GENERAL GREER OR HIS DESIGNEE IN PREPARING'THIS DOCUMENT. 

5. THE FACT THAT THE MOL PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE A BONA FIDE RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITY AND THAT STUDIES AND ACTIONS TO THIS END ARE UNDERWAY 

OR CONTEMPLATED IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. ACCORDINGLY, ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES 

AND INFORMATION HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A CODE WORD CATEGORY WITHIN THE 

BYEMAN SYSTEM AND WILL BE HANDLED EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN 'es)- NRO CHANNELS. 

PARTICULAR CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO ASSURE THAT THE PRELIMINARY 

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONTAINS NO REFERENCE OF ANY KIND TO SUCH 

ACTIONS, PLANS, OR ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS. 

/S/ R. K. JACOBSON, COL, USAF 

FOR B. A. SCHRIEVER 

GENERAL, USAF 

COMMANDER 

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