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Colonel TiTortlman esked me t;o revievl the attacned 

drefts a11d pass to you our COml:lents. Generally J 

i-re consider the redraft (dated 13 January 1967) 

to be very vfell i'Titten and most satisfactory from 

a policy point of view. lVioreover) its content is 

i:1eartHarming to those of us i{ho are engaged 

continuously in " riding the fences of the NRP 

h ilS . n • 11 I h n ' • ranc. peclllca y) "ave a :1: evT sugges-clons 

which you may find worth'\vhile. These are attached 

for your consideration and possible use. He 

appreciate the opportlli~ity to review this very 

important paper. 

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follOlving a revie,v of the political and security aspects of non-military 

.l..h . II applications of satellite ear~ sens~ng. 

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"Civil agencies may discuss future earth sensing systems involving 

sensors which ,VQuld provide ground resolutionsof 10-15 feet or more gr,oss; 

ho\-rever, the discussion of any system designed to produce ground resolutions 

finer than 10 feet may be conducted only with the express approval of the 

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Recognizing tho imoortanco both of ~ccon~ai2sance satellite 

c~c~~tions to cu~ national security and of our long ranITO ob-

~cctives to promote peaceful USGS of space, a committee was 

national policy to permit ap02ic~tions of unclassif~cd satellite 

earth scns~ng nrcgrass under control procedures which protect the 

~olitical viability and tho technology of our classified 

COD~ittec In this regard, the President 

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ostablisho~ by theDirector o£ Contral 

tho U.S. Gcological Survey will 0stablis~ and 

rosults ~ro~ the classified reconnaissance programs can be used 

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