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WASHINGTON, D.C.

February 22, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOR DR. NAKA

SUBJECT: Consultation to Verification Panel Working Group

The memorandum to the right requests Dr. Smith, Chairman

of the Verification Panel Working Group, to permit the NRO

to be officially represented on the Working Group as a

consultant.

As you will recall, in the preparation of earlier SALT

studies, the staff was called upon to formally participate

in the development of a part of the Verification Panel

Report. Since that time we have informally and unofficially

been working, primarily with General Allison's staff, on

various current papers. Our main concern has been to

moderate the patent optimism regarding verification which

has tended to be incorporated in drafts of the studies

under review. Our relationship with General Allison's

staff has been good in view of our not being formally

involved.

Quite often, as of late, other agencies have been

"speaking for the NRO in terms of verification capabilities.

We do not feel that we have been in the communication loop

sufficiently to preclude this. An official consultation

role will ease the situation.

Recommend that you sign the memorandum to the right.

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR February 24, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOR DR. K. WAYNE SMITH, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

MOM SUBJECT: Consultation to Verification Panel Working Group MOM alla For some time the NRO has provided both. direct and

indirect consultation to vari ous papercbeing prepared . ME in support of SALT by the Verification Panel Working Group.

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. NOM .111 Now that NRP systems are considered more important

than they were earlier in your deliberations, I feel that MIIII

11111 it is necessary to assure that our current and projected

collection capabilities are accurately stated along with

1111i the issues in the studies and papers. I . am concerned that

your working members may not be fully cognizant of the

dynamic,nature of the NRP and that our projected capabilities

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may be either understated or overstated in assisting the

Milli Verification Panel's decision process.

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For these reasons I strongly recommend that the NRO

be represented as a consultant to the Verification Panel

NEMER III. Working Group. If this is agreeable to you, I would like

moms to nominate a member of my staff, Major Harold Coyle,

Emu Assistant Deputy Director for Plans and Policy, to be the

imps consultant representative. For the past several months, •

he has unofficially been participating in the on-going

studies. In addition to being fully apprised of current

NRP activity, Major Coyle is able to draw upon the

specialized knowledge of the staff for consultative purposes.

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Please notify me of your decision on this matter.