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THE NRO STAFF February 4, 1974

MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL KULPA

SUBJECT: , SALT Support

The purpose of this memo is to recommend that the NRO offer

formal support to the DOD SALT Task Force.

On Saturday evening, 13 January 1974, I was called by Lt

Colonel C. Pettyjohn, the DIA member of the DOD SALT Task Force.

The purpose of the call was to ask my assistance the following

morning in reviewing sixteen proposed areas of possible SAL

negotiations. I advised Lt Colonel Pettyjohn that I was no

longer in the DIA and was not authorized to represent the NRO

in these matters. He then requested my advice on a non-attribution

basis. I concurred and reviewed the proposals in the morning with

two members of the ASD/I Staff and the DIA member. The proposals

all involved verification to some degree by NRO assets. The proposals were sent to Dr. N. Fred Wikner, Chairman of the DOD SALT

Task Force and then to the Secretary of Defense for forwarding to

the National Security Council. During the review, I found that

there was no formal interface between the Wikner group and the

NRO.

It appears that it would be mutually advantageous to establish

an interface..

The DOD SALT Task Force is only a few months old and serves

to provide a direct input to Secretary Schlesinger on SALT

matters. Dr. Wikner is responsible for unifying and coordinating

SALT policy but has no real staff except for the Task Force group,

of which Colonel Pettyjohn is a member. It is composed of representatives from various OSD elements such as ASD(I), ASD(ISA), SA,

DDR&E and DIA. JCS representatives sit in on Task Force meetings

as observers.

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NRO has maintained a continuing interface with the SALT

process since its inception. Initially, General Allen steered

a group in 1970 which assessed the verification aspects of

potential terms of defensive and offensive agreements. Following

the initiation of the talks at SALT I our interface has been one

of working with the JCS action group and the OSD SystewAnalysis

group heretofore responsible for framing the various positions

in the Verification Panel Working Group. It appears as if the

SALT Task Force will act as the OSD focal point instead of System

Analysis. Office.

The substantative issues of discussion for SALT II negoti-

• ating are much the same as were prepared for SALT I in the

: offensive area such as MIRV, land Mobile ICBM and forward-basing.

Verification was of high concern during SALT I, therefore there

were verification annexes to most of the substantive papers.

NRO followed these issues in SALT I - the same issues by and large

by rticipating in the

as the Staff focal

when technical

ty of the basic issues are

reasonably well-known such as very low for MIRV production, low

for MIRV testing under cheating conditions and medium for high

levels of retrofit or deployment. Verifiability of corollary

SAL issues is not well understood yet.

are being refocused upon in SALT I

interagency review as consultant

point with necessary support from

issues were at hand. The verifiab

It appears as if during SALT II, there is a divided camp

on the necessity for high-confidence verification in that all

interagency participants, including CIA, except for JCS and OSD

are saying that verifiability is not completely essential for an

offensive treaty. It then appears that our input to the SALT

Task Force would be one of keeping all of the players aware of

the pitfalls of NRP limitations. If this is adequately done,

then a less than verifiable offensive treaty would be entered

into by intent and not through ignorance. It should be mentioned

that Carl Duckett is the leading interagency proponent for the

adequacy of low-confidence verification if it permits the consummation of an offensive treaty.

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In view of the foregoing, request you consider advising

Mr. Plummer to forward the letter enclosed in the attached

folder. The implementing letter from you to Dr. Wikner, at

the right, should be forwarded after an appropriate reply from

Dr. Wikner.

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MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN, DOD. SALT TASK FORCE (DR. WIENER)

SUBJECT: NRO Representative to DOD SALT Task Force

I have appointed Lt Colone to

the NRO on the DOD SAL as o . lonel

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Deputy Director, Concepts and Applicati

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WASHINGTON. D C.

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. PLUMMER

SUBJECT: NRO Support of DOD SALT Task Force

I recommend you forward the letter on the right to Dr.

N. Fred 'Oikner, Chairman of the DOD SALT Task Force. The

purpose of the letter is to offer NRO technical expertise to

the Task Force. Dr. Wikner has indicated informally that'he

would welcome NBA participation. This relationship, I feel,

will insure a realistic technical and fiscal appraisal of NIP

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A copy of Dr. Wikner's charter from Dr. Schlesinger is

attached for your information.

JOHN E. EULPA, JR.

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THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON 0. C. 20301

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MEMORANDUM FOR Secretaries of the Military Departments

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff •

Director, Defense Rerearch and Engineering

Assistant Secretaries of Defense

General Counsel

Director of Defense Program Analysis & Evaluation

Aisistants to the Secretary of Defense

Directors of Defense Agencies

SUBJECT: Director of DoD SALT Task Force

The outcome of the SALT negotiations can have a decisive effect on our

strategic military forces and the national security of the -United States

and our allies. I strongly believe that the Department of Defense must

play a vigorous and constructive role in the SALT negotiations and

must speak with a strong and positive voice in the deliberations to

develop our national policy. To this end, I have selected Dr. N. Fred

Wikner to serve as Director of the DoD SALT Task Force and have

charged him with the responsibility of the coordination of Defense SALT

policy recommendations. In this capacity, Dr. Wikner will serve as

my principal agent internal to the Department and will report directly

to me. He will support Mr. Paul Nitze, • Special Assistant to the

Secretary of Defense for SALT, in his SALT delegation responsibilities

and will work with the DDR&E, OJCS, ASD/ISA, ASD/I, ASD/PA, the

DDPA&E, and ATSD(AE) in developing and coordinating analyses,

actions and policy recommendations on SALT. •

Dr. Wilmer will also serve as Executive Secretary of a Depar

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Defense SALT Policy Guidance Committee comprised of myself, the

Deputy Secretary, Chairman JCS and other members to be designated.

He will be responsible for supporting the Deputy Secretary of Defense

in Verification Panel activities and will discharge OSD responsibilities

on the Verification Panel Working Group. He will also coordinate any

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DOD backstopping actions required in Washington in support of Geneva

negotiations and the Standing Consultative Commission. lie will

coordinate SALT activities with other task force activities on lviSFR,

NATO, and NSSM 169.

The ASD/Comptroller will make all necessary administrative and

support arrangements for Dr. Wikner. Dr. Wikneris appointment

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MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN, DOD SALT TASK FORCE (DR. WIENER)

SUBJECT: SALT Support

The purpose of this memorandum is to offer technical

support to the DOD SALT Task Force. It occurred to we in

optimizing the functions of my staff, that the National

Reconnaissance Office (NRO) did not have an interface with

your group except on a policy level. An interface at the

technical level could be mutually advantageous. The Task

'Az; Force would have a point of contact for technical advice;

the NRO member could insure the technical and fiscal feasi-

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bility of the various SAL scenarios under consideration.

" • If you concur, or have any comments on this proposal,

please contact Brigadier General John E. Kulpa, Jr., Director,

Office of Space Systems, OSAF, on extension 78675. General

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