-(S)VATIONALRECONNAISSANCEOFFICE

WASHINGTON. D.C.

THE NRO STAFF 15 March 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (POLICY)

SUBJECT: Implementation of Executive Order 12036

Dan:

In response to your memo of March 9th regarding

the redrafting of DOD Directives and Instructions. I

es designating Mr. Jimmie D. Hill to work with your

office on this matter. I am also enclosing a draft

DOD Directive on the NRO that has been rewritten to

be consistent with the new Executi Order.

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AgAIA;

Hans Mark

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Please let me know how I can 1p. With best e

regards.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE

SUBJECT: 1-9Y- NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE •

REFERENCES (a): DoD Directive TS 5105.23, subject as aboVe,

dated fune-E47-062 March 27, 1084 (hereby

cancelled)

(b.): Executive Order 12036 "United States

Intelligens:Ye Activities," January 24, 1978

GENERAL

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of

Defense and the provisions of the National Security Act

of 1947, as amended, including the Department of Defense

Reorganisation Act of 1958, a OH-National Reconnaissance

Office is hereby established as an operating agency of •

the Department of Defense, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Defense.

ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY •

The-40 National Reconnaissance Office will be organized

separately within the Department of Defense under a ilqDirector, National Reconnaissance Office, appointed by

the Secretary of Defense. The Director will be responsible

for consolidation of all Department of Defense satellite

and-sir-vekte1e-everflight projects for intelligence,

geodesy and mapping photography and electronic signal

collection into a single program, defined as the 1440-
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National Reconnaissance Program, and for the complete

management and conduct of this Program in accordance

with policy guidance and decisions of the Secretary of

Defense.

III. RELATIONSHIPS 

A. In carrying out his responsibilities for the

National Reconnaissance Program, the 484-Director,

National Reconnaissance Office shall:

Keep the Under Secretary of Defense for Research

and Engineering, the Deputy Under Secretary of

Defense (Policy), the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Communicatirs, Command, ControZ and

Intelligence) and the Assistant Secretary of

Defense (Comptroller) personally informed on a

regular basis on the status of projects of the

-frif National Reconnaissance Program.

Similarly inform other Department of Defense

personnel as he may determine necessary in the

course of carrying out specific project matters.

3. Establish appropriate interfaces between the

-(5)-National Reconnaissance Office and the United

States-Inte1*igenee-Soard7 National Foreign

Intelligence Board, the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National

Security Agency.

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4. Where appropriate, make use of qualified personnel of services and agencies of . the Department .4

of Defense as full-time members of the -1•SiNational Reconnaissance Office. i

B. Officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense,

military departments, and other DoD agencies shall

provide support within their respective fields of

responsibility, to the -Mt-Director, National Reconnaissance Office as may be necessary for the Director

to carry out his assigned responsibilities and

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functions. Streamlined management procedures will

. be utilized whereby individual project directors will

report directly to the 414-Director, National

Reconnaissance Office. The (0-Director, National

Reconnaissance Office will be given support as

requited from normal staff elements of the military

departments and agencies concerned, although these

staff elements will not participate in these project

matters except as he specifically requests, and these

projects will not be subject to normal Department

of Defense staff review.

IV. AUTHORITIES 

A. The Director, National Reconnaissance Office, in

connection with his assigned responsibilities for the

-04-National Reconnaissance Office and the (TS) National •

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delegated authority to:

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Organize, staff, and supervise the At4-National

Reconnaissance Office.

Establish, manage and conduct the {IS} National

Reconnaissance Program.

Assist the Secretary of Defense in the supervision of ateezaftl-ileeme-end satellite reconnaissance, mapping and geodesy matters, including

both photographic and electronic signal projects,

and be his direct representative on these matters

both within and outside the Department of Defense.

Review all Department of Defense budget requests

and expenditures for any items falling within the

definition of the -(9)- National Reconnaissance

Program, including studies and preliminary

research and development of components and

techniques to support such existing or future

projects.

B. Other authorities specifically delegated to the 4&)-

Director, National Reconnaissance Office by the

Secretary of Defense will be referenced in numbered

enclosures to this directive.

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PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS 

All projects falling within the definition of the -(TS)

National Reconnaissance Program are assigned to that

program and will be managed as outlined herein unless

specific exception is Made by the -M} Director, National

Reconnaissance Office. Announcements of any such

exceptions will be made by numbered enclosures to this

directive.

SECURITY

The /ft-Director, National Reconnaissance Office

will establish the security procedures to be followed

for all matters of the-enn-National Reconnaissance

Program, including suitable unclassified names and

functions to protect all elements of the -Of National

Reconnaissance Office.

All communications pertaining to matters under the

--Mt National Reconnaissance Program will be subject

to special systems of security control under the

cognizance of the Director, Defense Intelligence

Agency, except in those instances specifically

exempted by either-Mt-Director, National Reconnaissance

Office or the Secretary of Defense.

C. With the single exception of this directive, no

mention will be made of the following titles or

their abbreviations in any document which is not
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referred to in B above: 00-National Reconnaissance

Program; -Of-National Reconnaissance. Office. Where

•absolutely necessary to refer to the 1St National

Reconnaissance Program in communications not controlled

under the prescribed special security systems, such

reference will be made by use of the terminology:

ANatters-undee-the-perview-ef-Bee-I6-SRSSwa3v A "Offices

for the corleetion of specialised intelligence through

reconnaissance* programa."

EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Directive is effective upon publication.

CANCELLATION,

Reference (a) is hereby cancelled.

Deputy Secretary of Defense.

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