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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD July 15, 1969 

SUBJECT: Revisions to the NRP Annex to the STG Report 

The attached three documents comprise the comments we 

received on our draft NRP Annex to the STG Report. Check marks, 

in pencil, show changes accepted. We accepted everything except 

Dr. DuBridge's request that we excise all references to an Arms 

Control Satellite and the CIA request that we tout CORONA as an 

earth resources satellite. 

PA JlVE. WORTHMAN 

Colonel, USAF 

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RESULTS OF PALLEY-ALLEN CONVERSATION ON STG REPORT 

(June 27, 1969) 

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1. Parallelism in format of the DOD and NRO report will be enhanced 

by having a 11Summary11 section at the beginning of the report. Mention: 

DOD space base supporting the NRP 

,t'CIA intelligence base supporting the NRP 

/Technology of the NRP is devoted almost 

exclusively to sensors. Such things as 

DRS, precision attitude systems, SGLS 

are developed in the DOD. 

NRO report is an annex to the STG report. 

V/2. ERTS. Show that NRO and DOD optical technology is readily 

available to NASA for ERTS. 

v 3. Add payload dimensions (in Appendix). 

Add orbital attitudes (nominal (in Appendix)). 

\..,/--4. Revise MOL section to be in consonance with cancellation and 

to show plan to study high resolution possibilities. 

v 5. Re-write space shuttle sentences to show it as a concept to be 

considered in cost reduction and flexibility studies. 

6. Mapping and charting. Mention that we carry these cameras as 

passenger payloads. The DOD report will contain a white write-up 

on mapping and charting. 

v'7. Meteorology satellite. The DOD report will cover this. NRO 

Staff will help solve the problem of security restrictions (now timely). 

VB. Interdiction. We will soften our comment and refer to the DOD 

report. 

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,._,..,,,...--9. "Summary." Present summary section at end of report needs to 

be renamed and rewritten. 

v10. Dependence on reconnaissance satellites. Mention impact of 

base losses. 

vll. Secondary payloads. Mention that we have carried and will 

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continue to carry, as possible, secondary payloads (in M/C/G section?). 

,_ ..,,·t2. Projections to 1985. Footnote present charts to extrapolate present 

1979/80 values to 1985. 

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MEMORANDUM FOR 

Director, National Reconnaissance Program 

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., Th1· s memoran d um respon d s t o your request f or comments on t h e 

draft, "National Reconnaissance Program Annex to the Space Task 

Group Report, 11 dated 4 June 1969. 

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I think the technological trends and the Program projections that 

are summarized in this report are reasonable estimates of what 

we can anticipate for the NRP in the next decade and I concur in 

these sections of the report. 

i would, however, suggest the changes indicated in the attached 

pages for the paragraph titled 11NRP Relationships with NASA: 

Post-Apollo Goals. 11 I would also change DOD to NRO in the last 

two lines of page 18. 

In addition, I think we should delete the references to an Arms 

Control Satellite. It seems to me that the policy review of such 

a proposal falls within the purview of the NSAM 156 Ad Hoc Committee and should be taken up there rather than being suggested 

at this time to the Space Task Group. This is an important 

question, however, and I suggest that, as a separate action, 

the EXCOM consider the proposal and decide whether to encourage 

a 156 Committee review. 

cc:Mr. Packard 

Mr. Helms 

Science Advis 

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NRP Relationships with NASA: Post-APOLLO Goals 

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For some time, NASA has been exploring the use of satellite-borne 

sensors to locate and study earth resources •. Experiments involving 

hand-held cameras operated by GEMINI and APOLLO astronauts have 

not been politically offensive to other nations, largely because the 

photographs are at a fairly gross resolution, the "targets" are carefully selected, the film is reviewed by an inter-agency security panel 

before it is released to the public, and hostile states such as the USSR 

and Ued China are either not overflown or not now photographed. Future 

possible NASA applications, involving oceanography, forestry, geology, 

geography, and agriculture, must be planned and controlled very carefully, for the line between economic research photography and economic 

intelligence photography is very thin and casual experimentation could 

trigger challenges to the legitimacy of not only the NASA earth-sensing 

program but of the National Reconnaissance Program. In 1966, U. 

Alexis Johnson's satellite reconnaissance policy committee met again 

and developed policy to cover this potential danger area. A-s-a~H:;-

Within the guidelines established by that committee, NASA and the 

BOB-a-r-e- flew- NRO have been proceeding on a cooperative basis in 

planning a NASA earth-sensing program which will meet our nation's 

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scientific needs without jeopardizing its ability to gather intelligence 

from space. 

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In addition, the President1s Science Advisor has -epon-s-o-r-ed- pcli<:-yavaH:a:ble-sp-a:-c-e- int-e-lHg-en-c-e-pht:ii0graphy-c-a-n--be-appHed-1:o- -the-n-eed-s-e.f 

t-he- ·dvi:-1-g0ven,.men-t-wHhou-t-hazardin-g- ihe-s-ecu-r-Hy-o-f-~ Na-t-iena} 

R-ecennai ss a.flee -Pr0gr aRr.- -'i:'·he-s-e-stud,i-e-s-afla-oonf-e1"en-c-e-s-have-be-en-

, with the endorsement and support o(the Director of Central Intelligence 

and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, sponsors a committee with member -

ship from the non-defense agencies which identifies ways in which the 

~ce intelligence photography can be used by these agencies within the 

present security and policy regul,ations and provides a channel for Ea'ssing 

these needs to COMIREX. This committee has had a strong positive 

influence in coordinating the needs of the civil community and assisting 

to plan a reasonable earth-sensing program. In order to encourage 

. __ further progress, consideration should be given to allotting a small but 

regular percentage of film from each search satellite to these purposes. 

There are two Flew areas in which NASA could benefit from closer 

technical ties with the E>-eps:1·4::ment-0f D-e-fen-s-e NRO. First, the DOD maintains a reconnaissance wing of SR-71 aircraft whose main purpose, in 

the event of war, is nuclear strike assessment. Both DOD and CIA 

maintain U-2 aircraft units. At present, some of these aircraft fly 

training missions and some are stored in flyable condition. Some SR-7 l1s 

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and pessi-b-ly U-2 1s eettl:d--be have already been made available for 

:W-A&A civilian earth-s~nsing surveys. Photography from SR--=7-3.Js-shou-ld-be 

these aircraft has been and can continue to be very useful to NASA and 

its user community in developing baseline mosaics and in evaluating 

the possible return to be expected eventually from satellite photography. 

In- -a.-d-dhi t:m, - ai-r-c-r-a.f-t-li ke -SR - '7 :1: Ls- o.f fe-r- -many -ad-vant-ag-e-s- ever -s-a-td.1-H: e s 

as -s-en-s-o-r- -c-a.1:"-rier s :- -theh-- op-e-r-ating- -c-o-s-t ·i:s-J:nUC-h- less -th-an-i-h-at-ef- -s-a-teHires-, 

a--witle- -choiee -o-f-s ensel'S -i-s-pe s si-b-le, -1:-he- -st1:r-v-ey-ef s-nai:-fon--ean-be- -C'fl:i·-ri:ecl 

eu1:- .. ·a.ste-r- -by-ai:-r-cT-a-f-t-th-an-by-s-a-tellite s; -ai-r-cT-a.fi:- -c-an-be -s-e-le-cti:-ve-lye?np-loyed, -ancl--they-ne ecl ··o.f.fe:r -no- politi eal- Ti sks .- --An- inten-s-iv-e-p:re g:raFnef- -e-a1-"th-sensi-ng- .f:reFn- e.il'el"aft-eve:i- -s-ele-ctecl-coope-r-a-ti:Rg-c-ou-nt-i"ie s -oou-ld 

p:revide- e.-aseiul-asses sRre-nt-ef- the-util-ity-o-f-ea:i-th- -i"e-s0u-:t"£-e-s-s1:1Pveys 

should be continued and strengthened. 

Second, NASA has concluded that its initial earth resources satellite 

will be more cost-effective if it uses an electronic imaging system, 

rather than film-recovery cameras. It is also quite possible that highly 

re fined electronic imaging sensors will permit economy and improvement 

in NRP operations in the future. It may be appropriate and mutually 

advantageous for NASA to make a significant commitment to advancing 

the technology of high resolution electronic sensors to replace filmcamera systems. 

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