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MEMORANDUM FOR: MEMBERS, MOL POLICY 

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SUBJECT: MOL Management 

Transmitted herewith for your information 

is a copy of a Memorandum for the Chief of Staff, 

USAF which formally announces MOL management 

arrangements, and provides for necessary implementing action. 

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF, USAF 

As a result of the approval of the MOL program, it 

is important that we formally announce MOL management 

arrangements and undertake necessary implementing actions. 

To this end, I am forwarding several attachments which 

establish the Office of the Director, MOL as a staff element 

of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, and appoint 

General B. A. Schriever as Director, MOL, as an additional 

duty; a description of the functions and responsibilities of 

the Director, MOL; an updated charter for the MOL Policy 

Committee; and a copy of a memorandum I am transmitting 

to General Schriever which describes in some detail the 

management arrangements which have been adopted for MOL. 

I very much appreciate your efforts, and those of the 

staff in bringing our work of the past few months to a 

. successful conclusion. Our work has but begun, and I would 

value your personal attention to insuring that our best 

judgment and experience are brought to bear in guiding the 1, 

course of the MOL program in the months ahead. 
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MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL B. A. SCHRIEVER 

SUBJECT: Management of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory 

(MOL) Program 

Due to the nature, scope, and principal objectives of 

the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) Program, and in 

view of the intense public scrutiny to which man in space, 

his well being, and his safety will be subjected, regardless 

of the amount of security cover provided, it has been 

determined that special management arrangements for the 

conduct of the MOL program will be placed in effect. 

Program policy, review, and final Air Force 

approval will be exercised by the Secretary of the Air 

Force, supported by the Director, National Reconnaissance 

Office (DNRO) and by the MOL Policy Committee as 

currently constituted. The NRO Staff will provide staff 

support to the DNRO in those areas of the MOL program 

which interface with the National Reconnaissance Program. 

Strong, centralized, integrated program direction 

will be exercised from a Washington area office. This 

office will be headed by a Director, MOL, who will report 

directly to the Secretary of the Air Force, and be supported 

by a full-time Vice Director and a small program staff 

located in the Washington area. 

I have issued an order (TAB B) which designates 

you as Director, MOL, effective immediately. 

An integrated program implementation office, 

designated the MOL Systems Office, will be established 

at the Air Force Space Systems Division, El Segundo, 

California. This office will be headed by a general officer, 

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designated Deputy Director, MOL, as a full-time duty, 

who will report di rectly to the Director, MOL. This office 

will be staffed by highly qualified, experienced program 

management personnel and supported by the Aerospace 

Corporation in accomplishing general systems engineering 

and technical direction for the program. 

The Director, SAFSP, located at SSD, will be responsible to the DNRO for development, acquisition and test of the 

sensor payload in response to technical specifications and 

requirements provided by the Deputy Director, MOL. He 

will be responsible for all "black" contracting, and will 

establish a MOL sensor payload office, co-located with the 

MOL Systems Office, to carry out his responsibilities. He 

will review and approve implementation of EYEMAN security 

procedures. In addition, SAFSP will maintain surveillance 

over the utilization of the critical Air Force, Aerospace and 

industrial resources of the NRP including the MOL. 

Details of these management arrangements are discussed in TAB A. 

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