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20 <; 'I ,JUly' 1971 

Ior t.--' lecteG Staff 

is a . - syn SlS 0: t 

expla~ation as to t ~~e -are att to 

,. 

L :sonn~: LU disc~ss ove~dll incel:igenee 

c:a?abilit~l 

\t;ere r~ot 

:a1 col ctian capability 

ad sy5te~s could not repidce. 

!115 r'€turrl to t ~r. ~cLucas asked ~arry 

Davis to look into t . . sltuat:Cj£i} r.:! 

course of act ton. an oD-site survey a 

rec d t t (~ertairl rsonnel be extensively briefed 

on 

ground stati0ns and c6ntractor faci~ities. In ;j,dciit 

NRO briefings. Harry S st t gr VISlt 

the P'AC;ER operatio'DS anct alscJ recei~1e c~ Dr tlng orl 

a defense 5uppr2ssion effort by l\FSC ;4hich uses al 

to t 

se r\le 

Hi:"" \/T::: LE>10~\'~, 

I 

The CJrrent plan is to invite key 

personnel to the Pentagon for in-depth 

USAFE and USEUCOi'!; 

oriefi s on select 

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ttH::~'11 ~~.,t(:, r-

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rters a :t€ A~~FSC . 

t:?Orl [ rL ~ould be dn evaluation 4 

as to 'not t satellite syste~s are 

to their ~eeds. It is also inten to ter:-;,~iru? o'ver r~ext te"t'-l rr.o·nth.s r a '1----------, " " '-1 -------------,1 ' '---,--.-,--,-,-- syste~. n8~eiy abased originallY '-----~-~------~-~ 

on surplus C-2 [ eventu8iiY altitude 

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irlstallatiun irl 

is an ELIXT syste~ 

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yield ;reater accuracy, caver dee~ into 

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ss,ibilit/ 

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{)f ir~cerest. 

~Z to 

rd to security, we 

possible LJ5E[{ 5 at 

coz~runi has peared to 

belief t t they cannot 

level. Since at least 

a ition to 51 

brief 

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r:~ trorri. t 

rticipate 

restllts. 

11 ii'lVE:S t igate. 

the brief s 

to -rneet all 

The 

t past, the USER 

concern tCli? 

s toryf} at" 

11 be required 

to 

1 in 

Washington. tion, per sonne I 'i,·lOuld 

t ion that vJas 

systeril capaIn this way they 

be r EARPOP, and the specific 

bility and 

~·lOU 1 d knO''vJ 

sys te;Jj, 

"'em Id be 

data available at the TK level. 

i the extent of infonT,at ion in the TK 

more rtant be Ie to utilize it at t 

C01TllItand leve 1 the existing security structure. 

T.'1e only BYE;"1AN clearance action required at this time 

"lOU be are-certification clearability for those personnel 

to visit lrlashington and the on-site facilities. Upon arrival 

the !\'RO would sponsor the EARPOP access as required. If 

Lt Col Douglas J. Pennington is'to attend, he would require 

TK access. 

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Jointly 

(1) to f:I1hance 

USER C07rriT:Ulli and (2) 

S S, i.e., to options which . . "~) ;; c ~. 0) '~i S l tj {~.1 ~(J. C.I , 

D~ better ~Gited to th~ir needs and be less ex?ensive. 

1: co ration and oarticipation we be able to 

?ro~ote a better utilization of our ~ational syste~s capability 

:n t tactical re ire~ent areas, help to better establi~h 

both our capabilities and 1 itatians and have the GSER 

ccc;;--;~lini ty bu i Id sy sterns t te r t nmv pruj ec ted which interface closely with National syste~s. 

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D':'.VID D. ERADB 

Colonel, l SAF 

Director 

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