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March 27, 1964

NUMBER TS 5105. 23

Department of Defense Directive

iisvc National Reconnaissance Office

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Reference (a): DoD Directive TS 5105. 23, subject as above,

dated June 14, 19 62 (hereby cancelled)

GENERAL

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Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense

and the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, as .

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amended, including the Department of Defense Reorganization •

-.4.:Act of 1958, a (firNational Reconnaissance Office is hereby

established as an operating agency of the Department of ,

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

of Defense.

II. . ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY 

' The LW( National Reconnaissance Office will be organized

separately within the Department of Defense under a (4211

. • Director, National Reconnaissance Office, appointed by

the Secretary of Defense. The Director will be responsible

for consolidation of all nepartment of Defense satellite •

and air vehicle overflight projects for intelligence, geodesy •

and mapping photography and electronic signal collection

into a , single program, defined as the (.7g) National Recon-

, .naissance Program, and for the complete management and

conduct of this Program in accordance with policy guidance

' and decisions of the Secretary of Defense. ..2 .

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A. In carrying out his responsibilities for the (#7‘)

- . National Reconnaissance Program, the vt Director;

National Reconnaissance Office shall: • •

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L Keep the Director of Defense Research and

Engineering and the Assistant Secretary of

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:Defense (Comptroller) personally informed on

. ' a regular basis on the status of projects of

the pal 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

L2 National Reconnaissance Office and the United

States Intelligence Board, the Joint Chiefs of

Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the

National Security Agency.

4. Where appropriate, make use of qualified personnel

of services and agencies of the Department of

Defense as full time members of the IX National

Reconnaissance Office.

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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 (oiltr Director, National Reconnaissance Office as may be necessary for the Director

to carry out his assigned responsibilities and functions.

Streamlined management procedures will be utilized

whereby individual project directors will report

directly to the (Pr Director, National Reconnaissance

Office. The Director, National Reconnaissance

Office will be given support as required 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 (05) Director, National Reconnaissance Office, in

connection with his assigned responsibilities for the
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TS 5105.23

(al National Reconnaissance Office and the (06

National Reconnaissance Prdgram, is hereby specific.

-ally delegated authority to:

L. . Organize, staff, and supervise the Of National

Reconnaissance Office.

2. Establish, manage and conduct the (P) National

Reconnaissance Program.

. Assist the Secretary of Defense in the supervision of aircraft, drone and 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 (li151 National. Reconnaissance

Program, including studies and preliminary research

and development of components and techniques to

support such existing or future projector

13, Other authorities specifically delegated to the 49cDirector, National Reconnaissance Office by the Secre- .

tary of Defense will be referenced in numbered enclosures.

to this directive.

V. PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS

All projects falling within the definition of the (AA)

National Reconnaissance Program . are assigned to that program

and will be managed as outlined herein unless specific

exception is made by the (%) Director,. National Reconnaissance

Office. Announcements of any such exceptions will be made by •

numbered enclosures to this directive. -
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VI. SECURITY 

'A. The („SeDirector, National Reconnaissance Office will '

establish the security procedures to be followed for all

matters of the PSI National Reconnaissance Program,

including suitable unclassified names and functions to

protect all elements of the (?) National Reconnaissance

Office.

B.. All communications pertaining to matters under the psi 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 (21 Director,

. National Reconnaissance Office or the Secretary of Defense. •

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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 controlled under the special

security control system(s) referred to in B. above: (70e1

National Reconnaissance Program; pri National Reconnaissance

Office. Where absolutely necessary to refer to the per

National Reconnaissance Program in communications not con

.•" • trolled tinder,the prescribed special security systems, such

reference will be made by use of the terminology: "Matters

under the purview of DoD TS-5105. 23."

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VII. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Directive is effective upon. publications . ;,

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VIII. CANCELLATION 

Reference ( a) is hereby cancelled.

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ME4ORANDUM FOR (SEE DISTRIBUTION)

SUBJECT: National Reconnaissance Office .

Reference: (a): DOD Directive TS 5105.23, subject as above,

dated March 27, 1964 (hereby revised)

DOD Directive TS 5105.23, Subject: National Reconnaissance

Office, is amended as shown below. ara III Al is revised to

read as follows:

1. Work directly with the Defense Space Operat ons Committee (DSOC) on policy, budgets,

requirements and programs. The Defense Space

Operations Committee is the principal adviso

body to the Secretary of Defense for the

National Reconnaissance Program. (Its men ers

include the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

for Policy Review; the Assistant Sedretary of

Defense for Communications, Command, Control

and Intelligence; and th, Secretary of the Air

Force who will be the Chairman of the Committee.)

The Director shall respond to tasks approved

by the Defense Space Operations Committee and

will keep the DSOC informed. on arggular basis,

on the status of projects of the ,W National

Reconnaissance Office.

This interim change is effective October 8, 1979. The change

will be incorporated in

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the directive during the next revision

process.

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