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TORI 1141Z 17 MAR 63 IN SRle 

PRITY_ IAPD PR.tTy_ 

REFSI A. " JA~ 63 

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I. THIS IS TE DETAILED PLA~ REQUESTED IN YOUR 

PART I - QUILL (8 YEMAN) SECOR ITY POLICYt Ttl! QUIU PROalM 

CONSISTS OF 3 TAT/AGEIA LAU!tCKES IN !IIAY, SEPT, AND ~V 1"4. 

THESE LAIlfCKES ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY PARr or 

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RE1.ATIO~SHIPS BETVEEN QUILL _ AR! AMALOBOUS TO THE RElATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCEP.T THAT QUIU IS A RADAR 

PAYLOAD WHER!AS ONLY QUILL IRIIP'ID -

PERS09S ARE AIARE OF THE VORD -QUILL- OR OF THE 'ACT THAT THE .. ~ 

PAYLOAD IS A RADAR. OTNER PERSONS ARE GmN THE COVER 81'OIY " 

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LOAD IS "BLAcr. JIIOS!' 01 THE PROJECT IS ·VKITE, 'lIaHLY cLASSIFIEDTHE W)(ITE FACTS INCLUDE TAT/ADENA D, SATELLITE, VIDE-RAID DATA 

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LINK, REPEAT TATIAGEHA 0, SATELLITE, VIDE-BAND DATA LINI. AND 

RECOVERY REPEAT RECOVERY. 

QUILL BRIEFED PER&ttNS DO NOT, IN GENERAL, REQUIRE ~CCESS TO 

CORONA AND VICE VERSA. THE RECOVERY stlSSYSI'a IS DEFINED AS 

THE RECOVERY SUBsysrD WILL REIAII UMDER 

CORONA SECURITY. 

PART II - QUILL PROJECT SECURITY PROCEDURES. 1HE QUILL 

PROGRAN OPERATES PERSOMS WIIO 

MUsr KNOW THAT THE PAYLOAD IS A RADAR ARE CLEARED AND BRID'ED 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH BYEIIAH CRITERIA. CORRESPOIDDCI CONrAIIING 

ANY REFERENCE TO RADAR OR ANY SENSITIY! ASPECT or THE QUILL 

PROGRAM CNAME or RADAR CONTRACTOR, PAYLOAD DETAILS) IS HANDLED 

VIA SYlMAR CONTROLS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT. PROCEDURES EQUIVALEIT 

TO SYEMAN ARE USED FOR COMMUNICATION AND SECURITY CORRaL BY COITRACTORS. QUILL SECURITY OFFICERS AT CONTRACTOR FACILITIES ARE 

OOtfrRACTOR EMPLOYEES. 

PART III .. rUNDING PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THE 

~HIT£ FUNDS FOR QUILL ARE PROGRAMMED8Y THE AIR 'ORCE AS PART or 

THESE Ftr.fDS COVER EVERYTHINe EXCEPT THE RADAR 

PAYLOAD AND THE RECOVERY SUBSYSTEM. WHICH ARE PAID rOR IN THE 

BLACK ALL WHITI PROCURI-

[t",ENTS AND THE BLACK RADAR PROCUREMENT ARE MADE BY THE AIR FORCE. 

THE BLACK RECOVERY SUBSYS'l"EM PROCUREMENt IS "AD! BY TIlE CIA VITH 

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PART IV • CONTRACTORS· RELATIONSHIPS. 

A. FOR BASIC 'lUlU PROGRAN (tilT INCLUDING RECOVERY SUBSYSTEIt' THE TRANSLATION IS AS FOLLOWSI 

LNSC REPEAT LMSCI (WHITE CORTRACT WUTK SA~SP), SElTO, 

AGENA VEHICLE, SPECIAL ANTENNA, LAUNCH AND TRACKING SERVICES. 

'; CONSULTANT FOR RADAR, ALS 0 OPTICAL PROCESSING 

OF RAW RADAR DATA TO PRODUCE FINAL RADAR MAP. 

DACREPEAT DAel (WHITE CONTRACT), TAT BOOSTER, LAUNCH 

SERVICES. 

GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT COMPANY REPEAT lOODYEAR AIRCRAFT 

COMPANY, (BLACK SAFSP CONTRACT,. RADAR PAYLOAD. 

B. FOR THE 3 REQUIRED, COMPLETE RECOVIRY SUBSYSTDS, TH! 

. CORONA CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WILL BE USED VIT11HI1' ANY CHAISE. 

PEC IF ICALL Y, THE FOLLOW INS PROCURDENTS V ILL BE "ADEt 

(1) LMSC (HILLER) WILL PROVIDE HARDWARE AS FOLLOWS, 

AFT CAPSULE COVER, MODIFIED VATER SEAL, .8LOS9)" TELEMETRY, 

BALLASI' SYSTEM, DRAIN ANO SINK PLISS, AtfI) PMACHurl •. LIISC 

(HILLER) WILL PIODI" AND INSTALL LIse HARDWARE AND WILL ACCOIPLISH TESI' AND CHECKOUT OF COIPONENTS AMD COMPLETED ASsaILIES. 

DELIVERY DAns: t NOV 63, 15 JAN 64, AND l' APR 64. 

(2) GE WILL PROVIDE THREE "ARK VA SPACE VEHICLES, IE 

PART NUKBER 196R381G12. "ODI'IED so THAT THE CASSETTE II0UlfflMaR~Il.S ~ILL ACCORMODATE THE IDENTICAL 18MM CASSETTE USED 1M THE 

MARK IV CONFIGURATION. DELIVERY DATES TO L"SCI 'IRST sysrEl TO ~: 

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UlSC I SEP'J' 63. SECOND AND THIRD AT ONE-MONTH INTERVALS DESIRED, 

TWO-MONTH INTERVALS ACCEPTABLE •. 

(3) ITEX WILL PROVIDE THREE TAXI-UP CASSETTES, ITEK 

PART MlJIIIBER 39178. REQUIRED DATE AT Utsc SAllE AS FOR "ARK VA 

SYSTE"S ABOVE. (CASSETTES MAY BE AVAILABLE AS RESIDUE TO PRIOR 

(4) ENGINEERING COORD IN AT 101 VILL BE ACCOMPLISHED 

THROUGH LISC SEITD. 

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PART V - HARDWARE HANDLING AND CHECKOUT PROCEDURES. THE 

WILL RADAR PAYLOAD WILL BE FABR ICATED IN PHOIRI!, SHIPPED TO 

SUNNYVALE FOR INsrALLATION AND CHECKOUT IN THE AlbA. AIID THB 

SUPPED IN THE ABENA TO VAFB rOR LAlliCH. VKEMEVIR THERE WIU 8E 

EVIDENCE tHAT THE PAYLOAD IS A RADAR, QUILL SECURITY WILL 8E 

ENFORCED. 

THE RECOVERY SlBSTS'f£lll WILL BE ASSEMBLED AND CHECKED OUT BY 

LMSC (HILLIR) UNDER CORONA SECURITY •. FUNCTIONAL YESI'll. 11TH -'-" .. -

tHE RADAR PAYLOAD WILL Bt ACCO"PLISHED IN _. LISC. AI 

_-CLEARED AREA. THEN THE PAYLOAD AID REcx)VERY SUBSYSTEIIS·.;:~: 

MOVE TO _. LMSC, FOR SYSTEMS TESTS AND ENVIRORIIIITAL 

CHAftlBER TESTS. RECOVERY SUBSYSTEloi THEN SHIPS TO VArB rOR FINAL 

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PREPARATION II -L- BLDG. RECOVERY'SlaSYSI'II IIATES VITH AIDA 

AND PAYLOAD IN AT VAPS PRIOR TO LAUNCH. CIA IS 

RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RECOVERY SUBSYSrEII KANDLI .. AID SECURITY. 

IN THIS VAY INTERACTIOI BETVEEN COHOMA AND QUILL vnl 8E 11111-. 

MIZED. 

, PART VI - LAUNCH AID .RECOVERY RESPOMSIBILttIIS. fM! . LAUNCH WILL BE CONDUCTED AS OPERATION. tHl RECOVIRY 

WILL BE FUNCTIONALLY RlPEAT FUNCTIONALLY SIIILAR TO PRESINT 162 

OPERATIONS, BUT WILL BE IDENTIFIED VITHIN THE RECOVERY rORCI AS 

THE PRIMARY (rIun RECORD VILL BE fRAN.lIfTED . TO HILLER FOR DE-SPOOLING, TO SPPL FOR PROCESSING, AND THIN TO 

FOR OPTICAL TRANSLATION TO 'INAL rOIlllAT. 

AS IN THZ CASE OF PRE-LAUNCH 'ACTIVITIES, CORONA SECURITY 'ILL 

DICTATE THE RECOVERY SECURny CONTROLS. 

2. COtlSI~[NT WITH THE ABOVE PLAN VE'VILL COORDINATE THE 

PROCUREMENT AND SECURITY MAnERS, PERTAItUNG to THE RECOVIRY 

StSSysrEt~ ON A CONTINUING BASIS TMROuaH LOCAL REPRESEMTATIVIS. 

MESSl'fS 

3. FOR COL WART IN: VE CONSIDER THE FOLLOlmB TO 8E lOST 

DJPORTANT ACTION ITEISa 

A. TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO CIA (REF PARA I, PART IV, a). 

B. AUTHORIZATION FOR LT COL MURPHY AND IIESSRS _ AHD 

_ TO PARTICIPATE ASSm FORTH A~~. 

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