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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 

SUBJECT: SAFSL/SAFSS Relationships 

Late this afternoon, General Harry Evans called to ask me 

to add an "Operations" section to an existing document, "Functions 

of the NRO Staff with Respect to the MOL Program. " Attachment 1 

is the original paper plus - in double-spaced typing at the end - my 

proposal for an operations section, General Evans expressed his 

concurrence with the details of the original verbiage, but requested 

that it be condensed. The pencilled notes represent this editing. 

Attachment 2 is a clean copy of the final version. 

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The NRO Staff will be involved with the MOL program 

as the staff agency to the DNRO in those areas which interface with the NRP. The objective of this arrangement is to 

provide a means by which coordination with related elements 

of the NRP and an overview of the total program can be 

assured. Responsibilities in specific areas are summarized 

in the following paragraphs. 

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TAB B c SW- &SFUNCTIONS OF THE NRO STAFF WITH RESPECT 

TO THE MOL PROGRAM 

 Security 

The Chief Security Officer of the NRO Staff will con- 

 tinue to exercise security review and control for all 

 aspects of the MOL program in accordance with his presently 

 assigned responsibilities for security of the.NRP. 

 Because.of.the complex nature of the MOL program, the 

present arrangement wherein a Security Officer from the 

NRO Staff is detailed to the MOL program for day to day 

operation will be continued. 

 Policy 

-J The NRO Staff will provide a point of mandatory coordination for the MOL program office in matters and relationships 

 of concern to the NRO involving the State Department, ACDA, 

 the United Nations, NASA, Congress, the Executive Department, 

 and release of public information. Conversely, the NRO Staff 

 will coordinate similar matters in which it is involved and 

 which are of concern to the MOL program with the Washington 

 MOL program office. 

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The NRO Staff will be responsible for including data 

 on the MOL program as required in overall NRO reports such 

 as those to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory 

 Board, total budget summaries, and documents and presenta- 

 tions of a similar nature. The MOL program office will 

 supply the required data to the NRO Staff. 

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Support 

The NRO Staff will continue to provide secure teletype 

communications support to the MOL program office in the 

Pentagon. Other administrative support within existing 

capabilities may be approved by the Director of the NRO 

Staff. 

Technical 

The NRO Staff will maintain that current knowledge of 

the technical status and plans of the MOL program necessary 

to provide staff support to the DNRO in those areas of 

interface between the NRP and the MOL program. 

OPERATIONS 

The NRO Staff will be the principal working interface between 

the MOL program and the intelligence community. It will maintain 

currency on approved intelligence targets and priorities; analyze 

requirements and compare them with the collection capability; 

conduct the necessary climatological studies to support operations; 

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TAB B 

FUNCTIONS OF THE NRO STAFF WITH RESPECT 

TO THE MOL PROGRAM 

General 

The NRO Staff will be involved with the MOL program as the 

staff agency to the DNRO in those areas which interface with the NRP. 

The objective of this arrangement is to provide a means by which 

coordination with related elements of the NRP and an overview of the 

total program can be assured. Responsibilities in specific areas are 

summarized in the following paragraphs. 

Security 

The Chief Security Officer of the NRO Staff will continue to 

exercise security review and control for all aspects of the MOL program in accordance with his presently assigned responsibilities for 

security of the NRP. Because of the complex nature of the MOL program, the present arrangement wherein a Security Officer from the 

NRO Staff is detailed to the MOL program for day to day operation 

will be continued. 

Policy 

The NRO Staff will provide a point of mandatory coordination 

for the MOL program office in matters and relationships of concern 

to the NRO involving the State Department, ACDA, the United Nations, 

NASA, Congress, the Executive Department; and release of public 

information. Conversely, the NRO Staff will coordinate similar 

matters in which it is involved and which are of concern to the MOL 

program with the Washington MOL program office. 

Reporting 

The NRO Staff will be responsible for including data on the MOL 

program as required in overall NRO reports such as those to the 

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, total budget summaries, 

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and documents and presentations of a similar nature. The MOL program office will supply the required data to the NRO Staff. 

Support 

The NRO Staff will continue to provide secure teletype communications support to the MOL program office in the Pentagon. Other 

administrative support within existing capabilities may be approved 

by the Director of the NRO Staff. 

Technical 

The NRO Staff will maintain that current knowledge of the technical status and plans of the MOL program necessary to provide staff 

support to the DNRO in those areas of interface between the NRP and 

the MOL program. 

Operations 

The NRO Staff will be the principal working interface between 

the MOL program and the intelligence community. It will maintain 

currency on approved intelligence targets and priorities; analyze 

requirements and compare them with the collection capability; conduct the necessary climatological studies to support operations; 

furnish pre -launch intelligence collection planning to meet the requirements and conduct post-mission collection analysis (collated with 

USIB requirements). 

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