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MD«>BAllJU( 10R TRI SICRWJut ca JmmlSI 

(A'l'nl: General G. J. '.lrlldne, tae-let, 

Assi•tant to the Slteretary ot ~' 

Special Operations) 

SUBJICT: Conduct ot Dll"ect Support BI.I1fr Act1 T1 t1e1 -Eer 

1. Jleterence 1• made to.your maaoru4\a oa tbe abOYe 8UbJect, 

dated 23 February 1961. 

2. Your contimation ot the Bat.iaaal. 8ecur1 ty Agency uamption8 

vu appreciated u vu tbe inrltat:l.on to coament on tbe general eubJect 

of BLDT direct SUJ>p01't. 

3. One ot the recomendationa ~ the Joint study Group on 

Foreign Intelligence Actirlti•• of the Uaited Btatee, CCGOC"lle4 ti. 

re-eum1nation ot the ueigment ot KLDf ruouroea to unifted &ll4 

epec1t1ed C(lllllV>de. I haft directed a at~ to dete.lm1ne &NU W... 

an improvement in exi.•ting ar.rangementa could beneftt all m.m 

conaumere. Thi• •tudy ahould be ccxapleted ud tOl"Rl"ded to 10lU' 

office within the next thirty days. At that UmB, I bope to be able 

to recamend actione vb.ich llisbt pend. t conaiderable aarlnga b;r tm 

consolidation ot more program1ag Of Bl.Im contract• Within IM. 

Isl L. H. FROST 

L. II. 1808r 

Tice Adld.nl, USI 

Jlireetor 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 10-21-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
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8er1al: N 0931+ 

N/R: l. Day to day operations in the BLI1'f field apecif'ically, have 

raised many problems in implementing tbe provision• ot the DOD implementing 

Directive 3115.2 in regardtO..t.be -division or ettort between IBl, JCS, 

and Theater Commands. Accordingly 1 PROD-o4 and COM are currently preparing a study of the relationships of Jl8A tothe JCS, .Joint and Specified 

Camnand.8 with a view to making accoumodations for a restudy by SEDll' ot 

DOD Directive 3ll5.2 atter two years of' implemention by BSA. Four maJor 

problems contront lfSl. The•e are: 

a. Tbe provision of technical. support to all U. S. SlGil'.r 

activities (specifically BLllf.r). 

b. Accaimodat1on of' BSA organization and responsibili tiee to 

the Caumands Theater BLIIT Centers. 

c. ProceBBing of strategic ELill'l' reaulti~ t'ral1 Space Vehicle 

Collection (SAll)S) and trcm foreign space vehicles (USSR). Thi• involves 

prevention of duplication at JISl effort• in proYicUDg T&rioua contractor• 

same data am prevention of' contractor duplication in the BLift and data 

processing f'ield. 

d. Tasking of' collection resources outside at BSA control. to 

meet national collection obJecti ves. The1e include new and unusual 

signals 1 both coomunicationa and non-cQ11R!mj cations, data syatss 1 tel.emetry 1 etc. 

2. Current prGgtm ot this BSA. study indioates that 1n the courae 

of the SICD!F's invitation to RSA. to canment on the aubJect ot BLDl'.f 

direct support, BSA should rec~nd~to S.:DU' the _t~lloving: 

a. That BSA should.A~;;, _. · -~ -and- ' ~ Theater m.Dr.l' 

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Centers to provide Theater Came.riders UL- loc~· support tor new ( 

and unusual signals; process material collected by Canm•nds and SCA'• 

for support of Camnands J provide SCA uni ts with llLilf.r for :tusion w1 th ------ COMI1'1' and make availabl.e to all echelons ot U. S. consuners reaulla ot [ 1

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Theater KUllT Center prareaaing. ,, 

( b. Take over alJ. U. S. ELllf:r contracts tor m.Di'l' equipaent 

developnent and processing. ( . ,~ . (I ..-· V"-'\~'V ,J 

c. Coordinate all plana tor SIGIJrl collection packages 

installed in U. s. space SIGIE collection vehicl.es and arrana;e tor 

processing take f'rcll1 these coll.ection vehicles. 

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Serial: N 0934 

3. This study further indicates that if SECDEF accepts this study 

and its recamnendations as a basis for a reexamination of 3u5.2, be, 

SECIIEF, should inventory all U. S. EI.INT collection and processing facil~ties not under NSA. operational control so that NSN may prepare 

a plan to carry out the revised OOD Directive 3115.2 along the lines 

of the above recommendations. 

GEORGE P. MCGINNIS, CDR1 USN/PROD-o42/4596-S/13 Mar 61/ej 

ADDED M/R: Dual action between PROD and OPS. Mr. Brown, OPS states that 

no further coordination is required. ,L' 1.1 I!/: ,/' ,,. -' ~- c.-'.K,df., ,( ~? • 'f"l,L. t:_v.;J--

TECKLA DeSOUCEY,AG-103,362Ji:,l4 Mar 61, dbt 

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