MINUTES OF COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION MEETING M-92, 19 MAR 1970

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COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION
COMIREX -M -92
19 March 1970
Following is an index of the Minutes of the 19 March 1970
COMIREX meeting:
Section I (Briefings)
Page 5 Mission Highlights (1109 -1)
Section II (Approval of Minutes)
Page 5 COMIREX-M-89
Page 5 COMIREX-M-90
Page 6 COMIREX-M-91
Page 6 General
Section III (Operations)
Page 6 Satellite Schedule
Page 7 Report on Aircraft Activities
Section IV (Action Items)
Page 8 Cuba Requirement Revision
Page 8 Agreed Criteria for Coverage Accounting of Cuba
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Section V (Other Business)
Page 11 Five-Year Guidance to NRP
Section VI (Subcommittee and Working Group Reports)
Page 11 Imagery Exploitation Subcommittee
Page 11 Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Working Group
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A NPIC Briefing -Mission Highlights (Mission 1109-1)
B Satellite Operations Schedule
C Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
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Auditorium,
CIA;
State;
DIA:
Army;
Navy: Capt, L. W. Moffit
Air Force: Cal. C. E. Davison
NSA:
SUBCOMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP REPRESENTATION
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Mission Highlights
Introduction
Activities in Egypt
Update on Soviet SS-9, SS-11, and SS-13
ICBM Launch Sites
ABM Facilities in the Moscow Area
Soviet Submarine Repairs at Sea
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1, reported exploitation of the imagery
from the first bucket of Mission 1109 has been under way at
NPIC since Saturday, 14 March, when special exploitation effort
was devoted to search for new SSM starts, significant ABM
activity, new Soviet weapons systems in the Middle East, and
other high-priority searches, Routine exploitation gat under way
on Monday, The irr~age quality from the main cameras appears
to be about average for a KH-4B mission, NPIC presented
briefings on the following topics: (1) Activities in Egypt; (2) Update
on Soviet SS-9, SS-11, and SS-13 ICBM Launch Sites; (3) ABM
Facilities in Moscow Area; and (4) Soviet Submarine Repairs at
Sea, A brief summary of the highlights presented on the first
three topics is attached at Tab A,
Section II (Approval of Minutes)
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1, COMIREX-M-89, covering the meeting of 19 February
1970, were approved with modifications suggested by the DIA and
Air Force Members, Revised pages will be distributed to reflect
the changes,
2, COMIREX-M-90, covering the special meeting held
on L6 February 1970, were approved,
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3. COMIREX-M-91, covering the meeting of
5 March 1970, were approved with modifications suggested
by the Air Force Member and the NRO Consultant. Revised
pages will be distributed,
4. The Chairman raised a question as to the
utility of the briefing summaries, copies of briefing charts,
etc, distributed as tabs to COMIREX Minutes. He asked that
members notify his office if they do not feel that this type of
material serves a useful purpose in their organizations.
Section III (Operations)
1, The satellite schedule as of 19 March 1970 was
distributed by the NRO Representative. A copy is attached at
Tab B.
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2. In answer to a duestion from the Chairman on
the outlook for Mission 1109-2, noted that approximately
15 percent of the film remains to be expended and that recovery is
expected at about 1700 on Saturday, L1 March. If the weather does
not improve, it is possible that recovery will be postponed to
Sunday, /Due to adverse weather conditions, recovery was
actually postponed to Monday, L3 March, / With regard to coverage
of missile sites, eported that Derazhnya and Pervomaysk
were programme or recoverage on LO March since coverage of
those areas on the first bucket had been cloud covered, He noted
that they had not had access to Zhangiz Tobe but that Imeni Gastello
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had been covered twice, once predicted 90 percent cloud free.
Uzhur had also been covered twice with predictions of 90 percent
and 70 percent cloud free, reported that clear
coverage of Moscow was acquired but that west of Moscow the area
was cloud-covered for the entire mission. Coverage of North
Korea is about 70 percent cloud free whereas weather has been bad
and will probably remain so over South China,
Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
4, The Acting DIA Member reported that approval has
been requested for a drone overflight of South China in April,
5, The reports presented by the Acting DIA Member,
the CIA Member, and the Chairman, ICRS, on aircraft and drone
activities, coverage of special targets in the Far East, and
satisfaction of the Cuba 56-day requirement are recorded in Tab G.
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1, The Chairman reviewed briefly the results of a
meeting held at NPIC on Monday to review CINCL.A,NT's require-
ments for contingency photography of Cuba. This was an attempt
to identify the degree to which they would be accommodated
under the proposed revised USIB requirement which COMIREX
has had under review. He noted that the new requirement calls
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following regarding agreed criteria for coverage accounting of the
area.) hen referred to the redraft of COMIREX-D-24, 3/ 1
which had been distributed at the beginning of the meeting and asked
members to take time to review it. Following review and discussion,
COMIREX members approved_ a draft for forwarding to the United
States Intelligence Board. /Subsequent to the meeting, the revised
Cuba requirement was forwarded to the Executive Secretary, USIB,
and distributed by him as USIB-D-46.4/35 (COMIREX-D-24.3/1),
on 20 March 1970. /
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2, The Chairman felt that it would be useful for the
members to have some idea as to the nature of questions that had
been raised at Monday's meeting concerning both the usability
of various portions of the frame on photography of Cuba and
the criteria that might be applied in deciding whether to count or
not to count photography as satisfying the expressed requiremenhts,
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explained that there are a variety of proposals as to ow
accounting should be handled ranging from setting some arbitrary
limits on the portion of the frame that would be counted to having a
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5. Some concern was expressed about what impact
CINCLANT requests for recoverage were likely to have on
mission frequency and on the accounting for coverage under the
revised requirement. It was generally agreed that since any
CINCLANT requirement for recoverage would be during third-
phase exploitation and therefore not time-dominated, there would
be no appreciable impact, felt that any recoverage
for CINCLANT purposes cou e ac ieved routinely in the course
of normal area coverage. He noted that coverage accounting and
reporting would now be by WAG cells and therefore more definitive,
Use of the WAG cells will also allow preparation of more detailed
and meaningful graphics in support of coverage reporting,
6. Agreement was reached that ICRS and EXSUBCOM
would be tasked to draw up a statement of criteria for coverage
accounting of Cuba for COMIREX approval,
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Five-Year Guidance to NRP
noted that the COMIREX guidance
paper to the USIB for the National Reconnaissance Program five-
year planning cycle is due on 22 May rather than in June,
said he and members of his staff have been looking
a w at needs to be done for this report and he plans to have a
draft paper before COMIREX within a short time,
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Imagery Exploitation Subcommittee
meet on LO March to
the Middle East,
reported that EXSUBCOM will
consider mission readout requirements for
Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Working Group
L, reported that the Doppler data from
the first bucke o ~ssion 109 looks good but there had been
some problems with thc~ Doppler beacon turning on and off over
the proper areas during the second half of the mission, The
Chairman, ICRS, rind the NRO Representative will look into this
problem to find out thc~ cause and suggest possible remedial action
for future missions,
Executive Secretary
Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation
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Tab A
NPIC Briefing
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Mission Highlights (Mission 1109-1)
Activities in Egypt
1, reported that coverage over Egypt
had been acquired on t ree passes of Mission 1109-1. He felt
it was a fairly fruitful mission, even though the first bucket imagery
could be rated as only fair in interpretability due'to at least
50 percent cloud cover in the areas of main interest, dust storms,
and slightly soft images, He noted that they were not able to
come up with any information on missiles in the western sector of
Egypt but hoped that the second bucket would provide good coverage
of that area,
2, reported the observation of a possible
SA-3 surface-to-air missile (SAM) site five n, m, southeast of
Alexandria. This site was not present on 5 August photography
(Mission 1107-2). Five new SA-2 SAM sites have been picked up
so far on Mission 1109-1 and five areas of new construction believed
to be possibly SAM-related were observed in the Dashur-Helman
area, All five sites were negated on 16 December photography
from Mission 1108. The early stage of construction, and the small
scale of and limited interpretability of the photography, precludes
identification of any equipment or determination of the type of
system being installed,
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Tab A
4. asked whether the Alexandria and Cairo
areas were programmed for coverage on Mission 1109-2,
Alexandria is scheduled for coverage tonight and Cairo on the
following night,
Update on Soviet SS-9, SS-11, and SS-13 ICBM Launch Sites
5, explained that snow cover had hampered
exploitation of Mission 1109-1 coverage of the offensive missile
complexes. He reported that 11 of the 24 known IGBM complexes
were at least partially observed and that 23 new SS-11 sites and
five new SS-13 sites were identified on Mission 1109-1. Of the
23 new SS-11 launch sites, 16 were at the Teykovo Complex and
seven were at Kozelsk, The five SS-13 sites were at the Yoshkar
Ola Complex. Three~of the six SS-9 complexes--Aleysk,
Dombarovskiy, and Kartaly--were covered but no new sites were
identified. The beginning of new sites could not be negated,
however, because of heavy snow cover, noted that
new sites were not identified last year anti ay or June even though
it was estimated that some of the construction was started in April.
In answer to question as to whether it was possible to
negate substantial or advanced activity as opposed to starts,
answered that it was fairly certain that there were no
new sites in middle or late stages of construction.
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6. Mission 1109-1 provided partial coverage of nine
MRBM/IRBM complexes in the Western USSR. 1Vo new launch
sites were identified. Aktyubinsk was observed but the Derazhnya
and Pervomaysk Complexes were cloud covered.
ABM Facilities in Moscow Area
There are four active ABM launch complexes in t e oscow area
(E-05, E-24, E-31, and E-33) and all were observed on good,
clear photography. Two to three Galosh canisters were discernible
at each of the four active complexes and there were approximately
30 at the Borovsk Support Facility, This is the largest number of
Galosh canisters identified to date, There was no evidence of
renewed construction at Sites E-03 or E-21 which have been inactive
7, reported that Mission 1109-1 rovided
the first good KH-4 coverage of the Moscow area
dormant. There was no new activity at the DOG HOU facility
but some construction activity was observed at Cheklov,
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Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
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(6-19 March 1970)
SATE MISSION N0
AREAS/TARGETS
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RESULTS
7.Mar Q603/526 (low)
Cat Bi Afld, Haiphong Port
Water
Recovery
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Lang Bet Stor Area, Phu
MARS
Qui Stor, Bai Thuong Afld,
Thanh Hoa Complx
9 Mar Q559A/52$ (low)
Bac Mai Afld, Gia Lam Afld,
Lost
Yen Vien RR Yd
10 Mar Q612/529 (low)
Kep Af1d, Kep RR Yd, Ptiuc
MARS
Yen Afld, Cam Pha Port, Hiep
Hoa Afld
11 Mar Q262/531 (high)
Area Coverage, Dien Bien Phu
MARS
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SAM 263, Bac Mai Afld, Hanoi
MARS
Port Fac, Yen Vien RR Yd
13 Mar Q603/533 (low)
Cat Bi Afld, Haiphong Port
MARS
14 Mar Q578/534 (low)
Kien An Afld, Haiphong RR
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14 Mar Q600/535 (low)
Port Wallut Nav Base, Tien
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Recovery
Ha Tou Cstl TSP, Hon Gai
Port Fac, Hon Gai Nav Base
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Hai Yen Cstl TSP, Ben Thuy
TSP, Vinh Cave Stor
18 Mar Q612/540 (low) Kep Afld, Kep RR Yd, Phuc MARS
. Yen Afld, Cam Pha Port,
Hiep Hoa Afld
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DATE MISSION NOo AREAS/TARGETS
RESULTS
19 'Mar GS 237 North Korea: SAM Sites, Unknown
DMZ, Sub Bases, Shipyards,
Ports, Army Bks, Aflds
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IDEALIST/TACKLE (6-19 March 1970)
Date Mission No. Flight Path/Area Covered
17 Mar 70 C 040 C Peripherally off northeast
coast of China
Coverage of Special Targets in South China and North Vietnam
(5-18 March 1970)
Coverage of special targets in South China and
North Vietnam was reported by the Chairman, ICRS, as follows;
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a, Surveillance coverage was reported
on two Lines of Communication (LOC) targets
pertinent to the introduction of Chinese forces into
North Vietnam (see COMDR-D-25/207
The number of LOC priority targets in South China
and North Vietnam remains at 320. The specific
targets on which coverage was reported are listed below:
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VN PA.I THUONG AIRFIELD
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systems (see COMDR-D-25/200, 23 Ma.y 1967, and
COMIREX-D-25. 3/2, GO November 1967) is shown on
the attached grid maps (pages C-5 and C-6) for the
following time periods:
26 Feb - 4 Mar 1
5 Mar - 11 Mar 2
Period Missions Not Reported
OLD HEAD (6-19 March 1970)
DATE MISSION NOo RESULTS
Successful, 34.2% coverage
RECAP
DATE MISSION N0. NET CUMULATIVE
12 Mar G116 34.2% 63.1%
Status of 56-day Coverage Requirement
The status of coverage on a sliding scale for the
56-day periods shown below is as follows:
PERIOD AREA COVERAGE TARGET COVERAGE
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