COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION

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• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 28, 1970
• Content Type: MIN

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COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION
COMIREX-M-98
28 May 1970
Following is an index of the Minutes of the 28 May 1970
COMIREX meeting:
Section III (Operations)
Page 3 Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
Section IV (Action Items)
Page 3 Guidance for National Reconnaissance Program
Planning, FY 1972 and Beyond (COMIREX-D-13, 16/8C)
Page 5 Use of Color Film on Mission 4329
Section V (Other Business)
Page 6 Possible Need for Special Coverage on North Korea
Tab A Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities (14-27 May 1970)
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28 May 1970
COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION
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Auditorium,
28 May 1970
MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT
CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roland S. Inlow
CIA:
State:
DIA:
Mr. L. A. Moyer, Jr.
Army: Mr. J. C. St. Cyr
Office of the Chairman:
Navy: Cdr. H. W. Gamber 25X1
Air Force:
NSA:
Lt. Col. N. D. Thurman
Executive Secretary
CONSULTANTS PRESENT
SUBCOMMITTEE AND WORKING GROUP REPRESENTATION
ICRS:
COMIREX VHR Evaluation Panel:
CIA:
DIA:
Navy: Mr. J. M. Urban
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ALTERNATES AND OBSERVERS PRESENT
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/NOTE; This meeting focused almost exclusively on further discussion
and drafting for the COMIREX response to USIB-D-46. 4/ 36, 5 May 1970,
and Memorandum to Holders, 8 May 1970. COMIREX-M-98 therefore
does not include some of the Section categories usually contained in
Minutes of regular COMIREX meetings. While not formally presented
at the meeting, the usual reports on aircraft and drone activity in the
Far East and Cuba and on coverage of special targets in the Far East
are included to provide continuity of information. /
Section III (Operations)
Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
See Tab A for reports on aircraft and drone activities
in the Far East and Cuba, and on coverage of special targets in the
Far East.
Section IV (Action Items)
Guidance for National Reconnaissance Program Planning, FY 1972
and Beyond (COMIREX-D-13. 16/8C)
1. Mr. Inlow outlined the proposed order of business for
the meeting. The Committee would proceed in detail through the new
drafts that had been circulated, make agreed changes, and end up the day
with an appreciation of the best views of COMIREX at this point in time
on the subjects covered. The complete package would then be put
together in a clean draft and recirculated for concurrence by telephone
unless it developed that another special meeting would be required. The
target for submitting a response to USIB is c. o. b. Wednesday, 3 June.
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2. Mr. Inlow made general comments with regard to
the drafts to be considered:
a. The proposed cover memorandum has
taken conclusions from each of the three separate papers
and provides a single set of conclusions for USIB consideration.
d. The new VHR draft attempts to resolve
the problems identified in the earlier draft.
3. Members reviewed each of the drafts, recommending
and discussing proposed changes and the intended guidance that each
proposed conclusion should convey to the NRO. With regard to VHR,
it was generally agreed that there is an identified need for VHR imagery
and that efforts to explore and perfect technology should be continued
but that there should not be any major redirection of effort until the final
report of the VHR Evaluation Panel has been completed.
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4. Several members noted that they anticipated
problems with the current draft of the SALT paper, which they
felt conveyed an overly optimistic impression of imagery capabilities
to successfully monitor a SALT agreement.
5. It was agreed that another session would be required
to complete final COMIREX coordination before forwarding the
response to USIB. This meeting will be held in the Chairman's new
office, Room 4E50, CIA Headquarters Building, on Wednesday,
3 June, at a time to be announced. /Subsequently, the meeting was
held at 1330 on 3 June. /
6. The Chairman, ICRS, requested the Committee's
affirmation for the scheduled inclusion of 550 feet of color film on
Mission 4329. He noted the last COMIREX guidance (see COMIREX M-87,
22 January 1970, page 14, Section IV, paragraph 7) provided that for
the "next several GAMBIT missions" the NRO should plan for the
inclusion of approximately one-day's color film, to be confirmed prior
to each mission by ICRS. This already has been done for 4329 but
sought confirmation that the original guidelines still
applied. The Committee agreed that 550 feet of color film should be
included at the end of Mission 4329 and that ICRS should continue to
review and confirm the use of color film on specific missions.
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Section V (Other Businesq)
Possible Need for Special Coverage on North Korea
The Alternate Army Member noted current concern
over the possibility of an invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans
during the next several weeks. He recommended, and the Committee
agreed, that this be considered in planning upcoming missions and
establishing coverage priorities.
Executive S retary
Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation
Attachment
Tab A
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Report on Aircraft and Drone Activities
(14-Z7 May 1970)
BUFFALO HUNTER
DATE MISSION NO.
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AREAS/TARGETS RESULTS
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*Originally reported as probably lost to enemy aircraft.
Subsequently changed to equipment malfunction.
Successful - 10
Lost - 1
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Tab A
None scheduled - primarily due to unsatisfactory
weather conditions. A map showing coverage by GIANT SCALE
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GIANT NAIL
Two scheduled missions were cancelled due to
unsatisfactory weather conditions.
IDEALIST/TACKLE
None scheduled.
Coverage of Special Targets in South China and North Vietnam
a, Surveillance Coverage on Lines of
Communication (LOC) Targets to Detect Introduction
of Chinese Forces into North Vietnam (see COMOR-D-
25/207, 4 March 1966).
The number of LOC priority targets in
South China and North Vietnam remains at 320.
Surveillance coverage was reported on the following
16 targets in North Vietnam during the period 14-27
May 1970.
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Tab A
b. Coverage of North Vietnam to Detect the
Possible Introduction or Deployment of Offensive Missile
Systems (see COMOR-D-25/200, 23 May 1967, and
COMIREX-D-25. 3/2, 20 November 1967).
See grid maps on pages A-7 and A-8 for
coverage in the following time periods:
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NOT REPO `.PFD
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14 May - 20 May 70
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High Resolution Coverage of North Vietnam
Area Coverage Requirements Area Actually Covered
Weekly
Every three weeks
Priority Targets
* Railroad yard
? Port
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High Resolution Coverage of North Vietnam
(80% or more cloud-free)
Area Coverage Requirements Area Actually Covered
Weekly
Every three weeks
Priority Targets
o Railroad yard
^ Port
Date of Report:27 May 1970
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