IMAGERY COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBCOMMITTEE,OF COMIREX MINUTES OF MEETING 10:00 - 13:00 TUESDAY, 9 JULY 1968

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• Publication Date: July 17, 1968
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Room 6B02 (OSA Control Room) Ueariguarters Bldg.
1. Approval of Mimates, 25 June Meeting
2. Satellite Schedule - 1QR0
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4. South Chine/North Vietnam Priority List
(ICRS?D_6f 18-88)
5 , Far East Long Range paper
(COwjj=4I-39. 29 May)
per on First Lase
6. Discussion of
deta;d IT June
Reporting,
FeView DIA recommendations for CUM Target Changes
8. Update '7 ` fget File
9. Cuba Coverage Map
10. New Target Nomination Form
11. Other Business
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IMAGERY COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMIREX
MINUTES OF MEETING
10:00 - 13:00 Tuesday, 9 July 1968
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Deputy Chairman
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. J. C. St. Cyr, OACSI
Mr. R. R. De La Barre, State
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Mr. J. M. Urban, ONI
Lt. Col. C. E. Davison, AFNIN
Lt. Col. L. B. Minturn, OACSI
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. ICRS-M-4 minutes were approved with minor editorial changes.
SATELLITE SCHEDULE
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reported the satellite launch schedule as follows:
1104 - 7 Aug 1968
1048 - 18 Sep 1968
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SOUTH CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM
4. The South China/North Vietnam priorities list was reviewed
and no changes were made other than to note a correction to the list published
as ICRS-D-6/ 18-89, dated 3 July 1968.
FAR EAST LONG RANGE REQUIREMENT
5. The paper was provided to members for information', purposes
showing the status of coverage through June 1968. The Navy member stated
he thought the requirement shown for South China should read 25% weekly --
100% monthly. DIA member stated that his interpretation of the requirement
for 25% weekly sampling applied only to the priority targets. He suggested
that consideration be given for separating the priority targets from the
remainder. He also suggested that the Staff review all the USIB documents
and pull together a digest of all the requirements in this area. The Acting
Chairman stated that COMIREX was in the process of reviewing the require-
ments and recommended that ICRS wait until final action on the current
North Vietnam paper under consideration by COMIREX, is completed.
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PAPER ON FIRST PHASE REPORTING
25X1A 6. Due to the absence of discussion was postponed until
next week. Chairman requested members be prepared to discuss
requirements at next weeks meeting. As a minimum the ICRS will request
the photo reference line be reported. Any additional readout requirements
should be specified in detail by the requesting agency. A discussion concerning
requirements for the preliminary OAK cables involved and the impact these
have in delaying normal first and second phase reporting. I Iwill
investigate and present his findings at the 16 July ICRS meeting.
7. Update target sheets were distributed for ICRS review. These con-
sisted of:
57 Additions
31 Changes
31 Deletions
2 Reactivations
3 Inactivations
8. Requested actions will automatically be assumed approved unless
exceptions made by members prior to COB 11 July.
CUBA COVERAGE
9. The Cuban coverage map was reviewed which depicted area coverage
of 90. 3% of Cuba in the past 56 days. One abandoned SAM Site (11 49) was
deleted. An updated Cuban target list will be distributed to ICRS members this
week. Additionally, reaffirmation of the special target requirement in Cuba,
9A 85, was made by the Committee, however, a specific camera system is
not specified, such as the H configuration - this is left to the discretion of the
25X1A operator. I is to determine a cut-off date, in terms of adequate
solar illumination conditions for operational planning purposes.
25X1A 10. stated that a list containing all Indonesian targets
would be distributed to the members for review to determine validity of the
current list. Final action will be scheduled for ICRS action in approximately
three weeks.
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25X1A 11? introduced this subject with a statement that the NRO
needs to know by 12 July what launch time is selected in order to preclude a
delay in the launch because of the necessary modifications to
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paint patterns, software, etc. It is also planned as an agenda item for this
weeks COMIREX and if possible an ICRS position should be determined to
assist the COMI.REX deliberations. Technical differences in the mission,
with a late and nominal launch time were presented, which essentially resolved
itself to one key fact, i. e. a late launch would unquestionably have a detri-
25X1A mental affect on the resolution quality of this mission due to the necessity of
using larger slit width t
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1104 MC&G REQUIREMENTS
o compensate for the lower solar elevations. Mr.
pointed out however, that there were certain long range benefits that
should be considered.
12. Primarily these are improved geodetic data, assuming the short arc
solution techni are successful,
as a result of the improved target
location information. presented the NPIC assessment that the
proposed late launch time would have an adverse effect on new ICBM search,
air, ground and naval order of battle information, and SAM and other special
search problems. Although the committee considered all the advantages and
disadvantages of the proposed early launch time of 1104 it was not able to
reach a position without further consultation with the principals involved.
Members were asked to provide their concurrence or nonconcurrences by
telecon prior to 1600, 10 July.
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Imagery Collection Requirethents
Subcommittee
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