CFI MEETING - 4 MAY ON THE NRP

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: January 1, 1976
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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence Community Staff
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the Committee on Foreign Intelligence
FROM"
eputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community
SUBJECT CFI Meeting - 4 May on the NRP
1. As your offices already have been advised, the CFI
will meet at 1000 hours on Tuesday, 4 May, in Room 120 East
Building, 2430 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., to consider
the National Reconnaissance Program. The presentation will
be given primarily by the National Reconnaissance Office.
2. The Director, NRO, report was provided to you last
3. Attached is a briefing book which contains supplementary
and explanatory material relating to the topic of the meeting.
4. While the briefings will be primarily informational in
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RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM.
MR. PLUMMER AND HIS PEOPLE WILL PROVIDE A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW AND STATUS
REPORT ON EACH OF THE MAJOR SYSTEMS.
THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR OUR DELIBERATIONS DURING THE SUMMER AND
FALL ON THE FY 1978 BUDGET.
THE SESSION IS ESSENTIALLY INFORMATIONAL, ALTHOUGH PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE
IS NEEDED ON:
BEFORE.WE GET INTO THE BRIEFING, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ADD
MY CONCERNS TO THOSE EXPRESSED BY MR. PLUMMER IN HIS REPORT ON THE OVERALL
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR FY 1978.
INCREASE OVER OUR FY 1977 PROGRAM.
I THINK IT FAIRLY OBVIOUS WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS.
THUS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT TOTAL PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIVE PRIORITY. WE MIGHT ASK THE
IC STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE DONE ALONG THESE LINES.
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IT MIGHT ALSO BE USEFUL IF, AT THE SAME TIME, THE DNRO COULD IDENTIFY
THOSE INITIATIVES/IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HE FEELS MIGHT BE REALISTICALLY
DEFERRED FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.
WE MAY BE FACING IN THE FALL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ON THIS SUBJECT BEFORE MR. PLUMMER
BEGINS HIS BRIEFING??
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CFI STAFF BOOK
4 MAY NRP CFI
1 Introduction
2 Agenda
3 Financial Overview
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INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this book is to provide summary background
information for CFI principals for the 4 May 1976 meeting which will
review the National Reconnaissance Program. It is designed to
supplement, not replace, the more detailed and descriptive DNRO
Report.
It is organized as follows:
? A financial overview which provides trends and which
places the NRP in overall NFIP perspective;
? A section containing four summary papers concerning
items on which the CFI is asked to take action;
e A section of summary papers providing background
on imaging systems and?SIGINT systems briefings to
be presented.
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The intent of the 4 May CFI meeting is to provide an introductory
review and status report on the NRP.
-- No new major decisions are required.
-- Informational briefings will be presented on all the major
programs and activities.
-- The DNRO will seek CFI concurrence on two matters:
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Introductory Remarks
NRP Overview
FY76 and TQ Status and Reprogramming
FY77-81 Fiscal Overview
Program Plans and Options
Imaging Systems
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Discussions and CFI Program Direction
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Meeting Participants
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW SUMMARY
o The currently approved Baseline Program for the NRP is shown
in Table 1, and depicted graphically in Figure 1.
? Figure 2 shows the NRP as a part of the total NFIP in program
year dollars.
o Figure 3 shows the NRP and the NFIP in constant year (1972) dollars.
ca Both the NRP and the NFIP show a declining trend in real
buying power through FY77.
eo The NFIP continues to decline through FY81.
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cost increase in the FY78 NRP budget must be dealt with
in the July-November period. The CFI must determine how to
handle the cost growth in the NRP within the context of a declining
NFIP. The CFI could:
eo Allow the NFIP total to increase to accommodate both inflation
and program growth in the NRP and other NFIP programs.
ee Absorb NRP increases through cuts in other NFIP programs.
oo Cancel some already approved NRP initiatives.
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Evaluations to Support Major CFI Imaging System Decisions
through the Fall of 1977
o The attached memorandum is submitted for signature
by the Chairman of the CFI. It directs the
Intellige to coordinate
Community efforts to support
decisions required of the CFI through the Fall
of 1977.
o The scheduled evaluation will be included in the
NRO briefings for the CFI.
The attached memorandum has been approved by the
D/DCI/IC, and coordinated with
with the following:
Mr. Carl Duckett
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of Defense (Intelligence)
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Deputy Director for
Collection, DIA
DDS&T/CIA
DDI/CIA
Chairman, COMIREX
Director, NPIC
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OMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
Washington, D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence
Community
Deputy Director Designate, Central
Intelligence Agency
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Intelligence)
Director, National Security Agency
Director of Intelligence and Research,
State Department
Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Acting Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency
Director of Naval Intelligence
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
U. S. Army
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence,
U. S. Air Force
Director, Defense Mapping Agency
Director of Defense Research and
Engineering
Deputy to the DCI for the National
Intelligence Officers
Chairman, Committee on Imagery Requirements
and Exploitation
Director, National Photographic Interpretation
Center
FROM George Bush
Chairman
SUBJECT Evaluations to Support.Major CFI Imaging
System Decisions Through the Fall of 1977
1. The Committee on Foreign Intelligence (CFI) has
concluded that continuing fiscal pressures make it imperative
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for the Intelligence Community to develop a broadly.coor-
dinated plan for National Reconnaissance Program (NRP)
imaging systems which will provide an acceptable flow of
intelligence information at minimum cost. The plan must be
justified in terms appropriate to Congressional review.
Work on Rpyp ra1 asnnnt-s of this plan is already underway.
2. The purpose of the evaluations is to provide data
upon which the D/NRO can base his program recommendations
and upon which the CFI can base its decisions. The required
data should include a Community assessment based upon the
cost, performance, intelligence value, utility, and risk of
alternative system mixes in the context of validated require-
ments and justifiable intelligence needs. Early determination
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3. The Intelligence Community Staff (ICS) will take
the lead in coordinating and organizing Community efforts to
provide the necessary data. In order to minimize the resources
expended on this effort and to avoid large ad hoc study
structures, the ICS will identify and coordinate: the required
tasks in accordance with existing organizational responsibilities;
the required interactions between tasks; and the scheduled
milestones which must be achieved. The constraints of the annual
budget process and CFI supporting preparations will dictate
certain specific milestones and intermediate products.
4. The Deputy for the Intelligence Community (D/DCI/IC)
is developing a plan for the conduct of this assessment in
coordination with the Staffs of the other CFI principals, and
the NRO. This plan was reviewed and approved by the CFI at its
4 May 1976 meeting. During the coming months, the Intelligence
Community Staff will consolidate the assessment outputs for
CFI review; provide overall coordination and oversight; and
ensure that interested segments of the Government, both internal
and external to the Intelligence Community, are kept properly
informed of the assessment's scope gress. The
D/DCI/IC has designated of his Staff as the
responsible officer for this effort.
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5. This assessment is to be completed in time to be
used by the D/NRO in final formulation of his recommended
program and for presentation to the CFI in the Fall of 1977.
The assessment should be structured to provide status reports
and additional support to intervening CFI meetings concerning
the NRP at such other times as appropriate. CFI decisions
over the next twenty months with regard to NRP Imaging
Systems will be particularly significant in that they
will, in large measure, determine the imagery system
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resources available to the Intelligence Community through at
least the early 1980s. Thus, the importance of providing
accurate, valid, coordinated data to support these decisions
cannot be overstated.
George Bush
cc: Deputy Secretary of
Defense
Deputy Assistant to
the President for
National Security Affairs
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'IMAGING SYSTEMS STATUS
This section provides background information on our imaging
systems and initiatives. There are no issues or actions requiring
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