MEETING OF THE NRO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01580R002004220033-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: October 1, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 October 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Meeting of the NRO Executive Committee
1. It seems to me that the first meeting of the Executive
Committee should be essentially an organizational meeting and
that no specific action or decisions are called for other than the
appointment of an Executive Secretary.
2. On this point, Mr. Vance told me that he was
considering Jim Reber as an appropriate candidate for this job.
I understand that both Mr. Reber and the DDS&T would concur
in such a proposal. It would have the advantage of ensuring
Mr. Reberts presence at meetings of the Committee in an official
capacity. It would also serve to ensure us of an appropriate voice
in the formulation of agenda items and in the preparation and
dissemination of records. Mr. Reber tells me that the job
would not conflict with other responsibilities. Accordingly, I
would recommend adoption of this proposal.
3. Other items for discussion would include
(for present status of which, see attached memorandum an
report on the current status of the various contracts for a new
general search system. On this latter point, I understand that
Eastman is pretty well out of the running because of their commit-
ments in the This would seem to make it almost
inevitable that one of the two Perkin-Elmer systems would
ultimately be selected.
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4. As I understand it, Mr. Vance's primary objective
in an early meeting of the Executive Committee is to indoctrinate
Dr. Hornig and ensure that his presence in the program is not
allowed to dissipate.
5. I suggest that you also take the occasion of this
meeting to discuss the implications of the chart (annexed),
showing the relative performance of the Soviet versus U.S.
satellite reconnaissance systems.
2 Attachments JOHN A. BROSS
D/DCl/NIPE
cc: DDCI
ExDir- Comptroller
DDS&T
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