NRO COMMENTS ON THE SATELLITE RECONNAISSANCE SECURITY POLICY ALTERNATIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002000130006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 8, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR Y TO THE DCI FOR RESO
SUBJECT: NRO Comments on the Satellite R
Security Policy Alternatives
REFERENCE : Your Memo, ' 5 Sep 78, IC 78-52
I have reviewed the proposed issue p
13 September SPRC. I have no fundamental
developing a carefully thought out-proced
ifying the "fact of" photo reconnaissance
doing this there are two things that must
con r. i tiered:
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connaissance
per for the
problem with
re for declass-
from space. In
be carefully.
1. Means must be provided to m4 k certain that
-overhead SIGINT systems can be kept class Pied. In fact,
-T would urge that the classification leve of these satellite
systems be raised.
- 2. We must anticipate a heavy emand for the
products of photo reconnaissance both fro U.S. and foreign
sourccc:. Once the "fact of" photo reconn issance is
declassified, we need to have a policy th t governs the
release of the product.
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