UPCOMING MEETING OF CABINET COUNCIL ON COMMERCE AND TRADE (CCCT)

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director, Central Intelligence
FROM: Director, Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Upcoming Meeting of Cabinet on
Commerce and Trade (CCCT)
1. We have learned informally that the Department of Commerce will
likely call a meeting of the CCCT some time next week. Its purpose will be to
discuss the commercialization of LANDSAT and METSAT. Before his retirement,
General Winne represented you at th' rum. Unless you irect otherwise, I
propose to do so myself this time. ____ . -Al )4- k N
2. As you know, elements within both DoD and the Intelligence Community
have expressed various reservations about commercializing LANDSAT or METSAT:
- Foreign countries, especially those without their own reconnaissance
capabilities, could use LANDSAT to identify military airfields, large ships at
sea, or large construction areas. METSAT data could likewise be used to
support military operations against the US or its allies. Were these systems
commercialized, we would want to be certain their data could be denied
unfriendly elements.
- Costs to DoD and the Intelligence Community for both METSAT and
LANDSAT data would likely go up.
- Continuity of data would not be as certain. A continued supply of
LANDSAT imagery in particular is needed for agronomic intelligence.
- Commercializing METSAT could affect DMSP adversely since the two are
highly interdependent. In fact, the last CCCT meeting on this issue
recommended against the transfer of the civil weather satellite program, based
on national security concerns, the need to meet U. S. commitments for
international exchange of weather data, and a belief that such a transfer
would resul controlled monopoly requiring government support and
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3. We understand informally that neither our reservations or similar
cautions expressed by the private sector will slow DoC's considerable
momentum. This meeting of the CCCT is expected to produce a recommendation to
the White House to proceed with commercialization as soon as possible. Unless
you direct otherwise, I shall in that case assure that (a) our reservations
are on record, and (b) press for continued involvement in the
commercialization proce assure that national security concerns are dealt
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