MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 429 MATOMIC BUILDING, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AT 1:30 PM, 10 JULY 1961

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• Publication Date: July 10, 1961
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Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 429
Matomic Building, Centr~.l Intelligence Agency
at 1:30 pm, lb July _1961
airman
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. H. M. Wiedemann, State
Col. J. E. Mahon, JCS
Col. D. D. Davis, OACSI
Capt. F. M. Murphy, ONI
Col, J. M. Winterbottom, AFCIN
NSA
CIA
CONSUL- TANTS PRESENT
Col. J. L. Cole, JCS
Capt. J. L. Grayson, JCS
Capt. F. W elders, ONI
Cdr. H. D. Myles, ONI
Lt. Cdr. R. E. Pyle, ONI
Maj. G. S. Chapman, AFCIN
Ma'. R. H.
Furr; AFCIN Mr.
F. A.
Voi. CIA:
Release of
D
ata on Missiles
(Ref:
COMOR-M~~~S, para 4)
1. .The Chairman noted that he had requested the Air Force to
review-the proeedure bearing ugon the sanitization of rxlissil.e-site infor-
mation for. use at~the SECRET NO FO RN level
The. Chairman recapatu atE. or the Committee
approve proce ure an called attention to the fact that the Air ~'prce in
releasing missile-sn.te information had determined to refer to sites as
?Pprobable. " There is a definition in the publication which defines 9?proba-
bl~;." This definition is as follows: ''A probable missile site is one whose
.existence, identity, or geographic location has been confidently estimated
on the basis of several. reliable indicators which conform to a pat{;.ern of
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development or activity which is hi hl indicative of known, antici aced,
or analo missile sites.
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T-KH (RUFF) Coverage of North Vietnam and South China (Ref: COMOR-
M-36, para 1)
2. The COMDR agreed on the following, as its response to the
State Department memorandum (COMDR-D~2/+~) which inquired as to the
.feasibility of satisfying requirements in South China by way of the next
T-KH missions
a. "The COMDR has carefully examined on the
basis of past T-KH photography the likelihood that its require-
ments in South China, Hainan.Island, and North Vietnam could
be satisfied through the next T-KH mission. In that considerate
Lion.it has taken into accounts
(1) The weather conditions likely to
prevail at the time of the mission.
(2) The like~.ihood that the mission could
be controlled to pass; over .the target. area, and
(3) The possible improvement in resolution
which might result from an improved camera system
(.if it is used).
The COMDR has concluded that the T-KH can at best meet the
requirements only margina~ly.
b. 94The COMDR concluded ,that in view of the missile
situation as revealed in Mission.9017, it must advise against the
.:sacrifice of USSR priorities through diversion of any satellite
photography to South China, If the next mission is a two-day
mission with a lik?~lihood of some surplus film, the COMDR
recommends that programming (which m~as* begin on. July lA.th)
should include targets- in South China, Hainan Island, and North
Vietnam insofar. a_s there is surplus film over and above that
which can be employed against the priority targets in ..the USSR.
c. '?The COMDR reaffirmed tha~ U~2 coverage of
South China, Hainars .Island, and North Vietnam is requested to
meet U. S, intelligence r~~qur.rements. "
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FLASH Reports on T-KFi~(RUFF) Readout (Ref: COMDR-M-36, para 2)
3. The COMDR agreed that if information is uncovered on
ICBM, IRBM/MR.BM deployment sites :during the preliminary handling
raf the film (e, g. , plotting, and the preparation. o? briefing materials for
the USIB) such information will be reported as a Preliminary. OAK- Report
to the Intelligence Community as soon as practicable, Following the com-
pletion of the 0AK readout, should data comparable to the COMDR Highest
Priority Targets come to light from the scan during the preparation of the
MCI,. OAK Supplements-will ~be published on such items.
Report on GRAB
4. In executive session of the COMDR Captain .Welden of ONI
distributed a paper to the Committee He also briefed the
Committee.on developments of project GRAB along with a special briefing
by Major Furr. Captain Welden requested the members to study the ref-
lerence paper in anticipation of further discussion at the end of the month,
at which time the Navy wduld take the initiative to place the matter on the
agenda.
Revised I~ghest Priority R-equirernents for T-KH Readout (Ref: COMOR~
M-36, para 3)
5. In view of the- fact that the revised requirements prepared
by working group had not yet reached the members in time
to permit study, the CC)MOR .took no action on the requirements. The
Chairman requested that as soon as possible the members review these
requirements and if they had'any question to discuss it in the first instance
with The Chairman stated that if these comments warranted
he wool call a special meeting do consider the matter.
6. The Chairman .has been informed by the Secretariat of the
United States Intelligence Board that the following papers which had been
distributed to the USIB fot? vote slip concurrence had been approved and
were effective as of the date indicated after the document number:
Proposals for Further .Downgrading and Release on Communist
China, Indochina, -and Tibet, COMDR-D~22/9, USIB~D~17.1/6,
7 July-1961.
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Inclusion of
USIB-D-17.1./5,
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in Downgraded USSR Materials,
30 June 1961.
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The members are invited to annotate their file copies of these documents
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AMES Q. REBER
Chairman
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