COMMITTEE ON OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE- MINUTES OF MEETING 10 OCTOBER 1963

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• Publication Date: October 10, 1963
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COMMITTEE ON OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE
NRO REVIEW COMPLETED
Minutes of Meeting Held in Rm.. 6B4402
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James Q. Reber
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C. W. Snider, State"
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Lt. Col. H. E. Ruhsam, OACSI
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Mr. J, E. Kerr, State*
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Maj. J. M. Parrish, AFNIN
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Approval of Minutes
operations. In connection with his briefing, COMOR:
1. The minutes of COMOR-M-202 were approved.
Operational. Briefing
2. briefed the Committee on satellite
a. Noted that at present and because of
slippage in the schedule there will be one CORONA-J
in October, two in November, and one in December.
b. Noted that
Capt. H. H. Skidmore, ONI
Col. G, J. P, Lundquist, AFNIN
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c, Requested the Photo Working Group
to review the list of contingency areas for KH-4 coverage
as soon as the Air Force reports on the need to retain
the Congo and the DIA indicates areas needed for mapping
and charting.
d. Agreed that the present situation pertaining
to the J schedule as indicated in. para a above had in effect
solved the problem to which COMOR-D-48/45 had been
addressed. The Chairman said that he would advise the
USIB Secretariat of this conclusion and that; accordingly,
the subject document no longer need be considered by the
Board,
Report from the Photo Working Group (T-KII)
Group, reported:
3. Acting Chairman of the Photo Working
a, That the rea and
China were being updated as rapidly as possible taking
into account delays in receipt of IPIRs on missions in
these areas.
b, That Cuba target updating had been concluded;
this for the most part was simply the change of location of
SAM sites due to recent movement of some of the sites,
C. The KH-4 ~ target updating had been
completed, the changes. being minor,
d. The Working Group had discussed coverage
of Cuba to assess economic and industrial damage from the
hurricane. (The Chairman reported that the Board at the
end of its meeting on 9 October had discussed the need
for coverage to make an assessment of economic damage.
He had been advised that was talking
directly with of the JRC on this, The
Chairman, at the request of the Executive Secretary, USIB,
advised DIA of the above and requested that DIA levy this
additional assignment on JRC/SAC with particular emphasis
on the eastern end of the island, )
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In responding to an inquiry from
the COMOR. requirements for
color photography over Cuba had. been provided to
NRO and are set forth in COMDR- D-24/89.
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4. In connection with the discussion on Cuba, the Committee
approved a paper(COMOR-D-.24/94) to be forwarded to the NRO and
JRC for appropriate action.
Report from the SIGINT Working Group
5. Acting Chairman of the SIGINT Working
Group, reported that the group:
a. Had noted the current launch schedules for
satellite SIGINT collection;
b. Noted that three recent NSA reports had been
published;
c. Took under advisement the preparation of a
charter for the Working Group since none exists;
d. Considered the need for authorization for the
Working Group to provide emergency tasking to the NRO
without formal approval by COMDR. (There was inconclusive
discussion of this matter by COMOR. It will be placed on a
future agenda, )
e. Accepted a DIA tasking program
in order to meet an urgent deadli ne.
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Instructions on Control of Documents which, in Addition to
Contain KEYHOLE, TALENT, and/or COMINT Info rmation(Oc vDR-D 1/5)
6. COMOR approved the paper as amended and subject
to editorial revision by the Chairman. This paper will be issued as
COMOR-D-1/6.
7. in connection with the foregoing discussion,
outlined to the Committee problems which he faced in his responsibilities
for the All-Source Center in the DDI/CIA which stemmed from the
existence of the TALENT, and COMINT Security Systems.
He emphasized the need to rationalize and simplify the security
surrounding the materials in these various systems. He felt that the
subject document by no means went to the root of the problem, which
he recognized was not the purpose of the paper. However, he did
feel that improvement could be effectuated through a single security
system for reconnaissance rather than the two systems-as at present,
namely, the and TALENT Control Systems. He also said
that savings could'be effected, operational efficiency improved, and
security increased by amalgamating, parts of the COMINT and
TALENT courier and communications facilities. He said that he intended
to try his hand, at a basic_sQlution.
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10. It was agreed to postpone this paper until the next
meeting by which time it was hoped the Chairman's conference with
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COMOR-M-204
the DIA? NRO,, NPIC, and OSA , scheduled for next Tuesday, 15 October,
would have been held with a resulting report for COMORR.
Security Handling of
This item was postponed until the next regular meeting.
Special Meeting
12. The Committee agreed to meet at 10 a. m. on 11 October
to try to reach a conclusion on COMOR-D-48/49, "Requirements for
Satellite Photography for Search and for Technical Intelligence for
FY 1965" and to engage in preliminary discussion on the IBSEC
memorandum (COMOR-D-7/8).
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Change in COMOR Document
1. Change COMOR-D-25/55 to COMOR.-D-24/91,
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