REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESENT SASTELLITE IMAGE-FORMING SENSORS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00969R000100070038-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: July 6, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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firoctor, N .tion l Reconnaissance Of#ica
Requir Brats for Present Satellite
Xtaag -Forming Sensors
1. 1 havo read with interoat your morandum of 16 Juno-
your astry of the USXI3 requir fonts is esaezntially accurate
and I beliavo your plans,, an do ?c tbod are likely to meet the
needs of the intelligallce eom'{: fizy or tia listzead by YY M. As
you know, no one can predict w% ;':a precision even the short to m
world situation wrd the e.s ocia od intelligence needs. or this
ro son we must maintain scheduling flexibility rather than falling
Into rigid patterns.
2. As guiding principles to our satellite 001l action efforts,
the followix>" must continue to apply:
a. USIB1 tracing into account the existing priority needs,
the collection potential of a >:^.: zallon, and within the operational
restraints, will approve specific mission launch dates within a
timo frAme of a few days.
b, USID will furnish, through the Ca= and its working
ups, mission-to-1,415810D guidance on the s gecifio tasks to be
performed based on evralu atlona ? of the c'u rx out priorities for
intelligence information.
c. USID will +considar data from previous missions both
in launch date aolection and In specific tanking, Thus, the time
betty' n launches will normally be adoquato prevent redundant
coverago and to exploit most efficiently the expensive colioction
efforts.
of the status of our collection a2forts against both tho
3, X shall continue to task COO to kOOP the UBTB info
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abort t '4 quiremontS.
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4. It there oro importa xt roasono why you fool that the
principles ot+ ted Obovr ehc ` ld be changed, l Su,g st that they
ba fully e :platuod and discus aOd with CSI ter Its roOOmcndo.tiOf
to me and the Board.
[(signed), W. T''?.'Ra"Oru
W. F.
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