RECENT DD/R PROBLEMS WITH THE DOD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000100160046-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: January 21, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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NRO - ORGANIZATION F 1 21 January 1963
DDR (HSJr.) to DDCI
Subj: Recent DD/R Problems with the DOD
1. The major problem which has arisen in the past six to nine months with DOD has
revolved around the organization and functioning of the NRO. Prior to the 1 May
1962 agreement and even for several months thereafter, the NRO was only a paper
organization and. did not function.
2. The NRO was originally conceived as a. management tool for the DCI and the Secty
of Def to provide them a means of central. direction for the legitimate programs
of CIA and. DOD in the aerial reconnaissance field. In practice the organization
has been almost entirely DOD-oriented and. CIA has not been consulted until after
decisions have been made. Since the Cuban U-2 transfer, the DNRO has taken the
view that the Agency is not a partner in this activity and need not necessarily be
kept informed or consulted on the program. CIA proposals for actions to the DNRO
have been pigeon-holed for weeks or even months despite repeated attempts to
raise the issues, and in general all actions have been aimed toward transferring
Agency activities in this field to the AF. Proposals are currently active in the
Pentagon for the development of purely DOD satellite recon programs duplicating the
COR and also for further transfers of the other aerial recon activities.
3. An atAp r ved d .fl sa 00I1/lV--PG A P96B 0d"6i 0& '-tiegraphic pro-
cessing field without any consultation and after the Agency had negotiated an R&D
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contract with Eastman in direct accordance with the views of the NRO staff.
programs for the U-2 had only lukewarm or frequently negative support from to NRO.
it is my strong conviction that the Air Force has been using the
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NRO as a mechanism for reducing the Agency's role in aerial reconnaissance with little
consideration of National needs.
5. DD/R has had. no new major problems with other parts of the DOI) in the ELINT
or other R&D fields.
/s/ Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Deputy Director (Research)
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