COMMERCIALIZATION OF CIVIL LAND AND WEATHER SATELLITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R001102400003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 15, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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'' ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Commercialization of Civil Land and Weather Satellites
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15 March 1983
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Special Assistant to the DCI for Interdepartmental Affairs
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Deputy Director for Policy, PPS/ICS
SUBJECT: Commercialization of Civil Land and Weather Satellites
REFERENCE: Memo to DCI from DD/ICS dated 4 March 1983; Subject: Status:
Transfer of Civil Space Remote Sensing Systems to the Private
Sector (DCI/ICS 83-4256)
1. An update on the subject is forwarded in response to your telephone
request of this morning. You said that the DDCI was planning to discuss this
item with Judge Clark tomorrow. We would appreciate any feedback that you may
be aware of.
2. Due to your short-fuse requirements, this information will be sent to
you in parallel with the normal review by the Acting Director/ICS.
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Status of Commercialization of Civil Land and Weather Satellites
(15 March 1983)
The Administration announced President Reagan's decision to transfer land
and weather satellites on 9 March 1983 (see 9 March articles from The
Washington Post and The New York Times).
Press reports on this subject also appeared in The Washington Post on
8 March and 10 March 1983. On 13 March featured this
Ruhiprt in his i im act column
olumn is particularly negative.
We checked with the White House Staff on this subject. They verified
that the President had concurred in Baldridge's recommendation in the
decision memo. However, they said that they had no plans to distribute
the final version of the decision memo. It is presumably very close to
the version we concurred in.
Commerce is now proceeding to implement the decision.
-- A memo to agency participants is expected shortly.
-- They will request a high-level representative for the interagency
review board and full-time worker(s) to help in preparation of the
RFP.
-- The Administration is pushing for implementation prior to CY 1984.
Commerce has advised them that they don't feel they can make that
schedule.
We are continuing our planning for DoD/DCI studies on remote sensing
issues that must be resolved prior to implementation.
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