PROJECT CHIGOE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05752563
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-01575
• Publication Date: March 14, 1967

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ME=ANDUM OF UNDERSmANDING
Project CHIGOE
1. The security responsibility for Project CHIGOE
has been vested with. the OSA Security Staff of the Central
Intelligence Agency since December 1965, when long-range
goals envisioned CHIGOE as an operational asset of OSA.
The project has not moved in this direction and, the Direc-
tor of OSA no longer retains an operational interest in
the program_
2. At this time CHIGOE is considered by OSA a tactical
reconnaissance system which the United States Navy will
utilize and operate within the framework of the DOD. The
sensitivity of Project CHIGOE does ,not exceed Secret level
when tyPical l'ol) classification benchmarks are used. It
is the Agency's relationship to the project that has caused
t to be handled at a gner classification level.
S. Although certain technical guidance for CHIGOE
still emanates from CIA's Office of Research and Develop-
use future of the program caearly rests with the
United States Navy. When CHIGOE is operationally deployed,
the vehicle will be under the complete control of the
United States Navy. It is appropriate, therefore, that all
aspects of security responsibility for Project CHIGOE be
transferred from CIA to REWSON including the personnel secu
rity, physical security, and operational security of the
Project. Industrial security also should be transferred to
7WSON at such time (approximately mid-June 1967) when the
current array of CHIGOE contracts with Ling-Temco-Vought,
Texas Instruments, and Electromagnetics, handled by OSA 'S
Contracts Division expire; the Dalmo contract is currently
Let Oh cognizance. At that time REWSON should absorb
industrial security for CHIGOE, while the security of contracts,
handled by the OSA contracts officer, will be in accordance
with previous Memorandum of Understanding with REWSON dated
18 January 1967
It is the expectation of the Central Intelligence
ncy. that REWSON will maximize efforts to protect the fact
CIA involvement in Project CHIGOE.
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uoon arrival and receipt of this .Memorandum of
::,i,derstandng, the United States Navy will assume security
cognizance of Project 'CHIGOE.
JOHN PARANGOSKY
Acting Director of Special Activities
Actin-7f Deputy Director for
Science and Technology
ZEWSON Project Manager
Office of the Chief
Navy Material
Date
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