CHIGOE SECURITY CONTROL

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05752587
• 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: January 11, 1966

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11 January 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security Staff, OSA
SUBJECT: CHIGOE Security Control
1. This memorandum makes a matter of record the recommended
security control system for CHIGOE which is a new joint ORD/OSA
project under development. Because of its basic intended use
and its developmental connection with other similarly oriented
systems, it should be seriously considered for control within
the BYEMAN system at some future date.
2. CHIGOE is a multi-sensor aircraft intended for
specialized reconnaissance to c011ect intelligence data by
means of infrared and photographic sersors. Further develop-
ment will include this platform for .:(i,llection by means of a
magnetometer. While the Agency is wholly responsible to
develop and prove this concept and vehicle, including sensor
systems, the CHIGOE capability will undoubtedly have some
tactical value for the military services. With this in mind,
the Agency development and its reconnaissance role must be
compartmented and controlled very rigidly and very early in
its life.
3. While CHIGOE is under development, it could be
controlled in normal Agency security channels were it not
for the interrelationship between some of its sensors and
some of the sensors in the IDEALIST Program. On the other
hand, when and if this aircraft, or a similar one, becomes
operational, its reason for being seems clearly to be
defined as a BYEMAN security requirement because its task
is defined as collection of intelligence by means of an
aircraft flying over denied territory. For illustration,
the following pros and cons will be listed.
a. CHIGOE is, at present, a purely Agency task,
fully funded by Agency funds.
b. If CHIGOE is included in the BYEMAN system, it
will be exposed to some NRO levels. It is premature to
assign CHIGOE to an NRO program at this time.
c. Some of the contractors who will contribute
equipment to the CHIGOE Program are already under
Office of Logistics contract and security guidance.
d. The SP2H aircraft, formerly called P2V7, has
so far been associated with Office of Logistics contracts
and specifically with SOD operations.
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e. ORD, which normally uses Office of Logistics
contracting, is designated to provide the Program
Manager.
5. Factors which recommend that CHIGOE be included
in the BYEMAN system are as follows:
a. The definition of the primary objective of
CHIGOE is clearly a typical NRO overflight task. CHIGOE
is designed and intended to collect intelligence by
means of infrared sensors primarily carried on an
aerodynamic vehicle.
b. It is intended that the operational model of
this CHIGOE system will be operated as an overflight
vehicle by OSA. Its ultimate use by OSA demands that
strict security control be established early in its
life to protect not only Agency involvement but also
its operational employment.
c. Secure communications between Project Headquarters
and at least the prime contractors is necessary for
successful conclusion of this project. It is a practical
necessity to use BYEMAN or similar security standards
and control to establish the typical communications links
which we enjoy in other projects.
d. When an operational unit is finally established,
it must budget through NRO and presumably Program B.
By definition, Program B operates the Agency overflight
program using aerodynamic vehicles.
e. For the latter part of the development program,
specifically the flight testing period, we will probably
need the support of AFRDR at the Pentagon. This will
require coordination for the use of military bases overseas.
f. Some, if not all, of the contracting will be done
by Contracts Division, OSA. These black contracting
methods must be protected and compartmented from other
similar projects in OSA.
g. Rather than establish an entirely new project
to operate this aircraft, it seems only logical to
attempt to integrate this relatively small unit into
a current OSA project. Assuming that it would be
integrated into the IDEALIST program for reasons of
economy, if none else, BYEMAN security rules and
standards should be observed.
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h. Some of the equipment, such as infrared sensors,
defensive equipment and warning equipment have an
inevitable cross-reference into other projects such as
IDEALIST. The infrared equipment designed for the
CHIGOE Program, while totally different in application
and form, is derived from the equipment originally
designed for the IDEALIST Program. 'Subsequent develop-
ments in second generation improvements to the IR
sensors for this program will also build on existing
technology used in the IDEALIST Program.
6. The following actions are recommended:
a. Retain CHIGOE security control within the Agency
during the development and test phases, but conform to
the specialized standards of the BYEMAN system,
b. Include the CHIGOE Program in the BYEMAN system
when and if it becomes an OSA operational program.
c. OSA Security Staff should be responsible for
establishing security guidance and control for Project
CHIGOE.
d. Project CHIGOE knowledge should be restricted
from distribution outside the Agency except for
necessary cleared coordination with DOD until such
time as the final data is offered to DOD for their
use.
WILLIAM A. SEWARD, JR.
Lt. Colonel USAF
Plans/FA/OSA
CONCUR:
4I1GOE Program Manager, ORD
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Plans/FA/OSA/WASEWARD:lem (30 Dec 65)
Distribution:
1 - SS/OSA
2 - DD/SA
3 - ORD/Dr. Brewer
4 - PS/OSA
5 - D/FA/OSA
6 - Plans/FA/OSA
7 - RB/OSA
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