DD/S&T STAFF MEETING THURSDAY, 4 JAN 1968
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DD/S&T Staff Meeting
Thursday, 4 Jan 1968
(Scoring indicates anticipated action.)
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D])/S&T reviewed the following items:
1. Space Panel will be meeting at1I on 30 Jan.
He intended to spend an additional couple of days on
the West Coast and asked for suggestions as to what
other installations he might pro-ita y v s t. He
p: anne o leave Sunday night e .
2. OXCART has now been extended to 30 June
following the last ExCom meeting at which the DCI took
a strong position that a one-month extension was not
feasible. The bigger issue of what happens after
30 June will be under discussion again. There is a
danger that without a timely resolution of the future
of the OXCART the program will literally fly itself
out of existence on the.30 June date. Gen. McConnell
will be briefed on Friday regarding the need for addi-
tional Air Force personnel during the next six months.
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3. There are still serious problems in the '
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program, particularly the lack of decision on the
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contractor. The software problem is sti
ll up for grabs
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The schedule has slipped, but it is not
clear how much.
contract work is on the track. Howeve
uncertainties with regard to the 25X1D
4. With regard to lE he technical effort and
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5. There would not appear to be any new problems
in our relations with the other Directorates, but it is
questionable how much headway has been made on the old
ones. Coordination in the ELINT field has certainly
become more complicated and will probably come to a
crunch soon.
6. S&T must exercise great care in its relations
with BOB.
7. He will discuss the S&T staffing of the NRO with
Flax during the next few days.
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8. There will undoubtedly be a round of Congressional
briefings after 15 January.
9. The offices must count on having to meet the
30 June established personnel ceilings
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D/FMSAC said that he had telephoned who had
agreed to see him regarding the 0 contract. 25X1A
In response to a question from the DD/OSP the DD said
that he would undoubtedly visiti at a suitable 25X1A
time following the resolution o nmental situation
there.
D/OEL said that he wished to give the DD a separate
25X1A presentation He wi be sending the DD a memorandum -07
Tor the Clandestine Services concerning the installation
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25X1A said that he was following the ELINT
Evaluation Group and would have a more detailed report in
approximately six weeks. He noted there were 15 candidates
'5e ore the Honor Mer Awards Board of which one was from
O,.A.
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D/OSA said that would 25X1A
be coming in for a briefing, and he would undertake to
arrange a luncheon upstairs which the DD would attend.
WORD on a 95 percent confidence
of a 30 December Chicom
Shot. He said that the Navy wished to modify or
and he has given the verbal authorization and
will prepare the necessary papers for the DD's signature.
He said that photographs from flights over North Dakota'
gave a crop-yield estimate which compared most favorably
with Dept. of Agriculture figures. In this connection
the DD said thati had indicated the continuing
interest of both NASA an griculture.
The DD asked the D/ORD for a rurrd n in the futur
There followed a general discussion of morale.-problems
t NASA
NASA crop photography THE a so, the results o
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DD/OSA discussed the composition of the next Midcareer
Course student body.
D/OSI gave the DD a letter from concerning the 25X1A
possibility of establishing a work team groun to exploit
the SA-2 system. He noted that will be retiring 25X1A
in June from the Air Force.
DD/ORD discussed the findings of the DCI's committee to
review the University Associate Program. He asked the offices
for their evaluations of this program and noted that t e
committee was working against a 14 February deadline.
D/ORD noted that NSA was able to send personnel full-
ti.me to school immediately after they had entered on duty.
The DD asked the EO to look into the possibility of using
this technique to alleviate S T s tight personnel situation.
The Comptroller noted that the first draft of the
Combined Program Call was due tomorrow. He will summarize
this and outline the pertinent issues for the DD after which
various office meetings with t e DD will begin. He reviewed
the FY'69 position ceilings and budgets as they were finalized
by PPB for the various S&T offices.
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