AGREEMENT FOR REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP71B00508R000100060021-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: July 15, 1965
• Content Type: CONT

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responsive to national intelligence
AO* M T rOR *. QRGAMI ATION OT TITM
NAT AL. REOONNA!S$AAUCt P OCRA -
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The. NRP is a single prograern, national in character, to
be developed aad maintained through a cooperative endeavor on the
part of all &genctes of the Government concerned. The potentialities;
of O.S. technology must be aggressively and imaginatively dzploited
to develop systems for the collection of intelligence which are fully
and objectives.
The National Reconnaissance Pri
directly anti solely to tht Intelligence collection requirements and
priorities established by the United States Intelligence board.
Scheduling and targeting of both satellite and xnawwd aircraft a: fissions
shall continue
subject t
the
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s. National Reconnaissance Pro ram Executive Committee
3. An NRP Executive Committee, consisting of the
Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence,
is hereby established to formulate,
to the NRP through
the DNRO. On the invitation of the Deputy Secrietary of Defense or
the Director of Central Intelligence, the Special Assistant to the
President for Science and Technology shall sit on this committee for
thw purpose of participating in decisions relating to research and
development. The NRP Executive Committee shall:
a. Establish an appropriate level of effort for the NRP
to reconnaissance requirements provided by USIB
sad In the light of technical capabilities and fiscal limitations.
b. Approve or modify the consolidated National Recon-
naissance Program and its budget.
c. Approve the allocation of responsibility and the corres-
ds for research and preliminary design studies for
systems. Funds shall be adequate to ensure that a
us exploratory effort is achieved and maintained by
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CIA and other qualified agencies
rnrnent to meet intelligence
through the design and construction of new sensors
and systems for the acquisition of intelligence data.
4. Allocate development responsibilities and the
corresponding funds for specific reconnaissance programs
RO or. in appropriate cases to IA,,' the military
services, and/or NASA, with a view to ensuring that the
eating and production of new
accomplished with maximum ieffieiencyr by the component
of the Governxrieent best equipped with facilities, experience
and technical competence to undertake the assignment. R
will also establish guidelines for collaboration between
departments and for mutual support where appropriate.
?. Assign operational responsibility for various
types of manned overflight missions to CIA or Loi3
subject to the concurrence of the 303 Committee.
f. Periodically review the essential features of
the major program elements of the NRP.
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4. The xocative Co ee WWI roast
y Sec
ra as
A at least every two weeks. All
Secretary Defonse or the Director
desirable.
C. National Rec
tli
cad of
will be
Central bteltigateca consider
iaerapleiraot the NIP, the Secretary of DoUnaee will
0 ae a separate operating agency of the
fe. The, Director of the NRQ shall be a ed by the
Secretary of
sad activities undertaken as part of the NR .
b. Subject to review by the Qcecittivo Corn
eee Or the Director of
*#ve solely to the Nap l uaecutfy,
Corrnitee. The Director NRC) slats
a. ft kept fully and con; leetely informed of all program=ae
So approve. dUy, redirect or
arch arm i de
Ensure, through appr
cec re Committee for the assi
dovolaepr ent reaponslbitties an
App tpt ;ac utt 3aitittaa"' 0* ag cIes the verb t
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concerned with reconnaissance are realised for the
invention, improvement and deveelopr ent of reconnaissance
systems to meet UT requirements.
c. Maintain and provide to the Executive Committee
to their designated representatives) records of the
status of all projects, programs and activities of the NRP
in the research, development, production and/or operational
phases.
4. Prepare a coordinated, comprehensive budget
for all aspects of the National Reconnaissance Program..
e. Establish a fiscal control and accounting procedure
to ensure that all funds expended in support of the National
Reconnaissance Program are fully accounted for and
appropriately utilized by the agencies concerned. In
particular. the budget shall show separately those funds
to be applied to research and exploratory design, systems
development, procurement, and operational activities,
Funds expended or obligated under the authority of the
Director of Central Intelligence under Public Law I10
shall be administered and accoauted for by CIA.
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with the USIS for the matters affecting the NRP.
7. The Deputy Director NRO shall be appointed by the DCI
and shall serve full time in a line position directly under the Director
NRO and shall at all times keep the DNRO currently and fully informed
as to all activities of the National Reconnaissance Program. The
Deputy Director shall act for and exercise the powers of the Director,
NRO during his absence or disability.
The NRO shall be jointly staffed in a balanced way by
personnel from the CIA, three military departments and other Govern-
ment agencies. The NRO staff shall.
a. Furnish staff support to the DNRO and the DDNRO.
b. Ensure that adequate launch vehicles and payloads
cured to meet the schedule established to meet USIB
requirements.
c. So responsible for the launching, inflight control,
tracking and recovery of satellite reconnaissance operations.
d. Establish and maintain the capability to oversee the
engineering development, production and procurement of now
reconnaissance systems including satellite payloads.
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lit. Reconnaissance ProAra ruing Office
+1. To implement the DCI'ee responsibility for targeting and
scheduling to meet intelligence requirements, for satellite reconnais-
saneee, a Satellite Reconnaissance Programming Office is hereby
established which will become an Integral function of the CIA
responsive to USIB and the DCL To the extent required to staff the
Office, personnel will be transferred from the existing Satellite
teer. This Office will be responsible for selecting
orbit and, camera programming for individual missions and
ding guidance for the on-orbit taste.
1f. Security
16. The Director of Central Inteelli gence, to accordance with
his statutory responsibilities for protection of intelligence sources
and methods, shall be responsible for establishing the over-all security
policy for the NRP. The DNRO will be responsible for the coordination
of security matters within the participating elements of the NRP. The
NRO will coordinate the release of public information on the NPP
with CIA and the t}CI. The CIA shall maintain a central record of
all Security clearances related to the NRP.
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be allocated as indicated in Ann" A attached hereto.
Initial Allocation of Program Res sibilities
11. Responsibility for existing programs of the RP shall
y Sac rotary of Defense Director
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