NRP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AUGUST 4, 1967 OFFICE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROOM 3 E 928, THE PENTAGON 2:45 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

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Minutes of Meeting Held August 4, 1967
Office of Deputy Secretary of Defense
Room 3E 928, The Pentagon
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Mr. Paul H. Nitze Deputy Secretary of Defense
Richard Helms Director of Central Intelligence
Dr. Donald F. Hornig* I Special Assistant to the President
for Science-and Technology
Dr. Alexander H. Flax Director, National Reconnaissance
Office, Ex Officio
James Q. Reber Secretary, NRP Executive Committee
Ex Officio
G.. Finn J. Larsen DDR&E
Mr . Robert N. Anthony Asst. Sec. Def. (Comptroller)
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Carl E. Duckett CIA
Dr. Donald Steininger PSAC Staff
s** Director, NRO Program D
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Brig. Gen. Russell A. Berg Director, NRO Staff
..In opening the meeting, Secretary Nitze suggested that
another meeting be held in the
25 to discuss the proposals for] I
It was tentatively agreed to hold the meeting on
une rnoon of Wednesday, August 23. (The Secretary of
E ve Committee subsequently confirmed with the re-
NPO and ~ceices that the meeting would be at 3 p.m. on that
completed. .
*Present for first half of meeting.
**Present to brief on SR-71 only.
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day.) Later in the meeting during the. discussion of budget
allocations it was also agreed to have presented at that
same time a status review on the TAGBOARD as requested by
Mr. Helms.
Briefing on SR-71
Colonel Saunders, at the request of the DNRO, briefed
the Committee on the status of the SR-71. The conclusion
of Colonel Saunders was that the SR-71 will be operationally
ready by December 1, 1967, for Ka.dena. deployment. He said
that Category 2 testing had been completed and that Cate-
gory 3 testing will be concluded by October 1. The mission
summary will be available to the Fxecutiv He
gave special attention to the progress onr re%mmif+ I
which will be installed before the end of September in three
operationally-ready a.ircraft. 11 25X1
In his discussion of the status of the SR-71,
Colonel Saunders indicated items on which improvement efforts
are underway but which are not factors bearing upon the
operational readiness.
Concern was expressed by both Mr.. Helms and Dr. Hornig
that an assessment of the operational readiness of the
SR-71 be possible before the point of no return is reached
in the phase out of the OXCART. It was agreed that October 1
probably represented the latest time when a. final decision
relative to a. delay in phase out would have to be made.
Review of 1968 Budget Allocations
(Ref: NRP Financial Pro rams for 1967 and 1968;
July 28, 1967;
At +ho nest of the DNRO the NRO Comptroller,
ispla.yed summary charts drawn from the sub-
ject reference and explained project-by-project the status
of the various programs and activities as between the
President's Budget, the Field Submissions, and the DNRO
Initial Approvals.
/James Q. Reber
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