NPIC HSA BEEN DIRECTED TO DEVELOP BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001900140018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: February 8, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. NPIC HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO DEVELOP BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR
THE PERIOD 1966-72. DUE TO OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH THE BOB
IN WHICH OUR BEST ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN CRITICALLY QUESTIONED, WE
FEEL IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE FROM BY COB TODAY (8
FEB 66) BEST GUESS ESTIMATES REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF OPERATIONAL
FILM FHT'AGES WHICH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SYSTEMS WILL YIELD
BY MISSION ? CORONA,
OPERATIONAL FILM IS THAT WHICH COVERS FORE
2. ALSO INCLUDE THE EFFECT WHICH THE USE OF ULTRA THIN BASE
FILM WILL NAVE ON OPERATIONAL FILM FOOTAGES IN THE CORONA,
~YSTEMS AND THE
EARLIEST DATE BY WHICH-UTB COULD POSSIBLY BE EMPLOYED.
3. IN THE. NEW SEARCH SYSTEMS IS IT MORE LIKELY THAT THE 9
INCH FILM SYSTEM WILL BE USED RATHER THAN THE 6 INCH SYSTEM?
4. ALSO REQUIRED IS YOUR ESTIMATE AS TO HOW MANY OF THE
PLANNED LAUNCHES WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN EACH FISCAL YEAR; OR WHAT
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IS YOUR GOAL FOR SUCCESS BY SYSTEM INACH FISCAL YEAR.
5. SORRY FOR THE SHORT DEADLINE, BUT THESE INPUTS ARE CRITICAL
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REALISTIC WORKLOAD AND MANPOWER UTILIZATION
PROJECTIONS. YOUR COOPERATION IN.,THIS PLANNING EXERCISE WILL BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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