AGENDA EQUIPMENT BOARD MEETING NO. 5-62

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01578A000100060008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 27, 1962
• Content Type: AG

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Meeting Minter 5-62 of the Equipment Board. vas held on 11 July 1962 at
1400 in the OC Conference Boom: 21)03 Beadvarters Building. Those present were
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A. Agenda Item No. 1: Agent Communications via Satellites.
le Introduction
During discussion at the last meeting of the satellite communications
proposals of the n 1963 R&D progran it vas decided that: because of the very
largo expendituxe of funds reguired for this program and because most board
Be:Avers had not yet had an opportueity to review
space communications study, the next bcerd meeting Ahoeld be devoted entirely
to this sUbject. Fieel board ection on the R&D progrem would then be taken at
a sUbsequeet meeting.
2. Discussion
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opened the d.',',SCUSSi032 by stating that the efforts and
expenditures of the Office in this field mould home to be nade with the full
eogoizance and Approval of DD/P and the Technical Reqpirements Board; towards
this end the Office Should prepare a preseatation covering costs and capabili-
ties 'tibia'should be presented to the Chiefs of SRp FE: NE au other Agency
officials in order to obtain their support and to obtain favorable Technical
Requirements Board action. atated thet it vas his view that the
objective Should be to obtain a letter from the DD/P to 25X1A
which would indicate that DIV? appreciated the magnitude of cost involved
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aM believed the program ahould be carried oat,. centenued that
i! the final analysis the satellite program is Gee Vhieh involves expenses
which cannot be met ftom Of fie budgets,- tut will have to be titeced1 at
least -in part, out of either the DD/P or the -Director's budget. 25X1A
asked whether a presentation could be prepared from the ieformetion the Office
new has on this subject or whether additional studies would be needed.
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