COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION

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COMIREX-M-60
16 January 1969
COMMITTEE ON IMAGERY REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLOITATION
COMIREX-.M -60
16 January 1969
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The following is an index of the Minutes of the 16 January 1969
COMIREX meeting:
Page 5 S ecia Briefing - A '
Section I (Approval of Minutes, Briefings, and Reports on Operations)
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Approval of Minutes
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Operational Briefing --Satellite
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Report on Aircraft Activities--Far
East
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Report on Aircraft Activities--Cuba
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Section II (NPIC Report)
Section III (Subcommittee and Working Group Reports)
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Rep
ort fro
m Imagery C
ollect
ion Re
quirements
Subco
mm
ittee
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14
Rep
ort fro
m Data Base
Work
ing Gr
oup
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15
Rep
Sub
ort fro
commi
m Exploitati
ttee
on Res
earch
and Develo
pment
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15
Rep
Gro
ort fro
up
m Mapping,
Charti
ng, an
d Geodesy
Workin
g
DIA, NRO and USAF
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GROUP I EXCLUDED FROM
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Section IV (Action Items)
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Page 16 COSMOS Reconnaissance Missions as Potential
Indicators
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17 CC
to C
17 Use
17 Nee
PC Request
uba
of Delta III
d for Camer
for Informat
Camera ove
a Attitude A
ion on A
r Cuba
ccuracy
ssets Devoted
Data
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18 Pro
18 Guid
Outs
posed COMI
elines for D
ide the Inte
REX Orienta
ealing with
lligence Com
tion To
Govern
munity
ur
ment Agencies
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20 Tab
Nort
A - LOC Pr
h Vietnam f
iority Targe
or 9-15 Janu
ts in S
ary 196
outh China and
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Cov
erage o
f North Vietnam
for 2
-8 J
anuary
1969
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30 Tab
C - Summar
y of CCRP S
tatus a
s of 31 December 1
968
Section V (Status of Recent COMIREX Papers)
None
Section VI (Other Business)
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Section 1 (A)proval of Minutes, Briefings, and Reports on Operations)
Approval of Minutes
1. The Executive Secretary suggested that as proposed
amendments to COMIREX-M-58 were confined to emendments made
by members to their own statements, the changes need not be re-
viewed in detail. Members approved proposal to
publish replacement pages.
Operational Briefing- -Satellite
2, reported the satellite operations
schedule as of 16 January as shown below:
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1106 - Scheduled 5 February 1969
Estimated 1st bucket recovery - 13 February 1969, 1730L
Estimated 2nd bucket recovery - 20 February 1969, 1730L
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Film processing/distribution:
Estimated arrival 1st bucket at Eastman Kodak - 14 Feb, 1300L
Estimated arrival 1st bucket Priority 1 in D.C. - 17 Feb, 1100L
Estimated arrival 1st bucket Priority 2 in D. C. - 18 Feb, 1100L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket at Eastman Kodak - 21 Feb, 1300L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket Priority 1 in D. C. - 24 Feb, 1100L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket Priority 2 in D. C. - 25 Feb, 1100L
Projected stereo coverage:
1st bucket - Land area - 1.68 million sq. n.m.
Targets - 2,400
2nd bucket - Land area - 1. 68 million sq. n. in.
Targets - 2, 400
1050 - Scheduled 19 March 1969
Estimated 1st bucket recovery - 27 March 1969, 1730L
Estimated 2nd bucket recovery - 4 April 1969, 1730L
Film processing/distribution:
Estimated arrival 1st bucket at Eastman Kodak - 28 March, 1300L
Estimated arrival 1st bucket Priority 1 in D.C. - 31 March, 1100L
Estimated arrival 1st bucket Priority 2 in D.C. - 1 April, 1100L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket at Eastman Kodak - 5 April, 1300L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket Priority 1 in D. C. - 8 April, 1100L
Estimated arrival 2nd bucket Priority 2 in D.C. - 9 April, 1100L
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Projected stereo coverage:
1st bucket - Land area - 2.80 million sq. n.m.
Targets - 2, 400
2nd bucket - Land area - 2, 80 million sq. n. m.
Targets - 2, 400
1051 - Scheduled 7 May 1969
Estimated 1st bucket recovery - 15 May 1969
Estimated 2nd bucket recovery - 23 May 1969
1107 - Scheduled 9 July 1969
Estimated 1st; bucket recovery 18 July 1969
Estimated 2nd bucket recovery - 27 July 1969
Report on Aircraft Activities Far East
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3? confirmed the
continued standdown of IDEALIST/TACKLE and FOOD FAIR over-
flights of China. then reported GIANT SCALE
activities for the period 10-16 J ar as own below. He noted
that the 10 January missions photography of a target in
North Vietnam (Xom Ap Lo Ammo Depot) on which we had never
had baseline! photography.
DATE MISSION NO. AREAS/TARGETS
10 Jan GS097 Hoa Lac Afld/Xom Ap Lo Ammo
Depot; Seg Rtes 101, RR 7, Rte 1A,
RR 4, WW 19/Dong Suong Afld
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4. During the period 10-16 January,
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reported six. successful BUMPY ACTION sorties, one loss and one
crash on recovery; status of the payload of the latter not as yet
known.
Details are given below.
MISSION NO.
AREAS/TARGETS
REMARKS
Q224 (High)
Rte 10, Thanh Hoa RR Bypass,
Thanh Hoa Transp Pt, Ferry
Q877 (Low)
Bac Mai Afld, Gia'Lam Afld,
Yen Vien RR Yds
Successful, MARS
Q252 (High)
DMZ/Miu Gia Pass, Rte 15
Successful, MARS
Q885 (Low)
Haiphong Area
Successful, MARS
Q834 (Low)
Nam Dinh Tpp, RR 4, Phu Ly
RR Yds
Successful, MARS
Q879 (Low)
Ile Bach Long
Successful, MARS
Q870 (Low)
Haiphong, Kien An Afld, Nam
Dinh Trans Pt, Rte IA
Q847 (Low)
Gia Lam Afld, Nam Dinh Tpp,
Nam Dinh Trans Pt, Bac Mai Afld
Crashed on recovery
Status unknown at
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5. reported collection activity against
two priority South China/North Vietnam requirements as follows:
a. Coverage of Lines of Communications (LOC)
pertinent to the introduction of Chinese forces into
North Vietnam (see COMOR-D-25/207, 4 March 1966).
The number of LOC priority targets in South China
and North Vietnam remains at 142. For the period
9-15 January 1969 surveillance coverage was reported
on one priority target in South China and eight priority
targets in North Vietnam. The specific targets are
underlined in Tab A.
b. Coverage of North Vietnam to detect the
possible introduction or deployment of offensive missile
systems (see COMOR-D-25/200, 23 May 1967 and
COMIREX-D-25.3/2, 20 November 1967) is shown on the
grid map at Tab B for the period 2-8 January 1969. No
SSM activity was observed.
Report on Aircraft Activities- -Cuba
6. reported GLASS LAMP activities
for the period 10-16 January as follows:
ULTE
MI
SSION NO.
10 Jan
G063
14 Jan
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RESULTS
Successful, 31.4%
Successful, 5.7%
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CUMULATIVE
8 Jan
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12.6%
84.1%
10 Jan
31.4%
92.7%
14 Jan
5.770
93.0%
7. I Ireported that for the 56-day period
beginning 21 November 1968, 11 GLASS LAMP missions were
flown over Cuba and provided 93 percent coverage of the area.
During this period 177 of theltargets in Cuba were covered
completely on cloud-free photography not including the most
recent missions flown on 14 January 1969.
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Section ].II (Subcommittee and Working Group Reports)
Report from Imagery Collection Requirements Subcomn it
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2. Initial priorities for uwere submitted to the NRO 25X1A
this morning.
3. The Chairman, ICRS, distributed copies of the
monthly summary of CCRP status as of 31 December (See Tab C).
pointed out that coverage did not fall down to the
extent it was feared when three days were lost on =
Report from Data Base Working Group
4. reported that the DBWG will be visiting
the Army Map Service on 21 January on the indexing problem
discussed earlier.
5. The DBWG is discussing what third-phase reporting
information should be included in the data base. There will be a
report on this later this month.
6. There will be a delay in getting out the Resource
Information Report which was due on 15 January because some of
the information needed to compile the report will not be supplied to
the DBWG until the first of February.
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7, reported that EXRAND has two trips
planned--one in March aboard the John F. Kennedy to see their HE3O_J-2J
in operation and one in May to Perkin-Elmer and Eastman Kodak.
8. The Technical Task Team has completed its report
to EXRAND. It is anticipated that EXRAND will submit a report
and brief COMIREX, probably sometime in May, after its
members have had an opportunity to review and discuss the task
team effort.
9. reported that EXRAND has made
several recommendations to the Community on joint procurement of
reconnaissance equipment.
10. As a result of discussions at yesterday's EXRAND
meeting, it was the consensus that there is a real need for a
small coordinating team to follow procurement plans of the various
agencies and to advise EXRAND of potential duplications or other
problems.
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11. EXRAND feels that it should have representation at
the World-wide Photographic Equipment Seminar in August and at
the Silver Recovery Seminar next month.
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With regard to inclusion of n the KH-4B,
reported that data reduction planning is being based on
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that he has asked the program officer on the West Coast to identify
to COMIREX, in its 4 February briefing, the penalty for having this
device on four birds beginning with the March 1970 launch.
information provided by NRO that would be included on
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Section IV (Action Items)
COSMOS Reconnaissance Missions as Potential Ind'qators
1. distributed copies of a draft rrt
of the special task force set up last week (COMIREX-M-59,
Special Briefing II, paragraph 5) to look into the usefulness of data
4. The Chairman requested that COMIREX members
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to state their views at next week's meeting. I suggested 25X1 D
that individual agencies may wish to levy a requirement on NSA
through their normal channels but he felt that
COMIREX should go on record as needing the information for its own
targeting purposes.
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Section VI (Other Business)
CCPC Request for Information on Assets Devoted to Cuba
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1. The Chairman advised COMIREX that the Critical
Collection Problems Committee has circularized the Community
for information concerning assets being devoted to Cuba. He
reported that his reply will state the current COMIREX requirements
for coverage of Cuba, as approved by the Board, and will indicate
what is being done to try to satisfy them. Resources devoted to the
actual collection, processing, and readout presumably will be
reported by the components involved.
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2. The Chairman, ICRS, reported that his Subcommittee
has studied the question of continuing the use of the Delta III camera
over Cuba and is recommending that its use not be continued
beyond February. The overriding consideration in arriving at
this recommendation was the fact that the U-2R, which will be used
over Cuba beginning in February, cannot handle the Delta camera
without costly modifications. COMIREX approved the ICRS
recommendation.
Need for Camera Attitude Accuracy Data in the
3. The Chairman referred members to a short draft
statement concerning the NPIC need for camera attitude accuracy
in and explained that the memorandum was written
to reflect the COMIREX position that, although NPIC did not need
attitude accuracy data for positioning since DoD is tasked to provide
this information, they do need sufficiently accurate data to carry out
the mensuration for which NPIC is responsible.
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4. Following discussion, it was agreed that the draft
statement should be rewritten to state the need for camera attitude
accuracy as a requirement to the NRO. ill prepare
the new memorandum and coordinate it with and with
prior to submitting it again to COMIREX for
approval at next week's meeting.
Proposed COMIREX Orientation Tour
5. rovided COMIREX members with
a proposed itinerary for the orientation tour to various agencies
on the West Coast. The main itinerary provides for departure
from Washington on 2 February and return on 7 February and
provides for visits to I imockup facilities at Huntington
Beach; Sunnyvale; and Beale Air Force Base. An optional extension
of the tour on the 10th and 11th would provide a visit to Edwards
Air Force Base for a U-2 orientation tour and to San Diego for an
update on drone capabilities.
Guidelines for Dealing with Government Agencies Outside the
Intelligence Community
6. The Chairman reported that Admiral Taylor had
called a special session of all USIB Committee Chairmen on behalf
of the Director of Central Intelligence to suggest that with the advent
of a new administration it would be well to review approved procedures
for dealing with requests for information from non-intelligence
agencies of the government and insure that present practices are
bureaucratically sound. I emphasized that no one is to
discuss the official business of COMIREX with representatives of
any government agency, BOB would be the most obvious example,
before USIB action has been taken; at which point it is up to
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as Director, NIPE, to release information. Particular care
should be exercised in avoiding discussion of any divergent views
on an item of COMIREX concern. recommended
that a simple "rule of thumb", if approached by representatives
of non-USIB agencies for information, would be to say that you
are not at liberty to talk to them until you discuss their request
with the Chairman, COMIREX.
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Committee on Imagery Requirements and Exploitation
Attachments
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