MODIFICATION OF THE SECURITY CONTROLS FOR THE PRODUCTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES

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• Publication Date: November 23, 1973
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THE WHITE HOUSE
W A S H I N G T O N
TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
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MEMORANDUM FOR;
November 23, 1973
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Attorney General
/ The Director of Central Intelligence
The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
The Secretary of.State
The Secretary of Defense
Modification of the Security Controls
for the Products of Photographic
Reconnaissance Satellites
The President has approved the recommendation of the Director of
Central Intelligence to modify some of the special security controls
relating to the U. S. photo reconnaissance program which were
established by Presidential Memorandum of August 26, 1960. Speci-
fically, the President has authorized that;
(1) The fact that the United States Government conducts a photo-
graphic satellite reconnaissance program for foreign intelligence
collection be classified SECRET.
(2) The Director of Central Intelligence, after consulting the
Secretary of Defense, may remove from the special controls presently
governing the U. S. photo reconnaissance program the product of such
collection as he deems appropriate, provided that (a) the product re-
moved from the special controls under this authorization shall be
classified according to the provisions of Executive Order No. 11652,
and (b) such product shall not reveal the sensitive technical capabilities
of current or future intelligence satellite programs. The present
special control system itself will continue to exist to provide compart-
mented protection for those aspects and products of satellite
reconnaissance programs requiring such protection.
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The President has further directed that the Director of Central
Intelligence shall continue to be responsible to him for establishing
policy guidelines for the security protection and control of information
pertaining to the U. S. intelligence satellite collection program and the
products derived from it. This will include the establishment and con-
tinued review of appropriate procedures, consistent with United States
policy interests, for the release of the satellite intelligence product or
information derived from it to foreign governments.
Henry issinaer
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