DISCUSSION WITH DR. MCMILLAN ON SATELLITE REQUIREMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01580R002004120006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 17, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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17 September 1963.
MEMORANDUM FOR:. Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Discussion with Dr. McMillan
on Satellite Requirements
1. This memorandum is for the information of the
Director of Central Intelligence.
2. In pursuance of your request, I called upon
Dr. McMillan on 16 September to discuss possible next steps
to take to get us off dead center with regard to requirements
for satellite collection. You recall this paper had been sub-
witted by COMDR to the Board which referred it to NRO for
comments and that those comments were withdrawn.
3. Mr. Kiefer, Deputy Director of NRO, was
present at the meeting.
4. We had a useful exchange of views on our
respective problems in connection with the statement of require-
ments. Perhaps the critical concern in Dr. McMillan's mind
was that the requirements officially approved by the Board should
be practical else he could foresee an unwise expenditure of funds
on projects which_.would be either impossible of realization or
would require a concentration of effort out of proportion to the
relative importance of the particular requirements. I responded
that this was understood and explained that the way to insure
against such impracticality was that COMDR in the preparation
of requirements should have the opportunity for a free exchange
of views wwith a qualified representative of the NRO. I proposed
and he agreed that the. way to now get on with a revision of the
requirements papers was that a senio an we -qualified ren r~ese~-
a ive o e NRO w is I suspect will be Mr., Kiefer) should at the
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outset sit down with COMDR informally and that we make a
genuine effort to understand each other in order that COMDR
can recommend to the Board in the most appropriate fashion
the requirements -which .represent the needs of the community
and in a context which will be useful to the NRO.
5. It is my intention unless you advise to the
contrary to now proceed, possibly on Friday of this week, to
initiate the discussions alluded to above and to proceed as
.rapidly ae possible to prepare for the Board's consideration
a new set of requirements: If the attitudes shown by Dr, McMillan
and Mr. Kiefer at the meeting prevail in the course of our dis-
cussions in which the NRO has agreed to participate at a suitable
level, I am confident that we can resolve our difficulties.
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