DISCUSSION WITH LMSC MANAGEMENT REGARDING LOCKHEED ORGANIZATION TO HANDLE CORONA PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B00803R000100070016-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 9, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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9 May 1966
SUBJECT: Discussion with LMSC Management Regarding Lockheed
Organization to Handle CORONA Program
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responc ing to a>,rn an ea ing up CIA's
Al, effort. On the, of er side of the house. F_ I would 25X1
honcho the Force effort yet also respond, to 25X1
Both the Air Force's over-all , ns i Lty as
well as CIA's payload SI responsibility would be fused in a relation-
s kip between
3. 1 advised the Lockheed personnel that I thought the
organization which they were proposing was indeed similar to the
one presently in being. Although they registered, a mild protest that
it wasn't, they failed to demonstrate how it differed except through
the infusion of into the Air Force loop. I pointed out that
I wK s not convinced that the organization they were proposing would
1-:,-i rc ponsive to our needs and ob::~ervcd that the Government
finally got its own house in order and has establislied a clear
,lia,a.tion of responsibilities for the Air Force as well as CIA.
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