AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE PROGRA

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: January 17, 1963
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
ON
MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM
NRO,OSD DECLASSIFICATION/RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS ON FILE
I. Management of the National Reconnaissance Program '
A. To insure that the particular talents. experience and capabilities
within the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency are
fully and most effectively utilized in the establishment, management and
conduct of the National Reconnaissance Program, the Secretary of Defense
and the Director of Central Intelligence hereby agree that the Secretary of
Defense shall be the Executive Agent for the National Reconnaissance
Program, which shall be developed, managed and conducted in accordance
with policies and guidance jointly agreed to by the Secretary of Defense
and the Director of Central Intelligence.
B. To carry out his responsibilities as Executive Agent for the
National Reconnaissance Program, the Secretary of Defense will establish
as a separate operating agency of the Department of Defense a National
Reconnaissance Office under the direction, authority and control of the
Secretary of Defense.
C. In the execution of their respective responsibilities the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence may
designate appropriate officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
and the Central Intelligence Agency to examine and monitor on their
behalf the activities of the National Reconnaissance Office.
IL Organization and Command of the National Reconnaissance Office
The National Reconnaissance Office shall consist of:
A. A Director appointed from among the officers and employees
of the Department of Defense by the Secretary of Defense with the
concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence, who shall devote
a major portion of Ms time to the business of the National Reconnaissance
Office.
B. A Deputy Director appointed from among the officers and
employees of the Central Intelligence Agency by the Director of Central
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Intelligence with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense. The
Deputy Director NRO shall be in the chain of command directly under
the Director NRO and shall at all times be kept fully and currently
informed as to all activities of the National Reconnaissance Program.
Under the direction of the Director NRO he shall be reeponsible for:
I. Supervising relations between the NRO and the United
States Intelligence Board and its subcommittees, and the intelligence
exploitation community.
Z. Supervising all NRP tasks assigned by the Director NRO
to the Central Intelligence Agency.
3. Performing such other duties as may be assigned by the
Director NRO.
The Deputy Director shall act for, and exercise the powers of the
Director, NRO, during his absence or disability.
C. Such personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, other components
of the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency as shall
be assigned on a full time basis to appropriate positions within the National
Reconnaissance Office.
D. The chain of command shall run directly from the Secretary of
Defense as Executive Agent to the Director, NRO. Guidance to the
Director, NRO, shall be furnished by the Secretary of Defense as
Executive Agent hereunder and by the United States Intelligence Board.
III. Functions and Responsibilities of the National Reconnaissance Office
Subject to the direction, authority and control of the Secretary of
Defense, the National Reconnaissance Office, under the operational
direction and control of its Director, is responsible for the management
of all aspects of the NRP, including but not limited to, the:
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A. Development on a continuing basis for the approval of the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence of a
single National Reconnaissance Program to consist of all projects for
collection of intelligence and mapping and geodetic information through
overflights over denied territory by collection systems but exclusive
of normal peripheral operations. Maximum use will be made of
appropriate technical and operational capabilities and resources of the
Department of Defense, NSA and CIA to support all collection and
processing projects.
esponding directly and solely to the collection requirements
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and priorities established by the United States Intelligence Board.
t. Scheduling all missions for overflight in the NRP and obtaining
appropriate clearance where required from higher authority. The
conduct of all NRP flights over denied territory will be carried out by
appropriate capabilities, facilities and resources of the DOD and CIA.
D. All NRP flights over denied territory, employing appropriate
capabilities, facilities and resources of the Department of Defense and
the Central Intelligence Agency.
E. Initial imagery processing, titling, production and delivery
of the collected product to the users as specified by the USIB.
F. Decommutation, conversion, technical correction and
reconstruction of the collected electronic signal data to yield a usable
collection product, and delivery a such collection pr oduct in proper
format together with associated data necessary for exploitation to the
NSA or other user as specified by the USIB.
G. Engineering analysis of all collection systems to correct the
problems that exist on the operating systems as well as to provide
information for new systems.
H. Planning and conduct of research and development of future
NRP projects, utilizing appropriate resources and capabilities of the
DoD, CIA and private contractors.
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I. Preeentation, as required, of all a spe ct s of the NRP to the Special
Group and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
I. Maintenance of a uniform system of security procedures and control
in accordance with security policy established for the NRP by the Director of
Central Intelligence.
K. Preparation of budget requests for al/ NRO programs, and pre-
sentation and substantiation of such budget requests to the Secretary of Defense
and the Director of Central Intelligence, the Bureau of the Budget and Congres-
sional Committees. CIA will include in its budget presentation to the Bureau of
the Budget and Congressional Committees the funds for those 11RP tasks which
are esti gned to CIA and which are to be financed from NRO resources.
Funds expended or obligated under the authority of the Director of
Cod". 1 Intelligence under Public Law 110 will be administered and accounted
for by CIA.
M. Rendition, of status of funds reports and analyses.
N. ? Releases of public information will be the 3pousibtiity of the
DNRO subject to the security guidance of CIA.
IV. Authorities
The Director, National Reconnaissance Office, in connection with his
assigned responsibilities for the National Reconnaissance Program, shall be
authorized to:
A. Organize.staff and supervise the National Reconnaissance Off
B. Establish, manage and conduct the National Reconnaissance
Program.
C. Assign all project tasks such as technical management, contracting,
etc., to appropriate elements of the DOD and the CIA, changing such assign-
ments, and taking any such steps he may determine naceesary to the efficient
management of the NR?.
D.' Issue appropriate instructions and procedures implerne
agreement.
V. Relationships
A. In carrying out his responsibilities for the National Reconnaiveauce
Program, the Director, National Reconnalseance Office:
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1. Report directly to the Secretary of Defense and shall keep
him and the Director of Central Intelligence currently informed on the
NRO and the NRP. In addition he shall keep such officials of the
Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency as the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence may
respectively designate under the provisions of paragraph I C to
examine and monitor the National Reconnaissance Program on their
behalf, personally informed on a regular basis, or on request, on the
status of projects of the National Reconnaissance Program.
2. Establish appropriate liaison between the National
Reconnaissance Office and the United States Intelligence Board, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National
Security Agency.
3. Where appropriate make use of qualified personnel of the
Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency as full-time
members of the National Reconnaissance Office.
4. Make maximum utilization of appropriate technical and
operational capabilities and resources of the Department of Defense,
the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency to
support all collection and processing programs including but not limited
to, electronic signal and imagery programs.
B. Officials of all elements of the Department of Defense and the
Central Intelligence Agency shall provide support within their respective
authorities to the Director, National Reconnaissance Office as may be
necessary for the Director to carry out his assigned responsibilities and
functions. Streamlined management procedures shall be utilized whereby
individual project directors will report directly to the Director, National
Reconnaissance Office. The Director, National Reconnaissance Office
shall be given support as required from normal staff elements of the
military departments and agencies of the Department of Defense and
of the Central Intelligence Agency concerned, although these staff
elements will not participate in those project matters except as he
specifically requests, and these projects will not be subject to normal
Department of Defense or Central Intelligence Agency staff review.
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VI. Effective Date
This agreement is effective upon signature and supersedes the DOD-
CIA NRO Agreement dated 1 May 1962.
John A. McGone
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Roswell Gilpatric
Deputy Secretary of Defense
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Eastman Kodak Company Contract
2096-63
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17 January 1963
1. On the 14th of January I was directed by the DD/R to
execute an immediate contract with Eastman Kodak Company for
research and development of new techniques and equipment for
processing. Although the original agreement between the Agency
and the Air Force was for the Agency to manage this contract, in
the meantime the D/NRO has apparently changed his mind and
directed that this contract be executed by Major General Robert E.
Greer of SAFSP.
2. This contract was signed by Eastman Kodak on the 16th
of January and will be signed by Agency Contracts personnel on the
18th of January. At the same time the Air Force is attempting to
execute a similar contract. Indications from Eastman Kodak at
this time are that they will also sign the Air Force contract. I
should like to point out that this is illegal.
3. The Agency has no funds available for this contract even
by re-programing from other Eastman contracts since we are at
present running an estimated deficit of 2. 2 million dollars.
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Colonel, USAF
Assistant Director
(Special Activities)
cc: DD/R (Cy 2)
Comptroller (Cy 3) '
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