IMAGERY RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS

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CIA-RDP79B01709A000600040024-7
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RIPPUB
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T
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9
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December 15, 2016
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February 24, 2004
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24
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MF
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Approved For tease 2004/04/1~.:...!CIAr62DP79B01709r~00600040024-7 f~) iO;ATlO!~!.~L ~:=Cvl~:e~"~IjS,~I~'CE O~~ICE MEMCRANDLJM FOR CI~AIRMAN, COMIREX SU BTECT: imagery Reconnaissance Recuirements REFERENCES: (a} USIB-D-~-~. 15/79 (COMDR D-48/115, dated ib Septer:^:oer I9ob and approved on 8 November 1966} ('a) USIB-D-~_'6~4/27 (COMIREX D-13.1b/3, dated ~i February 1969) (c) USIB-D-~-6~ 9/3 (COMIREX D-16, 2/l, dated 9 April 1969) 25X1A The purpose of this paper is to realuest a redefini~ion of the cur- ve ent reconnaissance requirements in light of the new CORONA Ta~~?geting Program (CTF') software system capaailities, in order to improve operational efficiency armed thereby increase the overall satisfaction of ntelligence requirements. A proposed redefinition of the requirements is of:.ered for considerationD On 8 November 1966, -C're United Sta~,;es Intelligence Board ;USIB) a-y~proved a plan (reference a} for using COROl\?A KH-4 missions prima- r-~~,_,~ in a search mode? The requirements, as stated in the plan,were reaffirmed with some modifications by COMIREX on 4 February 1969 (-reference b) and stipulated stereoscopic cloud-free (about 90 percent) photography of the following: '~~ a, About 80 to 90 percent of the built-up areas (6.8 million sr_uare nautical miles) of the Soviet Bloc and Communist China semi- ar~~ually. b. About 75 percent of the underdeveloped areas (2..8 m