(SANITIZED)ITS FUTURE USE AS A CIVIL EXPLOITATION CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01137A000300040012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Content Type: MEMO

i L:,.T D1 4 PC t: Associate, testy Director for Science G `Yeclsnolo3y
su ; ~- Its flature Use as a Civil I sloitatioa
t.auld be an effective location for civil aiplica*iocs kiriiiz :.a evo-
lutioty period.
msplication protasactIan needs. In addition, awry of the teemaa.L;acs
1. Fast fall I asked to support T=1
tocuest for a now building to Its s:PIC and the tcttaits of ',KLdlc is
Even tnot;i, user the best of circttnstwsces, it will be a lcc
the boforo we would rove to a now buildin;, I st rrest that acrca is i
apj ro,rI to tiers to consiCor the future use of S' ecifi-
cally, we wad others should c=ite the suitability oo.
a ccntor for exploitation of ovorieaci sensor systex,:s s:Isic.z -:ill ..o
oporatc for civil purposes.
2. I contiaa3a to boli.:ve that the applicatic:'ss o.: s too itc 4::v
other cvor tcaa sensing systeis to the wide variety cs civil !uurd caws --
cgricultuse, forostry, logy, land use; pollution cr:1. '., ns pi^s;;
tea aspartation, urban plaiaaia" r, etc. -- iE. ald be s oct cftct;ivoly
realized if there wore a central, national ragsloi~ c~' .: , 1 Cato, fa-
cility. Such has been the caso witsit national ante ll:u .e -- cd I
jua so 4 at for civil parposes such a facility trct t : be eva. core nead d
c l rc[ aatling for relating siixing, researching, &}voloping, a-tl apily-
i uscf.il results fats overhead sea sons.
3. t'o L7 m that the facilities ?f~ are innac : to for
the intelligence prow tics needs of tixs ffwU -- yet I juc? c tint
these sane facilities will be suitable for the, less stringent civil
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Center
for :. civil
4. I suggest that the idea for usin
exploitatical center in the 1960 90 tit:ce frs r. be a~var =e` for can-
siur,ratioll uaaoQ; those w,ust interested - the U5flt1, 'file iccp. rtL -t
of interior, T;SCS -- and particularly tilt: 31flee of ' ara" ma" llt au--`
;l et. If there is a positive response to the initial proposal,
the: Water can ,ievelo h Jet ails that would be useful for f lrtler
JU{M ..i
Director
National Pilotograp;lic Iutexhratadon C lter
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