TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SIG(SPACE) SPACE STATION WORKING GROUP

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• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: February 18, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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DCI/ICS 83-4248/1
18 February 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Rear Admiral E. A. Burkhalter, Jr., USN
nirprtnr_ Tntellinenr_aCnmmunity Staff
Chief, Planning an P icy Staff
Deputy Chief for Policy, PPS
SUBJECT: Terms of Reference for SIG(Space) Space Station Working Group
1. The attached memorandum to Judge Clark is in response to his request
to the DDCI for concurrence to a Terms of Reference for the SIG(Space) Manned
Space Station Working Group.
2. After considerable deliberation, the Working Group approved a Terms
of Reference at its 28 January 1983 meeting. A few days later, a unilateral
change of one sentence was made in the approved TOR by the Working Group
Chairman at the request of Gil Rye of the NSC Staff. We and a number of other
Working Group members expressed our disapproval of the change and our
displeasure with its post-meeting unilateral genesis.
3. In spite of this, Gil Rye, without any coordination with the Working
Group, took the revised TOR to the NSC where Judge Clark sent it to members of
the SIG(Space) for concurrence.
4. We feel the procedure used is inappropriate and the TOR as circulated
by Judge Clark does not represent the wishes of the Working Group. The
problem is that some members feel that the changed wording constrains it to
address the policy issues only in terms of the four scenario options and that
this will not produce the best, most balanced product.
5. The alternative wording provided represents a compromise between the
original, more negative wording and the revision Judge Clark circulated. The
attachment to this memorandum shows the original text.
6. At this point, DoD, OSTP and probably State are sending responses to
the Judge Clark memorandum which note this nonconcurrence because of the
unilateral change and express their satisfaction with the previously published
Working Group approved version of the TOR. They also feel that the elevation
of the matter to the SIG is inappropriate and are incorporating some form of
statement to that effect. We believe all would concur in our alternative
wording as proposed.
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ve discussed our intentions to respond in this manner with
in the DDCI's office, and have sent her a copy of the proposed
response. (See copy of transmittal memorandum also attached).
8. Your signature in the response to Judge Clark is recommended.
Attachments:
As Stated
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TERMS OF REFERENCE
SIG (Space) Inter-Agency Working
Group on Space Station
BACKGROUND
The SIG (Space) established a Working Group to identify and
address the policy issues that must be resolved in order to
establish the basis for an Administration decision on whether or
not to proceed with the NASA development of a permanently based,
manned Space Station (Attachment 1).
The Working Group will be chaired by NASA and will include
representatives from DoD, DOC, DCI, DOS and ACDA. In September
1983, the Working Group will report to the IG Space and, if
necessary, the SIG (Space) on the results of its review of the
issues and its recommendations. These results and recommenda-
tions should help to guide the resolution of any national policy
issues affecting a U.S.G. decision to develop a permanently
based, manned Space Station as proposed by NASA. The-Working
Grou will not produce a decision paper which contains recom-
mended options or programmatic profiles for proceeding with a
Space Station.
The papers produced by the Working Group will not be distributed
outside the Executive Branch without approval of SIG (Space).
In order to assess the policy issues in a balanced fashion, the
Working Group will be provided four example scenarios representing
possible approaches for the continuation of this nation's space
program. This background paper will be written by NASA to estab-
lish a reasonable understanding for the Working Group. These
example scenarios are:
o Space Shuttle and Unmanned Satellites
o'. Space Shuttle and Unmanned Platforms
o Space Shuttle and an Evolutionary/Incrementally -?
Developed Space Station
o Space Shuttle and a Fully Functional Space Station
This paper will be submitted to the Working Group for their use
in addressing the national policy Space Station issues.
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18 February 1983
NOTE FOR:
EA-DDCI
FROM: DC/Policy/PPS/ICS
SUBJECT: Terms of Reference for SIG(Space) Space Station Working Group
Our proposed response to Judge Clark is attached. We will assume
DDCI concurrence unless we hear otherwise from you.
Attachment
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Director
Intelligence Community Staff
Washington, D.C. 20505
DCI/ICS 83-4248
22 February 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: William P. Clark
Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
Deputy Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
SUBJECT: Terms of Reference for SIG(Space) Space Station
Working Group
1. At the request of the DDCI, we have reviewed the Terms of Reference
for the SIG(Space) Manned Space Station Working Group as forwarded by your
16 February 1983 memorandum. Because these Terms of Reference contain changes
made subsequent to the last (28 January) meeting of the Working Group and
objected to by some of the members, we do not concur in them. The attachment
highlights by underlining the changed concluding sentence in the second
paragraph.
2. As an alternative to the changed wording, we offer the following as a
compromise between the original Working Group language and the forwarded Terms
of Reference:
"The Working Group will produce a summary paper that assesses the
issues using appropriate scenarios for continuation of the nation's
manned space program as background, but will not recommend a singular
option or a singular programmatic profile for proceeding with a Space
Station."
3. We also suggest that in the future, all correspondence from the
Working Group to the SIG(Space) or IG(Space) be approved by the members and
sent by the Chairman. We feel that such correspondence should normally be
addressed to the IG(Space) for its coordination before being presented to the
SIG(Space).
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Distribution: DCI/ICS 82-4248
Orig-Addressee (Judge Clark)
1-Deputy Asst. to President for Nat'l Security Affairs
1-D/ICS
1-DC/PPS/Policy
1-PPS,
1-PPS Subject
1-PPS Chrono
1-ICS Registry
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