BRIEFINGS FOR SALT- MONITORING WORKING GROUP

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 30, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
STEERING GROUP ON MONITORING STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS
SA/SAL - 36/72
30 August 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: CIA, DIA and State/INR Members, SALT Monitoring
Working Group
Chairman, Committee on Imagery Requirements and
Exploitation
Chairman, Signals Intelligence Committee
Chairman, Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence
Committee
Executive Director, National Photographic Interpretation
Center
NSA SALT Coordinator
SUBJECT: Briefings for SALT Monitoring Working Group
1. You will recall that when the Working Group approved Terms of
Reference for an evaluation of SALT monitoring capabilities, we decided
I-hat we should seek supplemental contributions on the flexibility with
which certain collection systems could respond to extraordinary, short-
term tasking if the need to investigate possible treaty violations
required it. To implement that decision, I am arranging for several
briefings by the organizations with primary responsibility for tasking
and/or management of collection. In view of the importance of photo-
graphic exploitation to our work, .I have also accepted NPIC's earlier
offer to let us see for ourselves how the territorial search operation
is conducted.
2. For each of the briefings on collection flexibility, I have
indicated that the questions we need answered are: Under present
circumstances, to what extent can collection systems focus greater
attention on one or more SALT-related targets, areas, and activities?
How much time would it take to alter the focus of collection so as to
emphasize a SALT-related requirement? What sacrifice in other collection
priorities would be incurred if the special SALT-related focus were
maintained for a period of, say, one.month, three months, six months,
a year? Are there prospects for any change in flexibility over the
next two years or so? I have suggested that the briefers review the
Working Group's list of SALT monitoring tasks as they prepare their
contributions.
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3. The briefings requested, and the proposed schedule, are:
4. Members and observers may wish to bring their alternates to
these b names of those who will attend
to Miss at least three days before the
date of each briefing.
Chairman
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