LETTER TO DAVE PACKARD FROM LEE A. DUBRIDGE

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2006
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• Publication Date: October 22, 1969
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE WHITE HOUSE
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I understand that the focus of our November meeting of EXCOM will
be a discussion of those trade-offs among the various NRP programs
that would be necessary to reduce the NRP FY 1971 budget from the
j required by our FY 1970 decisions to an amount substan-
tially less than that.
It seems likely that any large reduction will, among other things,
force a direct competition for funds between photo ra hic systems
.and SIGINT systems, and in particular between th
satellite and I will find this a very difficult judgment
to make, both because these systems perform functions which are
not competitive or c -
tant in its own right.
deliberations, we could have information about some of the other `D^'
trade-off alternatives that might be possible, particularly those in
the non-satellite SIGINT areas. I understand the stringency of the
budget and the necessity for all programs to take their share of the
reductions that are required. Ho here.is no inviolate
reason for keeping the NRP budge f, indeed, it
becomes apparent that reductions in of er areas would provide a
Therefore, I would feel much more comfortable if, for our November
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more effective total national program. Therefore, I would like to
request that as your staff prepare for the Executive Committee
meeting in November, they perform whatever analyses are neces-
sary to provide the Committee with' information that will allow it
to make judgments between the NRP systems and corresponding
programs in the CCP and the CIP.
Sincerely,
Lee u r ge
Science Adviser
/ cc:Richard Helms
The Honorable David Packard
Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Pentagon
Washington, D. C. 20301