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CL . AGENCY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS . Thy eT [
Co E 1. As a normal part of ORD's efforts in the Slay
research and development of equipment and techniques"... ~BE
Lv for Agency’ applications in foreign intelligence, we IE]
.. - conduct experiments and tests in the United States. - CEL
Cw Clearly, the design and development of our intelli- p Bred
. gence equipments can be done more economically and ” Fed
more securely in this country. ‘Although most of &H
h - "the tests of our R§D equipments are performed in .
-closed laboratories or in secure areas simulating
. the foreign environment, some.of the tests and experi- | o.oo
ments, of necessity, ‘reveal domestic information. i
oo 2.. A review of the surveillance equipment or SOREL
techniques which have at some time or other been EE
i .. exposed to domestic: testing is as follows: ERR
i. 2. laser Probe - About 1967, the laser Ee
probe developed by ORD was tested by TSD in Co
) San Francisco under very closely controlled or IE ;
: conditions. : The: ‘ORD Project Officer witnessed REE
CT portions’ of the Test... Recordings that were - Ce :
: B made of laser probe output were carefully : a
. controlled. as classified material and it is KERR
. believed ‘that the'tapes have long since been RE
Co destroyed. ;[ — 1° : CEA
1968, t SYSTEM Was Tes Ted ci
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cesigned to permit intercept of LL Coa
. 0TdIngs of these oo vers so oo i
: carefully controlled and were destroyed several Cr lL LT
years ago. So - . .o CLT
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