RECTIFICATION EQUIPMENT

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CIA-RDP57-00011A001000120018-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
December 8, 2010
Sequence Number: 
18
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Publication Date: 
May 9, 1956
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MEMO
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-0001 lAO01000120018-4 us ;opyf' o ?_ c ; a I'S 7 1956 st. :: s1.1 ln; ?roject Director 8 `Ts -ectification -'uipaent 1. This is in response to your verbal request for spy opinion reference procuxeent of rectification e ment. After reviewing the attached rs uires nt, i am unable to fully appreciate the need, as concerns this project, for rectification of 7O photography or negatives produced by the longer focal-le th ca res (i.e., 2411, Zme "'hoto, rc s This camera was designed to cover the widest possible area, across line-of-fli ht, for the purpose of orienting photosraph)r of larger scale but ssaller coverage. Inherent design characteristics produce photography of extremely s:aall scale and extreme distortion, and I a.,a of the opinion that restitution would be Impracticable. b. Lr - r Focal L h ameras: Pri rily, this equips nt will be utilised for intelligence gathering purposes tnd, in most instances, rectification would produce little 0 any more intelligence van that alre-d~y possible. 'chile it in true that restitutea photo- ?raphy would permit preparation of certain target materials, this r e uire cent should be extremely limited, particularly in AUT ,T. '?ssstitution of lon rg focal le io th photography is a c 1Icate: and tim,--consumimr operation, requiring a large rs ber of hi&ly-t rained technicians to perform even limited restitution of negatives. On such a selective and limited basis, it is possible to perform a mechanical transportation of data, not involving the use of optical resstitutionul systems, which produces results which normally satisfy restitution re- ;wire nta for tarsretirsg studies. system of to lates and scales c r n be devised for the various i"s3csl l thss, fors; atss, off-angles an:i altitudes which would facilitate an operation of this type. In nsy opinion, such a syystea abould suffice for Project requirements on all but calibrated 6" focal length photography, for which rectification e utt ent is s lresd y ir, existence. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-0001 lAO01000120018-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-0001 lAO01000120018-4 2. To s rise, it is entirely possible to either procure existing itesee or develop equipment to rectify photography produced by all camera system utilized an this Project. Howswr, vmless urgent ree4uireesent exists (of which I aw unaware) for restitution of long-focal length photography (and unless soot a requirement camot be satisfied by restituted 6 photography) I believe, the procurement of eft for this purpose is an u necesaar ezpendit a of funds and scarce highly technical developmental ree- eetrces. 3. The, preposel for a new-dssip stereoscope and related gatp- *ent for use by Pra3eet photo interpreters appears entirely eooa4 end should facilitate preparation of photo intelL'lge~peeca studies and reports, especially when using larger site prints (q lo") . the design characteristics of standard stereoscopes have been iupraved during the past few years, there in a deficits need for. an iVrevd instrument, for use on this Fees. I sensor with this requirenea nt, the proposal as stated, and recoamnd procurement action be '%cle 1 - eno froze; A. C. Lull, 23 Apti1 1956 2 - 9sed %search olonel USAF Director of Operations 3 - Letter from 1 eb se Letter of 21 March 56 5 - :ketches of figures - Perkin jjMft tom': ibu 1 4 2 - Addressee :fie subj 4d - ~Vs chron 5 - Ada chron Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/12/08: CIA-RDP57-0001 lAO01000120018-4