CABLE TO RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE AFB LA. FROM CIA WASHDC

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FM CIA WASHDC
TO RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF, BARKSDALE AFB, LA.
DA GRNC
BT
S E C R E T
1963 JUL 22 23 22 Z2 3 JUL 1963
CITE CIA-Z-768
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER.
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1. RECENTLY THE QUESTION OF TITLING WAS RAISED BY SAC DIMG.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BASIC INFORMATION OF THE TITLING
PROCEDURES FOR VARIOUS MODES OF CAMERA OPERATION GENERALLY
ACCEPTED BY NPIC FOR "B" CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY WE ARE TRANSMITTING
THE FOLLOWING TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
2. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE RAPID EXPLOITATION OF "B"
CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE P.I.9 THE FOLLOWING TITLING PROCEDURE
HAS BEEN ADHERED TO IN PREVIOUS MISSION, AND ITS CONTINUED
USE IS RECOMMENDED FOR SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS. THE BASIS FOR THE
PRESCRIBED TITLING METHOD IS THAT THE LAST DIGIT IN THE TITLED
FRAME NUMBER BEARS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE CAMERA POSITION
AT TIME OF EXPOSURE. HENCE, THE P.I., BY MERELY NOTING THE
LAST DIGIT IN THE TITLED NUMBER, IS COGNIZANT OF THE DIRECTION
IN WHICH THE CAMERA WAS AIMED AT TIME OF EXPOSURE.
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3. THIS RELATIONSHIP OF FRAME NUMBER TO CAMERA POSITION IS
ESTABLISHED BY TITLING THE FIRST VERTICAL FRAME AS "0000" FOR
"B" CAMERA MODE I OPERATION. THE NORMAL FIRING SEQUENCE IN MODE
I, UPON INITIAL START-UP WILL USUALLY PRODUCE A VERTICAL, 1R,
2R, 3R, 1L, VERTICAL 1R, 2L, 3L, 1L, ETC. WITH THESE FRAMES
REPEATED THEREAFTER. THIS FIRING SEQUENCE PRODUCES TWO VERTI-
CAL, TWO 1R, TWO IL FRAMES; AND ONE 2R, 3R, 2L, 3L FRAME FOR
EACH BLOCK OF TEN FRAMES EXPOSED.
4. THE RECOMMENDED TITLING PROCEDURE IS AS FOLLOWS:
IF THE FIRST FRAME EXPOSED IS A VERTICAL, AND IN CORRECT
SEQUENCE, IT IS NUMBERED "0000"; THE 1R, "0001"; THE 2R, "0002";
THE 3R, "0003"; THE 1L, 0004"; THE VERTICAL, "0005"; THE 1R,
"0006"; THE 2L, "0007"; THE 3L, "0008"; THE 1L, "0009"; THE
VERTICAL "0010"; ETC. IN THE EVENT THAT THE FIRST FRAME OF THE
MISSION IS A "1R", INSTEAD OF A VERTICAL, IT IS GIVEN THE TITLED
NUMBER, "0001", AND THE SEQUENCE MAINTAINED THEREAFTER, AS
PRESCRIBED ABOVE. AN EASY SOLUTION TO CORRECT TITLING IN THIS
MODE IS TO FIND THE FIRST 2L POSITION AND TITLE THE FIRST VER-
TICAL FOLLOWING THIS AS 10. THIS WILL INSURE THAT THE SEQUENCE
NOTED IN PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW WILL BE FOLLOWED. OCCASIONALLY THIS
WILL CAUSE THE FIRST FRAME OF A MISSION TO BE TITLED OTHER
THAN 0000 OR 0001, BUT THE ADVANTAGES OF TITLING AS INDICATED
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OUTWEIGH THIS APPARENT DISCREPANCY.
5. BY ADHERING TO THIS INITIAL NUMBERING SEQUENCE FOR THE
FIRST 10 FRAMES OF THE MISSION, A PRECEDENT IS ESTABLISHED WHEREBY
ALL LAST DIGITS OF THE TITLED FRAME NUMBER REFER TO THE SAME
CAMERA POSITION THROUGHOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THIS IS DICTATED BY THE FACT THAT:
ALL VERTICAL FRAMES END IN "0" OR "5"
ALL 1R FRAMES END IN "1 OR 6"
ALL 2R FRAMES END IN "2"
ALL 3R FRAMES END IN "3"
ALL 1L FRAMES END IN "4 OR 9"
ALL 2L FRAMES END IN "7"
ALL 3L FRAMES END IN -8-
6. THIS NUMBERING SEQUENCE CANNOT BE MAINTAINED, HOWEVER,
IF THE USE OF MODE II IS EMPLOYED DURING ANY PHASE OF THE MIS-
SION, AS THIS MODE UTILIZES ONLY THE 1R, V, IL CAMERA POSITIONS.
THEREFORE TITLING SHOULD BEGIN ON THE FIRST FRAME OF THE
MISSION WITH 0001 AND BE CONTINUED CONSECUTIVELY.
7. LIKEWISE, MODE III AND IV DO NOT LEND THEMSELVES TO ANY
SPECIAL TITLING SEQUENCE AND SHOULD BE TITLED IN CONSECUTIVE
FRAME ORDER BEGINNING WITH FRIST FRAME OF THE MISSION.
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