CABLE (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001700210020-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: January 31, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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OXCART IDEALIST CORONA
1. MISSION 9062 to KH-4 MISSION) PROVIDED SOME EXCELLENT
PHOTOGRAPHY TNIS PHOTOGRAPHY
IS PROVING TO BE VERY VALUABLE IN OUR ANALYSIS
OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTO INTER-
PRETABILITY DETERMINATIONS. IT IS PRIMARILY ADVANTAGEOUS OVER
DIMENSIONS ARE READILY AVAILABLE.
2. BASED ON THE BENEFITS BEING DERIVED FROM THE KH-4 COVERAGE
IN ?NAT ACCURATE POSITION DATA AND OBJECT
COULD BE ACHIEVED FROM SIMILAR COVERAGE BY THE U-2 AND OXCART
SYSTEMS. IF IN THE COURSE OF FUTURE TRAINING MISSIONS THIS
OJULD BE ACCOMPLISHED, IT MOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE FEEL
THAT MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO OPERATIONS
PERSONNEL AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS FROM THE CORRELATIONS THUS
ACHIEVABLE.
T O P S E C R E T
IT IS FELT THAT COMPARABLE BENEFITS
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