LETTER(Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: August 14, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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Post Office Box 1407
Main Post Office
Washington 13, D. C.
Declass Review by NGA.
Assignment #III, Technical Directive #1
Our Ref. No. L-XG-29
Attached is a sample of the material that, with your approval, will be
sent to four consultants for their opinions on the Photochemical Solutions
Laboratory. This request for consulting services will be made in ac-
cordance with instructions received from John C. on 24 July 1961.
None of the enclosed material has been sent to any of these people. The
general subject, however, has been discussed with them. They are aware
that the material is forthcoming and are prepared to submit their comments
to us. You will note that our plan is to send them this material by 21 August
and to receive a reply by 4 September.
Your review of this material in order to meet the proposed issue date of
21 August will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
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25X1 Enc. Memo from o John C.
(2) "Evaluation of Photochemical Solutions Laboratory"
 14 August 1961
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VANNNAMMOOMM
6ncloeed are tic t-.-.,o proposals and requirements for the chemical
mixing systems we are considering for our client's photographic
facility. We would consider your evaluation. opinions. and
recommendations concerning these proposals as a great value toward
the final establishment of such facilities.
Through the study of these two systems and their particular attributes.
please evaluate not only those aspects pertaining to the stated
requirements, but any detailed aspects which may not be covered
by the general requirements. A final general recommendation of
one of the systems is necessary.
Please advise us immediately of the approximate time involved for
the evaluation and a close estimate of your desired fee. A contractual
letter will follow assuming your requirements are in order.
We would appreciate your final written replies to be returned to tie by
the 4th of September 1961. Please fail perfectly free to give me a
call at any time for any questions or points which need clarification.
Sincerely.
CAL/ it
 14 August 1961
Enclosed are the two proposals and requirements for the chemical
mixing systems we are considering for our client's photographic
facility. We would consider your evaluation, opinions, and
recommendations concerning these proposals as a great value toward
the final establishment of such facilities.
Through the study of these two systems and their particular attributes,
please evaluate not only those aspects pertaining to the stated
requirements, but any detailed aspects which may not be covered
by the general requirements. A final general recommendation of
one of the systems is necessary.
Please advise us immediately of the approximate time involved for
the evaluation and a close estimate of your desired fee. A contractual
letter will follow assuming your requirements are in order.
We would appreciate .your final written replies to be returned to us by
the 4th of'September 1961. Please feel perfectly free to give me a
call at any time for any questions or points which need clarification.
Sincerely,
 14 August 1961
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'nclosed are the two proposals and requirements for the chen,.ical
mixing syster;s we are considering for our client's photographic
facility. We would consider your evaluation, opinions, and
recor.:nnendations concerning these proposals as a great value toward
the final establishment of such facilities.
Through the study of these two systems and their particular attributes,
please evaluate nit only'those aspects pertaining to the stated
requirenents, but any detailed aspects which may not be covered
by the general requirements. A final general recommendation of
one of the systems is necessary.
Please advise us immediately of the approximate time involved for
the evaluation and a close estimate of your desired fee. A contractual
letter will follow assuming your requirements are in order.
We would appreciate your final written replies to be returned to us by
the 4t,-..of September 1961. Please feel perfectly free to give me a
call at any time for any questions or points which need clarification.
Sincerely,
 11 August 1961
Enclosed are the two proposals and requirements for the chemical
mixing systems we are considering for our clients photographic
facility. We would consider your evaluation, opinions. and
recommendations concerning these proposals as the greatest value
toward the final establishment of such facilities.
After my discussions with you, I feel
that any and all suggestions made by you and your co leagues will
be made only after a careful consideration of all facts involved.
Through the study of these two systems and their particular attributes
please evaluate not only those aspects pertaining to the stated
requirements but any detailed aspects which may not be covered by
the general requirements. A final. general recommendation of one
of the systems would be appreciated.
If there are not too many political complications involved, we would
appreciate your forwarding one copy to your colleague
There are two people in particular whom our client has asked to give
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their considerations. These people ar
Your judgment would certainly be better
n ours in picxing t Re other various qualified people.
We would appreciate your written replies to be returned to us by the
4th of September 1961, if possible. Please feel perfectly free to
give rye a call at. any time for any questions or points which need
clarification.
Very truly yours,
 11 August 1961
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Through your recommendation we have selected various people to evaluate
the two proposed systems of supplying photochemical solutions to the
photographic laboratory. These people are all considered experts in
the area of processing and their opinions should be regarded as being
the most accurate available.
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who will not personally evaluate the system but will rely on
his entire staff of eleven or more technical people as well
as various experts This should be the most
complete and comprehensive report of the four.
His background includes considerable
experience in establishing various processing areas which all
included some form of semi-automated chemical mix with
tanking, piping, etc.
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He was previously Director of ResearchI
and later the. Technical Director of Consumer
Op e rations
establishing photographic laboratories
throughout the country for all types of processing. Other
experience along this line included several years with
and with the Navy at Anacostia as Head of the Development
Section. His primary interest is in physical chemistry, which
is the field of his doctorate.
 4. I uis also a private consultant. He was
previously Chief Engineer of the very clean processing
laboratories at Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. Previous
experiences were in the engineering phases of photo"al is
systems with
Unrelated experiences were engineering ventures primarily
related to thermodynamics.
Enclosed are copies of the instruction letters, the general requirements,
and the two proposals. These will be mailed exactly as stated with
your approval. If you have any changes, please let us know as soon
as you can since these people will still be restricted to the 4 September
date. We have allowed enough time for their complete evaluation as
well as the time for your suggestions or approval. We would like to
mail these out to the people by 21 August 1961.
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EVALUATION OF
PHOTOCHEMICAL SOLUTIONS LABORATORY
11 August 1961
Introduction
The Photochemical Solutions (chemical mix) Laboratory is a functional
supporting unit without any productional aspects. It has the sole purpose
of supplying, as compared to replenishing, the processing areas of the
photographic laboratory with solutions capable of giving results compatible
with the standards of the photographic system. The design of the solutions
lab is entirely dependent upon these standards as well as the particular
demands of the processing areas. Immediate and variable supply demand,
high quality control, and cleanliness are eery important considerations
involved here.
There are many ways to mix photographic chemicals into working solutions,
many ways to transport these solutions to the processing areas, and as many
more ways to maintain a constant, consistent, and precise quality control
of the solutions. It is the purpose of this evaluation to look at two proposed
systems for accomplishing the stated tasks. It should be of little consequence
whether one proposal pitted against the other would result in a recommendation
or decision, but the user is the one who must face the end result and will
either enjoy or resist the system. Therefore, the resulting comparison
of the two proposed systems shall be made entirely from the user's viewpoint.
The "user", as implied Here, refers to all persons physically engaged in
 performing functions concerned directly with the Photochemical Solutions
Laboratory. This may include the photo lab supervisor, processing
personnel, chemical mix personnel, maintenance, administration, and all
persons engaged in making or using high quality photographic materials.
This Photochemical Solutions Laboratory has requirements to which any
proposal must meet, and are entirely regulated by the demands of the photo
processing stations. These demands are: exact quality control through the
end use of all solutions; immediate and infinitely variable supply demand;
elimination of any and all possible contamination areas; versatility in
preparing, storing, and supplying many forms of photographic solutions
in continuous or intermittent demands; reliability of all functional components;
economy of operation; and ease of operation. Each of these items can be
expanded considerably and are meant to be all inclusive.
The various solutions must serve approximately 17 different and isolated
processing stations with five to seven (5) to (7) developers, one (1) short
stop, and two (2) fixers. Since there are few temperature controlled
machines or sinks, it is advisable to maintain a close temperature control
on incoming solutions. Sinks and tanks are hand operated, generally
processing sheet film or paper, with some short rolls. The machines are
of varied type and are almost all semi-automatic. The processing will include
almost all types of black and white film and paper products, with no color
processing.
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"There are five basic ingredients to all photographic developers: (1) a
reducing agent; (2) an accelerator; (3) a restrainer; (4) a preservative;
and (5) an alkali. The amounts and balances of these basic ingredients
are varied to suit a specific requirement based on a photographic emulsion.
All of these basic ingredients are readily soluble to a 50 percent state of
saturation. These ingredients, when stored separately, have excellent
keeping qualities and a low rate of oxidation. These ingredients, when
purchased as bulk chemicals, cost but a fraction of the price of compounded
d?veloper solutions. Since the bulk ingredient of all of these formulae is
water, a 50 gallon batch of 50 percent saturated Metol will make more than
77, 000 gallons of a developer solution. From this fact it is almost needless
to point out that the frequency of mixing these basic ingredients would be
extremely low. Photographic paper and film require different fixing agents and,
therefore, it is proposed that two types of fixing baths be stored in 300 gallon
containers. It is also proposed that 50 gallon batches of the five basic
ingredients be stored in a 50 percent saturated solution. These five basic
ingredients would be piped to a central 100 gallon mixing vat and, since
the chemicals are in solution, the compounding of a developer formula would
be extremely rapid and effortless. The task would be reduced to consulting
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required number of gallons of developer solutions. It is unnecessary to point
out that these chemicals would all be at working temperatures and no delay
would be encountered between mixing and using of these solutions. It is
important to mention that a large variety of formulae could be supplied to
the various processing stations with only a few moments delay. These
solutions would be used during their normal life and discarded, with the
possible exception of the fixing bath for film. This solution could be returned
to a silver recovery and then put back into storage. Attached is a list of
five well known developer formulae, using the aforementioned basic ingredients,
and will serve to illustrate their universal application. Due to the rapid access
of these developer formulae, only the required number of gallons of each
solution would be prepared for distribution to the processing stations each
day. Only a short notice of any program changes would be required to
evacuate and refill any of the processing stations. Since all of these solutions
would be compounded from known basic elements, there would be no variety
in results, and an extremely high degree of quality control would be achieved.
be combined with the necessary number of gallons of water to make the
" es a ca i "file for groper number of`ouhe of each turated aolution to
 PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO
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Photochemical Solutions Laboratory
"The Photochemical Solutions Laboratory shall supply solutions of the
highest quality to the photo processing areas. It shall have the versatility
of combating any foreseen or unforeseen circumstance when the demand
requires. In order to accomplish this result, the system shall employ
sufficient supply tanks to meet the varied demand. There are presently
being used; seven developers, one short stop, and two fixers, totaling ten
solutions. To allow for changing and possibly new types of solutions, this
should be expanded to twelve supply sources or tanks. The supply tanks
shall be of such a size as to hold enough solution for a normal one week
demand but shall be capable of handling solutions on a daily basis as well as
for storage up to six months or more if necessary. The tanks will have
capacities of 330 gallons for eight tanks and 100 gallons for the other four.
These conditions just stated dictate a form of tank where all atmosphere is
excluded, using an inert gas as nitrogen, to permit long term storage, and
where a change of solution or new mix may be handled quite easily. This
means that the actual mixing of the bulk chemicals must be done in another
tank and the solution pumped into the supply tanks. Since contamination of
any form cannot be tolerated, each supply tank will have its own individual
mix tank. The solution shall be filtered before entering the supply tank. As
the solution leaves the supply tank, it shall be filtered again to eliminate
sediment, etc. Since quality control is of utmost importance, it is impossible
to retain the quality if the piped solutions are delivered to a particular
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solutions inherently change in time even under the most stringent care in
mixing. Therefore, the unused solutions should not be allowed to stand in
the pipe but should be returned to the solutions lab for periodic checking.
This means a closed "loop" piping system where the solutions are continuously
being circulated to as many areas as necessary and returned. With this
form of piping, it is very easy to add a small hot-cold water heat exchanger
for maintaining temperature control at the outlets.
Also, this form lends itself ideally to processing stations where intermittent
processing is done in trays, tanks, sinks, or automated machines. Each
solution is at the processing personnels fingertips exactly as and when needed,
with no delay, no mixing except dilution, or possible loss of quality of any
form. All solutions would be carried in the "stock" solution form and would
be diluted as desired at the processing stations. All used solutions would be
d.imped after use. The only deviation from this would possibly be with the
processing machines. Since it is anticipated that the processing machines
will be used more frequently in the future, there are also three replenisher
tanks of 100 gallon capacity adjoined with three supply tanks and may be used
as needed. The replenisher tanks may also be used as additional supply
tanks if desired.
Quality control will only be necessary during chemical mixing and periodic
checking of the stock solutions. A small separate area is established for
this function in the solutions lab. Filters, pumps, and controls will be placed
where necessary to assist the solutions lab operator in maintaining ideal
operations with the least amount of time involved.
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solutions inherently change in time even under the most stringent care in
mixing. Therefore, the unused solutions should not be allowed to stand in
the pipe but should be returned to the solutions lab for periodic checking.
This means a closed "loop" piping system where the solutions are continuously
being circulated to as many areas as necessary and returned. With this
form of piping, it is very easy to add a small hot-cold water heat exchanger
for maintaining temperature control at the outlets.
processing area and not used for days or weeks at a time. Photographic
Also, this form lends itself ideally to processing stations where intermittent
processing is done in trays, tanks, sinks, or automated machines. Each
solution is at the processing personnels fingertips exactly as and when needed,
with no delay, no mixing except dilution, or possible loss of quality of any
form. All solutions would be carried in the "stock" solution form and would
be diluted as desired at the processing stations. All used solutions would be
dlniped after use. The only deviation from this would possibly be with the
processing machines. Since it is anticipated that the processing machines
will be used more frequently in the future, there are also three replenisher
tanks of 100 gallon capacity adjoined with three supply tanks and may be used
as needed. The replenisher tanks may also be used as additional supply
tanks if desired.
Quality control will only be necessary during chemical mixing and periodic
checking of the stock solutions. A small separate area is established for
this function in the solutions lab. Filters, pumps, and controls will be placed
where necessary to assist the solutions lab operator in maintaining ideal
operations with the least amount of time involved.
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Contract No.
Task Order No.
Date
REGISTERED - RETURN RECEIPT F Q(JESTEJ
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This Technical Directive constitutes authorization and direction for
you to perform the services and furnish the supplies in the manner pre-
scribed in the attached schedule of 2 pages, numbered and dated the
. same as this letter. The attached schedule is intended to be complete with
respect to work description and technical instructions relative thereto,
place and period of performance, completion date, f.o.b. delivery point,
inspection requirements and any other directions reasonably necessary for
your prompt performance of the work authorized.
Unless you indicate to the contrary within ten (10) days from receipt
hereof, you will be considered as having agreed to the feasibility and com-
pleteness of this Technical Directive and to have in all respects accepted
same for prompt performance.
It is specifically understood, however, that this letter shall not
make any increases(s) in either the scope of work or amount of funds ob-
ligated or otherwise to modify the terms and conditions of the above con-
tract or task order, any such modifications being expressly reserved for
bilaterally executed contractual amendments.
? All correspondence relative to this Technical Directive shall be for-
warded to the Contracting Officer at the address below, inner envelope
being marked to the attention of the undersigned individual.
Contract g Officer
Address:
Acknowledged and Accepted
2430 E Street, N.W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Return the original and two signed copies
to the Contracting Officer
S-E-C-R-E-T
(When Filled In)
NOTICE
COO Mui ion effecting the national Mdse of the United states
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T Order No.: Ol/OJ18132
Te^`^ical Directive No.: 1 Assl III
Date: 0 June 1961
WORK DESCRIPTION AND '"'';C?LII+.:'... INSTRUCTIONS
I. This Technical Directive applies to Assigment III of the subject Contract, Task
Order No. 01/0/18132.
U. Definition: The photo-chenical Facility is that part of the I.O.'s total Photo
Lab which provides for the mixing, storage, transport and analysis of those chemical
solutions required in the Photo Lab.
Through the use of the necessary professional services, provide required investigs-
of the various aspects for establishing detail requirements of a Photo-chemical
fteility commensurate with the current and anticipated 60 months needs of the 1.0.
From these investigations, specifications shall be written and diagrammatic drawings
and layouts prepared, covering the requirements for construction and/or manufacturing
and installation of a Photo-chemical Facility for submission to Vendors for quotations.
Such specifications and drawings shall include specialized storage requirements for
liquids and other required chemicals, necessary piping, valving, controls and safety
devices, color coding (piping), venting systems, hoods etc.
IV. These investigations will consider and provide information essential to the
efficient and economical layout of the photo Lab in accordance with Assignment II of
the Contract. To this end, on-line layouts will be developed for relocating existing
equipment, tanks and other process items which can practically and economically be re-
2 5J in with proper consideration and provision for integrating new
pment to acquired for the Photo Lab. In addition, provision will be as" for
the means by which the Photo-chemical !facility say be expanded including but not
dbuited to: pipe sizing, pipe routing, controls to permit larger and adequate extensions
f these systems into planned and/or reserved floor areas, as well as connections and
tie-ins for expansion of power supplies, A/C and humidity, duet and atmosphere require-
ments. Provision for expansion will anticipate minimizing interruption to any Photo
Place, Performance Period and Completion Date:
Packing and Packaging:
S-E-C-R-E-T
(When Filled In)
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Lab tuuctioe< during such expa:3i-3r, u-;vyes, and where practical, chaplets avoid-
sses at interruption vii' f nlatze,i f-,r the facilities system, .ipiag, eaa-
troL etc.
V. Cleanlinees, c-.nta&1rui,i,z iic,iat! n, c.,ntr lied access ..t ?ersormel,
materials, scluti,~ns and ic.terrelatel crmtr.l in the eutire ?~ta Lab are t:
be caasidered and planned :..r. herever possible, aut;xaatic controls shall
be applied to the Phot.s-ci,esricai Fac l lity.
VI. Wbeu this Assiguneat is fully accszzplishel portions :,f the data, materials,
diagrams and drawings developed nay be determic&4 to be appropriate for l cluai m
in the wort of the Afi Caatract.
VII. At Win ties, the C ntract~r is it auta.,rited to procure equipment,
specialised items .r saaterials f,-.r a Photo-c::emaieal Facility but is enc'urated
to -*taia proposals for some it needed. After a determination .f the require-
ments for such a facility & materiel is made, the C-atraetnr may be further
directed by a separate technical directive to procure an l'ug-lead time items
by srtana at the Contractor s -+vn market sears and purccbasing capability.