P.I. PRINT ENLARGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002700010004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 18, 1966
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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18 October 19j6
Declass Review by'NGA.
NLARGE:.
> :..< the photo interpret.. _- to (oweminate more id y the
:.;.s or lis analysis.
tc reter, viewing rol
a tti )uld be
D_~ rings ;ers or to zer
The :_,ractical method c__ conveying such infor: atvion is ough
per. ed enlar , r: s. Such prints it possible to display the or-
mation for s .__taneous viewing by several persons, leavin the orlal
film free f;: sttudy.
c. _vailable time se prin.;. also
make photo i:.~. rete.. .ake rou; a
del i_'_~~t s c_: e en_arbeme :, while ori~ ?nal
at h: d c : ere: :e and the subject mat- ,aas s t: 11 fre_:'.
into -prey These no--es "d be _.nval;,: _' 1c for t_.e
a-alyst o _a : repares fo
__ efirn 0carc_
., o wss of o:: s
e ..:e cal imp must be relccac._
ed,
-)roce_: eu, and dried, _r.ffic'ienr y timo-consuming t ..
.. must be re-
f a few of the very highest priority discoveries.
e. The present delays in obtaining p, er.lar2emen-.'s will
L:.acoc table when the Center begins near-rc.._._ _ louts .
Procedure. To obtain an en- L--, --oo-o interpreter
an order with the photo laboratory. ..__. rains
Of the film and produces -c he desired enlarv :...~.. -h conventional
ra-rhic methods. Depend in, --n the priority o c... r, ;st and
ck og of wort: in the labo_: -ory, the photo request may
e, in one or several hour. The enlargements -thus produced are of
g:. quality and are ideal use in formal briefin -.:. ? permanent
;s. or these purposes, resent system will r.c effected
proposed enlarger. Howe,:. for informal briefi-, - . 1: mediaze
n;.tion, when less quality Id be acceptable, the system
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is not appropriate. In these circumstances, informal briefings can only be
given around the P.I.'s viewer, which seriously interferes with the ~)hoto
interp.retatioi process, and precludes annotation.
b. Origin of Concept. The need for immediately available enlarge-
ment prints has been recognized t.roughou-.- the history of photo inte pre-
tation. In recent years, with the advent .)f more strategic reconnaissance
and the resulta ,;idening circle of imrr:e _ .te interest in the interpreters'
findings, there has been increased demand =or more rapid dissemination of
these findings to a greater number of peo-.,'o. The reauiremant was
formalized in a memorandum to ?DS from the CIA/IAD--?.D/OSS 34/16/65--dated
16 November 1965, which requested the development of a rapid-access paper
prixr_ viewer/enlarger to permit the P.I. to scan a roll of select
an 4-rea for en--agement, and produce an enlarged paper print di ectly from
t.-!-- of --,3 ;i Live film being scanned. These enlargements t,'ere to be used
fc :,p c , c Iriefings, for working materials, and for division reference
rr:a is '-als were not to replace the high-quality enlargements a:?c