ALTERNATE PROPOSAL TO RELEASE NPIC TARGET BRIEFS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05702A000200010011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 14, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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ALTERNATE PROPOSAL TO RELEASE
NPIC TARGET BRIEFS
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I. PURPOSE
1. To provide the several departments/agencies of the Intelli-
gence Community with selected portions of the NPIC target briefs.
II. BACKGROUND
2. The target briefs are primarily designed as a working tool
for the photo-interpreter.
3. When the target brief program was initiated the Army, Navy
and CIA contributions were based on the understanding that their
submissions would not be released from NPIC since many were debatable
items based on questionable data.
4. No attempt was made to isolate the various submissions or to
identify them as to source.
5. It is possible to isolate TALENT. SENSIBT and TALENT-KEYHOLE
data, and the COR requirements.
III. PROPOSAL
6. Since there is nothing controversial about selected portions s
of the target briefs VPIC could provide: (a) the Army, Navy, USAF and Nt4
CIA each with a single copy machine tabulation of target brief to
include target identification, a description of the targets covered
by SENSINT and TALENT-KEYHOLE photography, COMOR requirements and
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form of an IBM card deck in the same order as now carried in the NPIC
IBM cards.
7. NPIC will not up-date these target, briefs but will continue
to provide the USAF and Navy with a duplicate deck of IBM cards used
in preparing each MCI on the USSR.
IV. PRODUCTION FACTS BEARING ON PROPOSAL
8. To produce a single (4-part) IBM tabulation would require about
50 man-machine hours.
9. TO produce a single deck of IBM cards would require about 75
man-machine hours; each additional deck; about 30 man-machine hours.
V. RECOMMENDATION
lu. It is recommended that the proposal referred to in paragraph
6(a) and 7.above be accepted.
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