COMIREX SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS TO SUPPORT IMAGERY MIX STUDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B01709A001400050017-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 20, 1999
• Content Type: SUMMARY

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP79B01709A001400050017-4
Nor
6 November 1973
COMIREX Special Investigations to Support Imagery Mix Study
1. There are a number of special investigations which will
need to be undertaken to shed light on the main areas of concern in
the imagery mix study. Many of these will be based on work which
has been under way in various components for some time.
2. Selected Case Studies Involving High Resolution Imagery.
Community components should be asked to identify and provide specific
examples of intelligence problems which have been attacked by means
of high resolution imagery?in this instance, without regard to the
source of imagery. These examples would be subjected to detailed
analyses concerning the major factors bearing on the derivation of
significant intelligence.
a. Each example will contain a statement
of the intelligence problem addressed by the imagery
and the degree to which information needs are satisfied
by the imagery obtained.
b. The quality of the initial imagery and the
acquisition conditions will be documented and
classified. The data obtainable from the input
imagery will be identified. The incremental information
obtainable through various enhancement processes will
also be identified and classified.
c. Gaps in information for each case study
will be identified together with an analysis of the
role which additional imagery might play in satisfying
the identified need and the quality required.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP79B01709A001400050017-4
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP79B01709A001400050017-4
d. In those instances where sequential
photography, or multiple aspects photography,
is involved, an evaluation will be made of the
relative importance of quality per se per photograph
vs. the importance of other factors such as aspect,
multiplicity of coverage, scale, etc.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/08/15: CIA-RDP79B01709A001400050017-4