DOWNGRADED TALENT MATERIALS: CIA/NPIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO DOD AERIAL PHOTO LIBRARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: August 7, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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7 August 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR: Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
SUBJECT: Downgraded TALENT Materials: CIA/NPIC
Contributions to DOD Aerial Photo Library
For the information and convenient reference of the members
of COMOR, there is attached hereto a memorandum from the Navy
raising a problem in the handling of IBID photography vis-a-vis the
DOD photo aerial library and along with that the procedure to solve
the problem which has been agreed to by CIA and the Air Force,
MES Q. REBER
Chairman
Commits on Overhead Reconnaissance
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Navy and USAF review(s) completed.
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14 July 1961
From: Navy Member, Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
To: Chairman, Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
Subj: Downgraded TALENT Materials
Ref: (a) TCO, NPIC ltr
(b) TCO, NPIC ltr
(c) COMOR-D-15/2 of 28 Dec 19 0
1. During the month of May, three requests for IBID photography were
sent to Graphics Register by the U. S. Naval Photographic Interpretation
Center. All IBID numbers requested had been referenced in NPIC Secret
reports and therefore should have been available normally outside the
TALENT Control System.
2. All three requests were returned to the TCO, USN by references (a)
and (b) with the request that USNPIC fill the orders.
3. While it would be feasible for USNPIC to downgrade the photography
to fill these requests, it is felt that this procedure violates the intent of
the downgrading instruction, reference (c), that no release should be
made of information derived from TALENT photography until the specific
frames from which the information is derived are downgraded and re-
leased from the TALENT Control System. Reference to IBID numbers
in a publication containing downgraded TALENT materials and informa-
tion does not automatically downgrade and release the TALENT frames
corresponding to the IBID numbers referenced.
4. Reference to IBID photography in a non-system publication-as the
source of information contained therein indicates to the reader that this
photography is available to him throagi normal ordering procedures. If
his order is refused or delayed undul~r and finally filled by another Agency,
this is bound to excite speculation on the unusual nature or source of the
photography which necessitates such a departure from normal routine.
5. It is requested that the intent of reference (c) be reiterated, specifi-
cally that no release be made of information derived from TALENT
photography until the frames utilized are in fact downgraded and released
and that the downgraded frames be made available in the "outside" photo
graphic library of the releasing agency.
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AFCIN-1B2
Subject: CIA/PIC Contributions to DOD Aerial Photo Library
To: CHAIRMAN, COMOR
1. As per your suggestion, a meeting was arranged between interested
parties to discuss procedures for CIA/PIC to contribute source material
to the DOD Aerial Photo Library maintained by Detachment 1, Aero-
nautical Chart and Information Center. Personnel attending this meeting
which was held on 28 July 1961, were:
F
I CIAJNPIC
Mr. William Emmanual, ACIC
Mr. William Messery, ACIC
Mr. Henry Herbert, ACIC
Maj. G'..S. Chapman, AFCIN-1BZ
2. Recently several requests for IBID photography have materialized
from non-TALENT cleared sources in the Air Force and the Navy. These
requests were based on references picked up from SECRET reports pub-
lished by CIA. Following normal procedures, requests for prints were
sent to the Photo Library, however, the photo library had no record of
these prints, therefore the requests were re.-routed to the originator of
the reports (CIA) for satisfaction. CIA/NPIC then returned the requests
to the originating service for action. This problem was subsequently
brought to the attention of COMOR at which time it was agreed that it
could be solved outside the committee.
3. After discussion of the problem it was agreed that CIA/NPIC would
provide a duplicate negative covering all downgraded photos used or
referenced in CIA reports, to the ACIC Aerial Photo Library. The nega-
tive to be appropriately titled with: IBID Number; security classification
and special. handling notation; center coordinates; and date (mo. and year
only). CIA/NPIC will forward the duplicate negatives direct to ACIC
Detachment 1, 25th and Oklahoma, Washington, D.C., ATTN: ACWL.
ACIC will be responsible for fulfilling all requests for IBID prints from
duplicate negatives on file. I
signed
WILLIAM L. HALL
Lt Colonel, USAF
Directorate of Collection
ACS/Intelligence
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