DRAFT NSCID NO. 8, 'PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION'

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July 27, 2006
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January 9, 1961
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Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80B01083A000100020024-7 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN C 0 P Y January 9, 1961 MEMORANDUIMi FOR: Executive Secretary National Security Council SUBJECT : Draft NSCID No. 8, ('Photographic Interpretations 1. It is recommended that the attached draft directive on "Photographic Interpretation" be approved and issued as National Security Council Directive No. 8. 2. The members of the United States Intelligence Board concurred in this draft directive on 4 January 1961, except for the differing views expressed by certain Board members with respect to paragraphs 2.a., 2.a.(l) and 2.a.(2). Their differing views are set forth in a footnote to those paragraphs. /s/ Allen W. Dulles ALLEN W. DULLES Chairman Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80B01083A000100020024-7 USIB-D-69.2/1 (Rev.) As Approved by USIB 4 January 1961 Limited Distribution UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD SUBJECT: Draft NSCID No. 8, "Photographic Interpretation" Attached is the draft NSCID No. 8, as approved by the United States Intelligence Board on 4 January 1961. Executive Secretary Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.2/1 (Rev.) As approved by USIB 4 January 1961 (DRAFT) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE Directive No. 8 Photographic Interpretation For the purpose of ensuring the most effective, timely and economic exploitation of photography as a source for foreign intelligence relating to the national security, and pursuant to section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the National Security Council hereby directs that the following policies, responsibilities, and procedures shall be recognized and established: 1. Policies To ensure that the capabilities of the departments and agencies represented on the Intelligence Board are most efficiently utilized for the foreign intelligence exploitation of photography the following basic principles shall apply: a. No complete separation of interest is possible or desirable in photographic intelligence activities. b. Departments and agencies represented on the U. S. Intelligence Board shall continue to be individually responsible for photographic Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.2/1 (Rev.) As Approved by USIB 4 January 1961 interpretation and the production of photographic intelligence in support of established departmental or agency responsibilities and the utilization of such photography and related collateral information in the production of intelligence, such as, warning intelligence, orders of battle, estimates, technical intelligence, precise geodetic data, targeting, maps, charts, matrices or other targeting materials and related research and develop- ment. c. To promote an integration of effort and to avoid unnecessary duplication and expense, a coordinated interdepartmental approach to the exploitation of photographic intelligence shall be established. d. Subject to applicable security measures and on. a "need-to-know" basis, there shall be full interchange of all pertinent photographs and photographic intelligence analysis among the departments and agencies concerned. e. Certain photographic intelligence functions can be best performed as a central service of common concern, for the maximum benefit of the entire intelligence community. 2. Centralized Responsibilities a. A National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) shall be Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.21 (Rov.) As Approved by USIB 4 January 1961 provided as a service of common concern by'the Director of Central Intelligence in consultation with the interested members of the USIB,. (1) The Director of the NPIC shall be designated by the Director of Central Intelligence after consultation with the interested USIB members and with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense. (2) The Intelligence Board departments and agencies engaged in photographic intelligence production shall jointly provide appropriate personnel and other support for the Center, as agreed by them with the Director of Central Intelligence-. Such supporting personnel shall be The Assistant for Special Operations to the Secretary of Defense, the Director for Intelligence, Joint Staff, the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Intelligence) and the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, USAF would substitute the following language for the underscored portions of paragraphs 2.a., 2.a. (1) and 2.a.(2)t 2.a. - substitute "the Secretary of Defense." 2.a.(l) - substitute "the Secretary of Defense with the concurrence of the United States Intelligence Board". 2.a.(2) - substitute "the Secretary of Defense". The Director, National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation representative to the USIB abstained on these paragraphs. Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.2/1(Rev.) As Approved by USIB 4 January 1;61 functionally under the direction of the Director, NPIC, for joint activities, but shall remain administratively responsible to their parent organizations. (3) The administration of NPIC in time of war shall be trans- ferred to the Secretary of Defense. b. Foreign intelligence related photography shall be made available from photographic processing facilities to the Center and to designated photographic intelligence units of Intelligence Board departments, agencies and commands simultaneously, and without delay for preliminary analysis, within the bounds of any special security controls required. c. The NPIC shall provide on a selective basis for the preliminary, rapid interpretation of photographic detail, including where possible tentative identification of such detail; and shall make appropriate distribu- tion of such preliminary interpretations, with supporting references to appropriate related collateral information, to interested elements of the community. d. It is the intent of this directive that NPIC not engage in the production and dissemination of finished intelligence. Photography which appears to be primarily of departmental or agency significance Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.2/1(Rev.) As Approved by USIB 4 Janul-,ry 1961. shall be the primary exploitation responsibility of the department or agency concerned. The Center, itself, shall produce and disseminate NPIC photographic interpretation reports (based on an analysis of photography using other sources to assist in this interpretation) and provide other materials and services, in support of the national intelligence effort and approved Priority National Intelligence Objectives. e. The NPIC shall also furnish such additional support to der art- mental and agency interests as can be provided without degradation of activities already specified in para. 2.c. and d., above. f. The NPIC shall maintain on a selective basis a consolidated central file of photographic data as a service of common concern. It shall make arrangements for the exchange of photographs and photo- graphic data with other photographic collections in the Intelligence Community, and shell make appropriate recommendations to facilitate the coordinate development of compatible codes, indexes, and mechanized systems for the efficient recovery, selection and collation of available photographic data. 5- SECRET Approved For Release 2006/07/27: CIA-RDP80BO1083AO00100020024-7 Attachment USIB-D-69.2/1(Rev.) AS Approved by USIB 4 January 1961 g. The NPIC shall engage in or sponsor, as appropriate, the development of specialized equipment for the intelligence exploitation ,f photography, and shall provide information about such specialized equipment to interested elements of the intelligence community for their own possible use or further adaptation. h. The 1PIC shall examine and make recommendations to the U. S. Intelligence Board, as appropriate, as to any special security controls required. 3. Coordination In discharging its responsibilities the NPIC shall consult, as appropriate with individual departments, agencies and committees of the U. S. Intelligence Board. The intelligence chief of each department or agency represented on the U. S. Intelligence Board shall coordinate photographic intelligence activities within his parent organization with the National Photographic Interpretation Center.