NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER (RECOMMENDATION NO. 18 OF THE OCTOBER 4, 1961 REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD)

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• Publication Date: October 11, 1961
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
October 11, 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHAIRMAN
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
SUBJECT: National Photographic Interpretation Center
(Recommendation No. 18 of the October 4, 1961
Report to the President by the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board)
In its report to the President on October 4, 1961, the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board recommended that the Chairman
of the United States Intelligence Board explore the possibility of
accelerating the time when the National Photographic Interpretation
Center is to become operational
Enclosed herewith for your information is an
excerpt on the subject from the Board's report of October 4, 1961.
The President has approved the Board's recommendation and
has requested that a report thereon be furnished to this office and
to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board by October 23,
1961.
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cc: The President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board
(Attention: Mr. J. Patrick Coyne)
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~'NA.TIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
In view of recent substantial increases in the volume of signifi-
cant photographic intelligence data available to the intelligence corn.-
,riunity and of additional increases expected in such acquisitions, we
recommend that the Chairman of the United States Intelligence Board
explore the possibility of accelerating the time when the National
Photographic Interpretation Center is to become operational (now
estimated in April 1963) SAT
Because of space limitations in the quarters presently occupied
by the Center, interference with the timely interpretation, analysis
ana reporting of the increased volume of photographic data is expected.
It appears that such interference might be avoided by early
of the more adequate and well-equipped spaces at 26X1
with a resulting increase in the rate, scope and timeliness of
shotographic intelligence products to serve national intelligence purposes.
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