NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 8 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION (EFFECTIVE 17 FEBRUARY 1972)

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NATIONAL SECURITY CO1JNCIL INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTIVE NO. 8'
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPIZETATION
(1 ffcy,tive 17 February 1972)
For the p upose of ensurint; the nlost'cffeet ivc, timely and economic exploita-
tion of photography as a source for foreign intelligence relating to the national
security, : nd pursuant to Section 102 of the National Security Act of 19.17, as
amended, the National Security Colrncil horcby directs that the following policies,
responsibilities and procedures shall be recognized and established:
1. Policies
To ensure that (he capabilities of the dep lrtinents and agencies represented.
on the United Slates 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 11pssibl.?e or desirable in photographic
intelligence activities.
b. Departments and agencies represented on the United States Intelligence
hoard shall continue to be individually r`,esponsib1e for photographic intcr-
prctation and the production of photographic' intelligence in support of
established departmental or agency icspon i1)lhties 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 development.
c. To promote an integration of effort and to avoid unnecessary duplication
and expense, a coordinated interdepartmclital 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.
c. 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 llcsponsibilitics
a. A National. Photographic Tiiterpretation Center (Nl'1C) shall be provided
as n service of common concern by the Director of Central hi(clligcncc.
(1.) The Director of the National Photographic Interpretation Center
shall he designated by the Director of Central Intelligence with the con-
currence of the Secretary of Defense.
'This Dirccttr?C slrpcricdcs NSCID No. 8 dated 18 Jnnuary 1061.
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