RESPONSIBILITY FOR GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00980R000300130012-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 3, 1972
• Content Type: REGULATION

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This Notice Expires 1 January 1973
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3 January 1912
1. Effective 15 December 1971, the National Photographic
Interpretation Center (NPIC) assumed responsibility from the
Central Reference Service (CRS) for the processing, storage, and
retrieval of ground photography. The responsibilities for main-
taining the Agency's photographic file of foreign personalities
remains with CRS.
2. The Ground Photography Services Branch, Research and
Reference Division, NPIC, has been established to maintain panels
of the Agency's most recent ground photography acquisitions, to
conduct detailed searches of its entire ground photography file and
to provide collection guidance to official Agency travelers and
other official travelers. The branch can assist such travelers
through the provision of cameras, film, operating instructions, and
the processing of any photographs that they may acquire.
3. The panels of recently acquired ground photo photography may be
viewed in R 1-E-4808 Headquarters Building
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Detailed searches of the entire ground p o ograp y
file are conducted only Requests for such detailed
searches must be directed to the Ground Photo raphy Services Branch,
JOHN W. COFFEY
Deputy Director
for Support
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