INTELLIGENCE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES OFFICE (U)

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• Publication Date: September 27, 1963
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS DEFENSE
NO. 55-1 INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301
27 September 1965
INTELLIGENCE
* DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES OFFICE (U)
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Purpose ------ ------------------------------------- --------- 1
References ---------- =------------------------------------------2
Scope ---------------------------------------------------------- 3
Responsibilities ----------------------------------------------- 4
Services Available ---------------------------------=----------- 5
Procedures ----------------------------------------------------- 6
Effective Date ----------------------- ------------------------- 7
1. (U) PURPOSE: This instruction sets forth basic responsibilities
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2. (U) REFERENCES:
a. SecDef Memo for the Director, DIA, "Plan for Photographic Intel-
ligence in the Defense Intelligence Agency," 12 August 1963.
b. DoD Directive 5105.21, "Defense Intelligence Agency," 1 August
1961, as amended.
3. (U),SCOPE: This instruction applies to all DIA elements and activities.
Additionally, it is intended to furnish guidance for use.by Department of
Defense intelligence-activities not assigned to DIA.
4. (C) RESPONSIBILITIES:
* a. The Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office of the DIA
Production Center under the Assistant Director for Processing is assigned
the responsibility for operation of a library of mapping, charting, and
intelligence photography and a photographic laboratory.
* b. The Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office will be the
.central depository and-office of record for original film of all aerial
and ground mapping, charting, and intelligence photography under the
Department of Defense and will maintain reference indexes thereto:.
-'This instruction supersedes DIAI 55-1, 24 November 1964. Changes are
indicated by asterisks in the margin.
OPI: DIAAP
DIA review completed.
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* c. The Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office will provide
library facilities to support the requirements for mapping, charting, and
intelligence photographic information of the Secretary of Defense, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Unified and
Specified Commands, and the Military Departments.
d. The Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office will provide
laboratory facilities to support the requirements for mapping, charting,
and intelligence photography of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and the Defense Intelligence Agency, and will assist
in meeting the external support requirements of the Unified and Specified
Commands, Departmental mapping, charting, and intelligence organizations,
and other users as authorized.
e. Organizations within the Department of Defense and the Military
Departments are required to furnish, on a timely basis, original film
of mapping, charting, and intelligence photography, indexes, and related
materials to the Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office for
permanent retention. Until final DIA instructions are promulgated, such.
organizations are requested to follow existing Service regulations or
interim DIA guidance governing the use and transfer of such materials.
* 5. (C) SERVICES AVAILABLE: The Defense Intelligence Photographic
* Services Office will provide the following:
a. A central depository and office of record for original film of
mapping, charting, and intelligence photography under the Department of
Defense. Such film holdings include all types of imagery, aerial and
ground, of intelligence and of mapping and charting interest.
Film holdings of ground and aerial
pphiotographyincluu e in formation ort (IR) film originating from sources
available to the Department of Defense and the Departments of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force.
b. Reference indexes of mapping, charting, and intelligence photog-
raphy incorporating automated storage and retrieval.
c. Space and facilities where authorized users may conduct research.
d. Specifications and standards for accessioning, indexing, processing,
distributing, and disposing of mapping, charting, and intelligence photog-
raphy in coordination with the Military Services and the Unified and
Specified Commands.
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e. A photographic laboratory facility. Photographic laboratory products
* available to authorized users through the Defense Intelligence Photographic
* Services Office are as follows: 0
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(1) Contact prints.
(2) Enlargements.
(3) Rectified prints.
(4) Film positives and negatives.
(5) Copy negatives (reproductions of original materials).
* (6) Color service and motion picture reproduction.
6. (U) PROCEDURES; The following guidance is provided for activities
* requiring photographic services from the Defense Intelligence Photographic
* Services Office:
* a. Authorized research personnel will be assisted at the Defense
* Intelligence Photographic Services Office at 1221 S. Fern Street,
Arlington, Virginia. The present indexing system for aerial photography
is oriented toward ascertaining coverage of specific foreign areas by
use of geographic coordinates. Standard Indexing System (SIS) Plots are
mainta4ned. This system was partly automated by January 1965.
(1) Information report (IR) photography is presently recoverable
primarily by IR number. An index permitting automatic selection by
area and subject is under development.
(2) The Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office will
provide limited special research support in connection with DIA quick
response intelligence photomaterials requirements. Selection of photog-
raphy bestsuited-forsupport of Programmed requirements mus t,_be.
accomplished by substantive specialists who will use such photography.
b. DD Form 1505, "Request for Photographic Services" (enclosure 1),
should be used in ordering photographic reproduction services from the
Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office. Specific instructions
for the use of this form are found in enclosure 2. Organizations
requesting reproduction services from the Defense Intelligence Photographic
Services Office should submit requests directly to the Defense Intelligence
Agency, Washington, D.C. 20301, ATTN: DIAAP-lL; such organizations are
requested to review all orders for essentiality. In the interest of
rapid service, the Defense Intelligence Photographic Services Office, as
necessary, may request organizations to accept a loan of DIA film and to
perform needed reproduction therefrom.
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c. The Map Information Office, Geological Survey, U.S. Department of
the Interior, maintains current information on photographic coverage of
the United States and its territories and possessions. Queries re arding
* these areas should be direr to the Map Information 0 . Queries *
or ho c support from other suc 1 non- oD U.S. Gov ant--.aga. ?xes
* s ould be sent rect y to the agency concerne . -qzm
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7. (U) EFFECTIVE DATE: This instruction is effective as of the date of
publication.
FOR THE DIRECTOR:
ESCHOL M./JOHNSON
COLONEL, SAF
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ALLAN L. REED .
REAR ADMIRAL, USN.
Chief of Staff
2. Encls
1. DD Form 1505
2. Instructions for use of DD Form 1505
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF DD FORM 1505
DD Form 1505 will be used to order both aerial and ground, including'IR
(Information Report), photography. Requests for aerial and ground
photography, however, will not be combined on the same order. Additional
guidance for use of this form follows:
a. When ordering aerial photography, the flying organization,
projector mission number, date, focal length, roll and camera position,
and exposure numbers will be identified in the space provided. A
separate block is provided for special instructions.
b. When ordering Information Report photography, a separate DD
Form 1505 will be used for each IR. State IR number, date, and exposure
numbers.
c. Numbers of prints desired from each negative will be specified.
d. The form will be submitted in six copies.
e. The program for which photography is being ordered will be'
designated in the block entitled "Program." Examples of programs which
should be identified are: National Intelligence Survey (NIS), Air ?
Target Materials (ATM), and Tactical Commanders Terrain Analysis (TacCTA).
f. DD Form 1505 is designed to be processed as an unclassified
document; requesters finding it necessary to incorporate classified
information will exercise caution to indicate appropriate classification.
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