EXPLOITATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE FROM VIDEOTAPES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00873A002900020086-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: August 25, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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25 August 1966
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant for Plans & Development Staff, NPIC
SUBJECT : Exploitation of Photographic Intelligence From Videotapes
1. On several occasions during 1965, briefing boards and reports were
prepared at NPIC, using photography derived from videotapes of Soviet Tele-
vision Broadcasts. It is expected that this kind of photography will con-
tinue to be of value in the future in the exploitation of KH material.
2. In June, 1965, the Director, NPIC expressed to the Assistant for
Plans & Development and to the Technical Advisor to the Director the need
for a capability at NPIC to view videotapes.
3. It is understood that any equipment to directly exploit videotapes
at NPIC would have the following two elements:
A. A videotape play-back machine.
B. An accessory to the above.which stores a portion of a
videotape, stops its motion, displays a picture on a
high-resolution screen, photographs the picture on film.
4. CSD strongly endorses the allocation of funds to develop the equip-
ment described in paragraph 3B above. However, this endorsement does not
include the equipment described in paragraph 3A above, and discussed in
paragraph 2. CSD feels that the development and/or procurement of this equip-
ment is beyond its purview since this equipment will have many uses besides
the exploitation of Photographic Intelligence. We feel that responsibility
for this type of equipment rests with the Director's office and the Chief of
the Support Staff.
DINU A. BRUUIUAi _V
Chief, Collateral Support Division,
NPIC
Distribution:
Cy 1 & 2 - Addressee
3 - E/Dir, NPIC
4 - C/SS, NPIC
5 & 6 - C/CSD
7 -I ICSD
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