ROLE OF NPIC IN IMMEDIATE EXPLOITATION IN THE FIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81T00990R000100120015-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 16, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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16 Septei ar 1965
ME'i ORAINDUf1 FOR: Deputy Director, NPIC
TROP : Deputy Chief, Imagery Analysis Division, CIA
SUBJECT: Role of EPIC in Immediate Exploitation in the Field
The following is a revision of a PAG/IAD memo (PAG/r-918-6I) sent
to the Executive Director on 15 December 1964 regarding field readouts.
I have made certain changes eppropos to the times.
Responsibility: The Director, NPIC, shall have the responsibility
for staffing overseas exploitation centers on an ad hoc basis as
requested by the USIB in support of the National Intelligence
effort: The Assistant for Photographic Analysis, NPIC, is responsi-
ble to the Director, IiPIC, for the production of Photographic
Interpretation Reports and the provision of Photographic interpreta-
tion services in support of the director in the field.
Concept-of Operation: The Assistant for Photographic Analysis or
his designee is responsible for determining production schedules
and procedures of such National Reports and tasks NPIC Support
Divisions and appropriate field cormand,s for the type, amount, and
tiring, of support services necessary for the accomplishment of the
assigned task.
Basic Considerations: To implement this concept of operation,
several considerations should be borne in mind. It is recognized
that prerogatives of local command must remain in tact and no intent
is made to usurp such prerogatives, hoiever, the following are of
prime importance to the effective operation of any overseas reporting
concept.
1. A composite team of EPIC personnel should
form the nucleus of any reporting effort. This ear! should include:
1 senior y1IC/PAG representative, I Deputy PAG representative, I CSD
representative and the appropriate number of PI's. When required,
the Senior PAC representative could request from available field
commends additional PI and other support desired*
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2. There should be an a?djscent communications facility
with access to the Senior PAG representative that provides
effective and timely communications support on a priority basis.
3. There should be an adjacent processing facility in
support of the Senior. FAG representative in order to insure
timely support to the immediate readout process.
4. Local commander is responsible for providing adequate
administrative and logistical support as required by the Senior
FAG representative,
5. Arty direction of the Senior representative in the form
of requirements or procedures will emanate from or through the
Director, dnC.
6. Priority of the national effort is foremost in the event
of conflict between immediate readout Sad local requirement.
7. The degree of sophistication in field exploitation
procedures should always be minimized. However, consideration
should be given immediately to development of such hardware as
is currently necessary to insure a capability to deploy to any
location and in addition research inaugurated for long range
planning on a self-sufficient inte;7rated processing, readout and
communications system.
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