WAXED FILM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000500080010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 13, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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~ ANALYZED THE TEST YAXED POSITIVES USING THE FOLLOYING
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A. PHYSICAL EVALUA?ION BY TECHNICIANS -THE RESULTS INDICATED
T!lAT.THERE APPEAREIt TA BE A SLIGHT DENSITY AND CONTRAST DIFFERENCE
~'?i1EEN T1lE iiAXED POSITIVES USING THE NEY PROCEDURE AND THE IN-
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~NSE POSITI1tE5 PREVIOUSLY PRINTED AT~FROM THE SAME MISSION;
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1N11PEVER~ IT C~ILB NOT DEFINITELY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WAX. THE ,~~o.
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iiAXSB P!k'~ITIVE3 MERE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THEIR RESISTANCE TO - os
S~ATGNLttO AND IT VAS ESTABLISHED THAT THE NEW PROCEDURE DID PROTECT- SEC BR
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T11E POSITI~S TD A GREATER DEGREE. __.. csD
B. StJBdECTIVE EVALUA?ION BY PHOTO INTERPRETERS - PI'S WERE PD
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~F.~E'lITEI# PITH T1~ ?EST WAXED POSITIVES AS YELL AS THE IN-HOUSE 3 -
POSIT~IVES ANA PERFORMED A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. THE RESULTS INDICATE
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TBAT TN'E SI.IOHT CONTRAST DIFFERENCE PREVIOUSLY SEEN BY THE TECHNI- ~ - clAxx a
6IANS 6Afl3ED THE PI TO CBNSIDER ?HE IN-HOUSE POSITIVES SLIGHTLY
BETTER. THEY CLAI!!ED THE IIKAGERY YAS UNAFFECTED SY THE NEW WAX
BEST TtIEBE APPEARED TO BE A REDUCTION IN CONTRAST AND HIGHLIGHTS
APPEAREl9 !!U'BDY. TilEiR SPECIFIC COMXENTS INDICATED THAT THE DIFFER-
E1~CE YAS VERY SLIGHT BtlT IF THEY HAD TO PICK THE BETTER OF THE TYO
THEY i~~U~ RELY O1K THE Iili-H@bSE POSITIVES.
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C. PFi0T0 ~~ORATORY TESTING - DNS OF THE WAXED FILM WERE
SENT TO THE ~ Pb~TO LAB FOR TESTING. THE FILM WAS RUN THROUGH 25X1
ALL THE PRINTERS AN0 ENLARGERS, INCLUDING THE EK 10, 20, 40X ENLARGER
WITH ITS SOLVENT, WITH NO PROBLEMS OR DEGREDATIONS OBSERVED.
2. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - BECAUSE THE SLIGHT CONTRAST
DIFFERENCE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF POSITIVES COULD NOT
BE DEFINITELY ATTRIBUTED TO WAXING PROCEDURES, NO SIGNIFICANT CON-
Q.USIONS CAN BE STATED OTHER THAN THAT THE NEW WAXING PROCEDURE DOES
REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF FILM HANDLING AND DOES NOT AFFECT REPRODUCTION
CAPABILITIES. IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT A FURTHER TEST BE
CONDUCTED, PERFERABLY ~N THE DOMESTIC PASSES OF THE NEXT "J"
MISSION. ATTEMPTS SHOULD. BE MADE TO PRODUCE THE TEST POSITIVES
WITH THE SAME DENSITY AND CONTRAST AS ?NE CONTROL POSITIVES.
T O P S E C R E T
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