CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM CIA WASHDC

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CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100007-7
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2
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December 28, 2016
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Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100007-7 49 SEMI ? IORI P 222 15 1Z FM CIA WASHDC TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEB RUCVAB/4080TH STRAT WG, OL 19, BARKSDALE AFB, LA RUEAHQ/DIAXX RUECYG/NAVY PIC RUWGAA/HQS 2ND AF BARKSDALE, LA DA GRNC Grace (File) S E C R E T CITE CIA-Z-767 FOR DI, BRASS KNOB, DOCK, DM 4, DIM, SAC HQS OMAHA. FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CATER. 1. CAMERA B 8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3666 FLOWN ON 18 JULY 1963; PROCESSING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE. 2. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE: A. THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD AND THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE. B. 9R SIDE: TRANSFER OF EMULSION DUE TO ROLLING UP THE FILM WHILE IT WAS MOIST, OCCURRED ON FRAMES 307 AND 318. THREE TEARS, APPROXIMATELY 7" LONG, IN THE CENTER OF THE FORMAT, PARALLEL TO THE FILM EDGES, ARE PRESENT ON FRAME 120. THE FILM IS CREASED ON FRAMES 314-318 AND 759-799, RESULTING IN RELATED EMULSION DAMAGE; I.E., SCRATCHES, EMULSION RUBS, LIFTS, sir 1 Declassification Review by NGA/DoD TYTs 1522 2 3 JUL 1963 ucwdad tram sutamatt downgtading ad Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78B04558A000700100007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100007-7 AND BLISTERS. C. 9L SIDE: A LIGHT LEAK EFFECTS TH FOLLOWING FRAMES IN VARYING DEGREES: 169, 175, 1391, 1969 191, 197-201. IN THE BORDER, ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF FRAME 469, WHICH IS FOGGED, THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF BUBBLES. THIS IS NOT A STAIN BUT RATHER A PROCESS OF CHANGING THE SILVER HALIDES TO BLACK METALLIC SILVER TO FORM THE IMAGE. THIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE FOGGING OCCURRED DURING PROCESSING, SEVERAL INK SPOTS APPAR ON FRAMES 1-6 AND ON FRAME 803 THERE ARE CHEMICAL STAINS ON THE MULSION OF FRAMES 520, 742 AND 743. D. PROCESSING STREAKS ARE MODERATE AND CONTINUOUS THROUGH- OUT THE MISSION. E. THERE ARE NO MAJOR CAMERA OR PROCESSING MALFUNCTIONS EVIDENT. 3. POSITIVE: A. PI SUITABILITY IS FAIR. THE PHOTO INTERPRETERS REPORT A PRONOUNCED DEGRADATION IN "PICTURE IMAGE QUALITY", DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE POSITIVE IS GROSSLY OVEREXPOSED. THIS SITUATION WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON MISSION 3661. SEVERAL PINHOLES WERE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE POSITIVE. B. CLOUDS OBSCURE 90 PERCENT OF THIS MISSION. Approved For Release 2008/01/30: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000700100007-7 1