JOINT SERVICES MEETING AT NPIC

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 19, 1962
• Content Type: MFR

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U.BJECT: Joint Services Meeting at NPIC
1. on 14 March 1962 at boo hours, at the request of the JCS,
a meeting vas held at MC to discuss some current problems related
to the duplicate (Keyhole) film materials produced by the contractor
at the processing center. The senior JCB representative
acted as monitor for the meeting. .'his Memo or ecord
was compiled at the request of Mr. James Reber, CIA.
25X1A 2. A letter from JCS, stated that the
duplicate positives and duplicate negatives produced by for the
Services were not of uniform quality and that there were some physical
defects n??~t~~ed on the copies delivered to W. These defects are listed
on the following page.
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(a) Light Leaks
(b) Creasing
(n) Opaque patches
(d) Lack of exposure control
(e) Lack of processing control
(f) Local unsharp areas
(g) Bromide streaks
(h) T-shaped abrasions
(i) Cinch marks
(i) High base fog
(k) Mottling
(1) Abrasions and scratches
(m) Duet spots
(n) Pin holes
(o) Air belle
3. One problem mentioned by was eliminated immediately
when all present agreed that the materials received by all customers from
the processing center were essentially of the same quality as those
furnished MC. SAC representatives stated that they had never suggested.
that MC materials were superior in quality to those made available to
BAC.
4. The contractor's representative stated that all duplicate posi-
tives were made from the original negative, per directive, which was cleaner
and waxed every third printing. Duplicate negatives were made from one
of the first few duplicate positives. All of these positives and negatives
were exposed on the same printer and all processed under controlled con-
ditions and any differences between the copies of the same generation
would ;nificant. All of the defects listed above, contained in
letter, were categorized as attributable to three distinct
and separate phases of the total operation: (1) the camera system; (2)
the printer for generating the duplicate positives and negatives; and
(3) processing errors. It was further explained that errors due to
processing were the least likely to occur since there was very strict
quality control during this phase of the operation. Errors due to
printing were more likely to occur due to the environment of the plant
which was not in any sense of the word a "white gloves" operation. It was
further stated that most of the errors as listed could be directly
attributable to defects inherent in the camera system.
5. At this point in the meeting, CIA, stated that due
to lack of operational-type clearances of some of the persons present,
it would be difficult, if not impossible, to explain the defects which
were directly due to the camera system and how they had been corrected for
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future missions. It was agreed by most of the members present that a
valid means of determining those errors due to printing and processing
as differentiated from those errors in the camera system might best be
determined by comparison with the original negative on the same mission
number. Several examples of duplicate positives and subsequent genera-
tion materials were on exhibit in the area.
6. The general, type of criticism was that on previous missions
the duplicate positives and duplicate negatives were much too dense or
of too high gamma. The contractor explained that some of this density
and high gamma was due inherently to the high resolution thin coated
type of materials used on this project. However, some of this density
could be attributed to the lack. of guidance from the interested parties
and the fact that there was a very real, but unwritten, implication of a
date line to meet which made it impossible to exercise more ual.it on-
""M troll. It was explained further that on the last mission a
reproduction positive was made without directive and that upl ca e
negatives generated from this positive were of much lower gamins and
lower density. Be hastened to explain that this type of positive was
virtually worthless to the photo interpreter and was produced speci-
fically for the preparation of duplicate negatives.
25X1A 7. At the request of samples were placed on a light
table of duplicate positives made from the original negative (which
NPIC Pie use) and duplicate positives made at SAC by electronically
dodging a duplicate negative (which SAC Pie use). It was generally
agreed that there was considerably less detail on the electronically
dodged positives since they were, in essence, fourth generation and,
in addition, were generally considerably underexposed.
8. At 1200 hours, it was agreed to terminate this meeting and to
25X1A appoint a committee chaired by of NPIC to meet at
1330 hours in the 5th floor conference roan. purpose and function
of this commmittee was to carry on discussions of some of the points
raised at the morning session and to make recommendations which would
lead to an improvement in the photographic products in the KB system.
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