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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A001800120004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 7, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

Approvect.6~or Release 2001/08/13 :CIA-RDP78BO~47,,Q0
Variable Width Film Reader.
~'c~rk ~-as o~tart~l last July and delivery ins due 3~ ~arQt~.
Th are resent~i a f e~ w sake behind scxhedu3t, taut
ht~pas to have the machine e*aa~yw~er assembled
an res: ,y for tset ~y t~~e end of February. That ~rould
g~.ve them Lhe t~ot~th of ~r:rch tra check it out.
Ttaat estiaaate aee~a a little +~ptimlatlc, I doubt if they
+~an make u~a their time. I suspet~l; a f weeks delay
isn't +eritiaal~ sa I riSd nat. press the point.
hate dons an e~casllent fob cat c~het3king aut the un-
no~rna ~f this .gear in the braadbaa~sd retage~. I wish
their sister subsidiary in feet ~csod did ae well.
'The opara~ingm~el of` the liquid gate ~c+rke+d. beautifully.
To eliminate tub'hles gos ~g ecross the gate, th ey are
building a loe wa~~a pressure, high volume slov~ acting
pneumatic oper~xted pump. It will operate about ~
strokes per ti~itiute eo t~he-re wi3l b+e na vibrat~ona genera
~~'?~ ~"~ i~" DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
They ~tre greatly gon+~+ars2ed about oper,etor cc~r~venlen+et
STATINTL in chs~ngl.ng sp~sala end are working.. hard an this aeapeot.
Zt is cliffioult b+ecauee tht spools are enc~loaerd ire the
STATINTL liruid chamber srYd the rollers ~cnd gate are submerged.
ee~ema then beat answer for threac3irtg.
is cit3ing their opt ice. He i s proba~ ly
best known far his amide era ~.# a~,a?rphic~ Far,aviaic~n
STATINTL ~otinn Picture Lens. recc~~nended
STATINTL fob' the pro,~:et~tian gp cs e.n he ie ~surrontly work
ing an the condenser opticte. This will praba:~ly be one
lens with ~-uzili~-ry elements fs~r the diff~es-ent po~r+~ra.
~ is not press::qtly satiafled with the uniformity
oY i3lumination he is gettn:. on ~,he ecre~~~. T~:e optics
work. is behind schedule ~ d is hoping up +aama of their
other ~.esl~;n mark.
l'hey wi11 use a ~ K~ ~tenan era 'lamp as a light sourese.
The le:mp is in hand and they are about t,o stout testing
it. The digital counter for the 43ptoa /r~ rea~.in head
'gill be de3ivered tco Nftl by
the end csf next creek.
STATINTL
STATINTL the ~pr8~ect engineer seems to have __ _..._.
m?stAro~~FBr~Q'~~2(~1~/'I~: ~DP~1~00~$ve
goad control mf th air costs and expect to come in on x xet-' ` ~