WORKING PARTY FOR COORDINATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE GROUND PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 6, 1958
• Content Type: MISC

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JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SURVEY BRANCH
WORKING PARTY FOR COORDINATION AND STANDARDIZATION
OF INTELLIGENCE GROUND PHOTOGRAPHIC
PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES
MINUTES
6 & 7 NOVEMBER 1958, MEETING
AT
ROCRESTER, NEW YORK
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The regular meeting of the Working Party was held in the Rochester,
New York area on 6 and ,7 November 1958, inclusive.
JCS
USN
USMC
USA
USAF
FBI
CIA
The members attending were as follows:
- Mr. Harry Coggin
- CDR. D. L. Soper
Mr. V. Van Keuran
Ch/WO C.C. Herring
Mr. E. D. Grienke
Mr. S. Domeshek
Mr. E. B. Nowicki
- Lt. Col. H. W. Bollman
Capt. 0. G. Candler
Lt.,Col..R..M. Luman
Maj. F. Buffalano
Mr. J. Glidden
- Lt. Col. D. C. Searles
Maj. C. E. Chambers
Maj. R. S. Marshall
.- Mr. F..Webb
Mr..A. C. Lundahl
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The meetings began on the morning of 6 November 1958, at the
Following a
welcoming address by the Vice President, the morning session was
given over to a tour of the plant and briefings on current pro-
duction and development ?ro ects. Beyond the usual production of cameras
and related equipment is doing production of several defense items
including a tank gun sight and precision parts for the "Sidewinder" missile.
The plant demonstrated,a4high capability in the production of very precise
machine parts and assembly-s.
The formal business meeting of the Working .Party was held in the
afternoon. .Mr. A..C. Lundabl (CIA/PIC) the regular Chairman conducted
the meeting.
The meeting opened with the reading of a welcoming letter from
President of . The next order
of business was the introduction of new members, these included: CDR. D.
Soper, Lt.,Col. H..Bollman, Lt. Col..R. Lumat, Maj. F. Buffalano,
Lt.,Col..Searles briefed the Working Party on the DOD-AF organization
for the accomplishment of PhotOgraphic Research and Development. He traced
the command channel for Photo R&D from DOD R&D to Gen. Wilson, USAF to
parrallel.components with developmental planning under Gen. Strandhan and
R&D Under Gen..Demmler. Gen. Demmlers command breaks down further to include
Tactical Systems development, Strategic SystemS development and .Electronic
and Reconnaissance 'Systems development.
Col. Searles office falls under the Electronic and Reconnaissance Slstem
Division and has cognizance over Reconnaissance R&D taking place at ARDC,
Rome Air Force Base, and to some extent appropriate projects at ATIC and
the Cambridge installation.
Col. .,Searles further identified Mr..G. B. WarehaM of the office of the
Secretary of Defense as the appropriate focal point for all R&D in the
Reconnaissance and Intelligence Photo fields. Col..Searles noted that
Mr. ,Wareham serves under Dr. Foote the Assistant Secretary for R&D and in
that capacity could be of great value in the coordination and support of
appropriate projects and proposals.
,Mr. Lundahl outlined the past history of the Working .Party for the
benefit of the new members. ,He recounted the need for exchange of knowledge
and ideas in the ground photography field and how from that need arose the
original committee. .The development of the group was traced through its
formalization under a.JCS PSS charter and some of its benefits and accom-
plishments were outlined.
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Maj..Marshalll.(ARDC) outlined the functions and responsibilities
of the ARDC in the Photo and Recon fields. He traced the flow of require-
ments for R&D work ,and presented the administrative and .command procedures
that implement the fulfillment of a requirement. ,Maj. Marshall then out-
lined the R&D responsibilities of those Air. Force Centers having an active
part in the Recon & Photo Development efforts. ARDC at Andrews Field has
responsibility for the development of Air Photographic Equipment and its
appropriate support laboratory equipments. .Rome_AFB has the prime respon-
sibility for R&D in Photo Intelligence equipment to accomplish the efficient
analysis of collected photography, and the Cambridge unit while primarily
interest, ih Infra Red e04pment does, some photo R&D in the IR field.
. Mr. .Lundahl reviewed the development of Ground Photography as an
intelligence source and paid attention to some of the recent major gains.
that have been made through photographic collection.
Mr. Lundahl further outlined the efforts of the CIA/PIC in support of
the Air Space Sub-group of the Committee against Surprise Attack. .PIC has
prepared a study on the utility of various collection techniques in the
prevention of surprise attack and it was reported that Reconnaissance
photography was an excellent source of strategic warning, a fair source of
tactical warnin4and a generally unsuitable source of early warning data.
(CIA/PIC) presented an ?aline of problems and progress
in Electronic Rectification. .ITe presented the development of photo recon-
naissance equipment to the point in development where the photo image is
no longer a portion of a plane but rather a section of a spheroidal surface.
On such a curved surface the problems of scale and surface geometry become
very complex and the optical rectification of such atAiage to plikniform
state is impossible. ...As a result of this optical deadend CIA has under
development on electronic. device that will provide accurate rectification
through electronic scan coupled with a mechanical conversion of the form
of the scanned image.
(CIA/PIC) discussed another solution to the problem of
rectification where in the precise positions of a multitude of points on
the photo image are measured in reference to a known point. The measurement
is accomplished on a Mann_Comparetor or other device equipped with electronic
.readout. ,All.measured data is then received in punched tape form and is fed
through an electronic computor to achieve mathematical solutions for each
points true position. The true position data (in tape fbrm) may then be fed
to a Benson Lehner Coordinate Plotter to achieve a graphic point or line
presentation of date to any desired scale.
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-A brief report by described the Richardson Film Viewer.
.A scanning device for 35mm and 70mm films, the equipment has high
quality optics and provides slow film travel from .01" to 3" per second.
A power driven .change of magnifications from 5X to 10X or reverse and
image.rotation make the instrument a fine tool for film scanning. The
addition of an available electronic X & Y readout heads an electronic
atitude or azimuth readout mechanism provides a component compatible
with the most sophisticated of date reduction systems.
reported on the Wild-Stereo Microscope as modified for
Photo Interpretation - a four inch working distance and X &.Y axis
verniers make it a precision tool of tremendous utility for use with
the yield of high acuatance photo systems. He also mentioned CIA
investigations in the field of image enhancement and promised a report
on results when .work has progressed to the point when conclusive evi-
dence is available.
.Mr.,Van Keuran, (USN/PIC) reported the delivery of the USN PIC
desk top camera calibrator and indicated the beginning ,of a Navy effort
to collect callibration data on all camera used by Navy for Ground
Photo collection.
Grienke, (USN WEB R&D) proposed that the working party
prepare a staff study type of document on the imperative need for the
submission of supplemental inforMation with Ground Photographs - the
study to be used as a means of gaining more stature for this recommended
procedure. Mr.,Landahl pointed an objection on procedural grounds
stating his opinion that such action was beyond the authority of the
.Working Group. Be acknowledged the value of the desired information
and suggested consideration for other means of impressing the need .and
utility of the required data on the field .collector.
Mr. J..Glidden, (USA Int. Brd.) reported briefly on the excellent
haze penetration characteristics of an, Eastman Kodak experimental
emulsion i8401. This material in other respects shows a remarkable
similarity to Kodak Plus X Aerocon.
.Capt.,Candler, (USMC EQ. BD) reported on the status of the USMC
Helicopter transportable Photo Laboratory and will present drawings
and mockups thereof at the next meeting.
Mr. E. Nowicki, (USN.TRG. DEV..CNTR) reported completion and
operational testing of an automatic terrain .model cutting device and
?he will present a detailed report at the first subsequent meeting.
The date and place of the next regular meeting was established
as 15 January 1958, at the new quarters of the USN PIC,.Suitland,
Maryland.
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Mr. H.,Coggin, (JCS/PSB) made some pertinent comments on the value
of the Working Party and the further value of meetings such as the current
one by reason of the opportunity so presented to become familiar with and
evaluate the various manufacturers of concern to the group.
There being ,no further business the formal meeting closed.
On Friday morning 7 November, the group were guests of the
Apparatus and Optical Division of Eastman Kodak at the Hawkeye Works in
Rochester. Various members of the Kodak Development staff presented
briefings on current E. K. developmental work to include: General brief-
ing by k Processing and Printing Eauintent by Mr.,Ed. Green,
Photo Materials for Aerial Photography by and the intel-
ligence uses of the "Minicard System". The briefing period was followed
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use as a file system
The afternoon
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After
demonstration
aerial negatives,
November was spent
a formal welcome
Bureau,
of "Minicard" its equipment and its
for print or projection recall.
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as guests of
Assistant
Director of the
Scientific
presented a short briefing on the
products. Following
briefis were presented as follows:
Firer Optics
Photographic Lenses
Aspheric Lens
New Materials in Optics
Photogrammetric Program
scope and diversity of efforts and
briefing
additional
Upon completion
of
presentations the meetings adjourned
with members departing for their proper stations.
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