BRIEFING ON NPIC TO THE SENIOR STAFF MEETING, 1 MAY 1961

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05702A000100080019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 1, 1961
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 may 1961
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1. As part of the subje t Sent r. Staff Meeting the Direct
RPM presented a five minult?briefing on the NPIC. He first
traced the evolutiOn of Photographic intelligence within CIA
noting the following dates and evenst
a.
M. 1953 - a. DiVia0A establishe in '
graphic Area, ORR.
act as a Special DD/I
(11%) and moved. to
Steuart Eldg.
b. June 1956. De
. Aug. i956 Desiated, as the CIA Photographic
Intelligence Center.
d. 18 aan 1961* Established as the Rational
PhotoTraphic interpretation Center
(NPTC)
Afl orerntsa i chart Of the NPIC was then shamtaad its major ele.,
ments noted with comment. Names and briefs or the Deputy Director
and. Executive Director were offered. Next, the current crowded
conditions at NPIC were described 4 10 ei" 40)$# ? " ople
listed and the plans for movement
mentioned. Current and future staff patterns were
indicated along with values of plan account equtjient aboard or
to be received. No questions Imre bffere d from the group.
2. Mr. Anwry, )D/X, then noted that the NPIC had. a big back.
log from the 1.16.2 activities and was planning for possible inputs
fratt MOS type attivities of the future,
? 3. Upon his return, D/NP/C briefed the Deputy and Executive
on the substance of his briefing as yell as the other business of
the Senior Staff Meeting.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/18: CIA-RDP78B05702A000100080019-1