TRAINING MANUAL ON IMAGERY ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05703A000200070045-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: December 31, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM TO: Director of Training
FROM
SUBJECT : Training Manual on Imagery Analysis
31 December 1969
1. The following discusses two approaches to the design for a
training manual to cover imagery analysis in NPIC and IAS. The first
follows what I believe are the general guidelines which you laid down
for the OCI manual--that the manual feature procedures within these
two components, and that the products of an office be related to their
consumers and to the intelligence production process. The second ap-
proach (and one that I would like to submit for serious consideration)
focusses on imagery exploitation. Whereas the first approach is office-
oriented, the second is function-oriented, placing the office in a
functional context.
First option
2. The first approach would probably begin with a discussion of
the intelligence community exploitation responsibilities prescribed in
the National Tasking Plan. This then would lead logically to an ex-
position of the functions, or roles, of NPIC and IAS under this Plan.
Products of each would be discussed and consumers would be described
and case studies of valuable contributions would be featured (also,
to maintain balance, some of the intelligence questions that imagery
exploitation has not yet been able to answer, or may never be able to
answer, ought to be described).
3. This office-oriented approach would treat the entire imagery
collection activity, including the requirements mechanism for collec-
tion, as a footnote. COMIREX's function relating to collection would
be discussed here. The functions of the NRO and operational aspects
of collection, as well as the mechanics of film processing and techni-
cal control and quality evaluation of missions would be omitted because
most of this is code-word material and there is no real need-to-know
anyway.
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4. Description of the uses made of imagery exploitation products
(see paragraph 2, above) would call upon contributions to the manual by
representatives of the Clandestine Service, such as and of
the Directorate of Intelligence, such as OER and OCI. I will submit our
requirements to these offices in very specific terms.
5. The manual will be loose-leaf because the organization of NPIC
and of IAS seems to be a little more yeasty than that of most components
of the Directorate of Intelligence, and it ought to be possible to make
manual changes easily as the organizations change.
6. There will be no exposition of the imagery exploitation activi-
ties of such organizations as the Defense Intelligence Agency, except
as it might incidentally occur in the discussion of the National Tasking
Plan (see paragraph 2, above). Given an office-oriented approach, this
seems proper.
7. A code-word supplement might be produced separately if it is
thought necessary to go into more detail. '
Second option
8. At this point, I would like to recommend the second approach of
the two mentioned in paragraph 1, above, because the6mapual produced
thereby would have a wider usefulness within and cor`the Agency.
Based on our experience with the OER manual, for example, these manuals
are used not only to orient new employees in OER, but also to orient
both old and new employees in many other-Agency and non-Agency offices
which have contact with OER. Some of the users of this NPIC/IAS/Imagery
Exploitation training manual are listed in paragraph 9, below. It would
be more desirable to aim at this wider readership rather than merely at
the 50 or so Career Trainees we will train each year.
9. I assume that the training manual should be so organized as to
have the maximum usefulness to the greatest number of users, some of whom
are:
a.
OTR, for orientation by both Career Trainees and an even
larger number of non-CT's; also, for similar purposes for
those who will be taking imagery analysis courses.
b.
c.
d.
Defense
NPIC.
IAS.
Intelligence School
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e. DIA Production Center.
f. Naval Photographic Center.
g. Various Army photo interpretation activities
h. COMIREX.
i. IRS.
J. Other parts of the Directorate of Intelligence, especially
OER and OSR.
k. Various components of the Directorate of Science and Tech-
nology, such as OSI, FMSAC, OSA, and P.
10. Accordingly, the body of the manual o W-0 be devoted to the
mission, organization and function of one office alone; a suggested scheme
follows: (a) a section devoted to general aspects of the activity known
as "imagery exploitation," and to collection requirements, in as much
variety and detail as is thought advisable (an outline of suggested con-
tent and organization of this portion of the manual, including some re-
marks about possible contributors, is attached); (b) appendices dealing
with the mission, organization and function of each of the producers,
and of the requirements-handling components should be available in loose-
leaf, bound together with the manual (one appendix to be devoted to each
component to allow for changes to be made as the components change); (c)
the manual and its appendices would be produced without code-word infor-
mation, and at a SECRET classification; (d) possibly separate code-word
supplements would be produced if it is thought necessary.
11. Depending upon which approach, or Modification thereof, you de-
cide upon, I will then prepare a more detailed draft outline for your
approval (a very preliminary draft of the second option outline is at-
tached). Following approval of the draft outline, I will then meet with
individuals in NPIC, IAS, and other offices, to discuss details of pro-
ducing the manual.
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Outline for training manual on imagery analysis as an
intelligence function
1. The value of imagery. as a source of intelligence.
II. Some ways in which it is collected.
III. How it is exploited--some of the techniques.
IV. Organizations in the intelligence community responsible for ex-
ploitation.
V.
VI.
VII.
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relationship of the National Tasking Plan to these
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ers' needs that result in exploitation requirements.
operations.
production of finished intelligence.
for exploitation are articulated to those responsible
tation.
requirements process.
ormal channels.
studies of exploitation.
operational case studies.
intelligence case studies.
s of imagery analysis as an intelligence source, and
ies of overcoming them.
Notes:
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III might form one article, or chapter. I have
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f NPIC in mind as a possible contributor of this art cle.
IV would be a quite general, formal exposition, primarily of the
way in which the National Tasking Plan has allocated these re-
sponsibilities. Someone in IRS, in COMIREX, or in NPIC/PPB Staff
might contribute this.
V ought to receive contributions from FI Staff and from IRS.
VI may be developed by 0 a CT who wrote a paper for me
on this subject, intended for this use. Further work is needed
on it. now works in NPIC/PPB Staff.
VII.A, contributions might come
VII.B, contributions might come from OER and OCI.
VIII should receive contributions from NPIC, IAS, COMIREX, and
IRS at the minimum.
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Appendices (development of the outline for these is incomplete; only a few
ideas are sketched in here).
Appendix A. NPIC.
I. How does NPIC gear itself to meet the needs?
A. The present.
B. The future needs.
1. The R&D effort.
Appendix B. IAS.
1. The role of IAS.
Appendices C through ?
I. The roles of other imagery analysis organizations--DIA, Navy, Army,
etc.
II. The roles of organizations concerned with imagery exploitation
requirements.
Notes: Appendix A ought to be contributed by NPIC.
Appendix B ought to be contributed by IAS if they can write a
satisfactory section, or it might be produced jointly by them
and by us.
Appendices C through ? ought to be contributed by the organi-
zations concerned.
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