EXTENSION LOAN OF DELTA III CAMERA TO (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00724R000200240030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: July 29, 1966
• Content Type: MF

ApprovgJ Release 2002/06/13: CIA-RDP68QD07
4R000200240030-1
IDEA-3288-66
29 July 1966
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy for Research & Development, OSA
1. On 26 July Col. Beerli at SAC Headquarters called me to see if
it was agreeable to us to continue our loan of the Delta III camera which
we made available to sometime ago. He said that it would be
most helpful if they could keep the system in place for an anticipated
additional 30 days or until approximately 1 September.
2. Beerli then said that apparently SAC had attempted to fly the
Delta III system at 40K feet over the I-Io Chi Minh Trail "in order to
improve ground resolution". According to Beerli, two such flights
were flown but the SAC processing unit Ireportedly did not
have the proper cherriicals on hand to aaequa e y process the film. He
said that they then "cooked up a batch of chemicals they thought would
do the job", but apparently this simply butched-up the entire developing
mechanism. He added that in. addition to this goof the processors had
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printed one of the missions backwards and apparently the 25X1
Commander decided to give up about this time and did not even return
the film to the States. Beerli did add that corrective measures have
been taken in both of the above areas and that they plan to fly at least
two more high resolution trail search missions before 1 September, this
time at 70K feet. One of the things that they apparently discovered was
that at the lower altitude the alternators were barely turning over enough
to furnish fuel for the system. 25X1
3. 1 told Col. Beerli that I personally saw no reason why the loan could
not be extended but I added that we would discuss it here and would com-
municate with him on the subject either directly from this Headquarters
or by way of office.
Distribution:
1 - D/R&D
2 - D/M
3 - D/FA
4 - CMD
5 - DD/SA
6 - Chrono
7 - RB / OSA
Al .?U1 NING J
Dcp(ty Director of Special dtivities
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