LETTER (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A001500010012-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 12, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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Declass Review by NGA.
This letter is a follow-up on our phone conversation this
date concerning the 70-mm Twin Path Light Table. We are delighted
that you will be placing an initial order with us for twelve
instruments with the probability of ordering additional tables
in the future. Upon receipt of your order we should be able to
deliver the first instrument within 60 days, followed by an additional
instrument each week thereafter. We hope this delivery schedule
will meet with your requirements.
As stated in ph( conversation, I was authorized to
quote you a price per light table if ordered in lots
of 10 or more. This price for the light table does not include
the Q adaptor ring (which permits a 3600 rotation of the pod)
or the adaptor brackets for the 1,000-foot spools. The ring will
cost approximately $60.00 and brackets for the 1,000-foot spools
$40.00. If the order is for more than 15 instruments the adaptor
ring and bracket for 1 000-foot spools can probably be absorbed
in the price of I er instrument.
The enclosed photograph of a cardboard model best illustrates
our current concept of the light table. Handles will be placed on
the turning knobs. The center bracket is removable, thus permit-
ting the use of 5-inch material. Either a stereo or monocular
microscope can be used and the entire light field can be viewed
with either instrument.
With the " adaptor ring a pod can be rotated 3600. The
table can be rotated 180? on its base and tilted 200 . A variable
light source is designed for the instrument. We will examine the
feasibility of placing eight tubes (in a cross grid arrangement)
in the light box without adding appreciably to the depth of the
box. Each pair of tubes will operate from a separate switch. A
glass plate can be placed on the light table to flatten the film.
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We are planning the construction of a working mock-up which
will be available for examination within a month. With our design
drawings and the model, refinements can be made before we go into
final production. An appreciable change in design would require
a re-evaluation of our estimated cost for the instrument. We all
hope, of course, that refinements will result in an instrument
which will provide better service at lower cost.
We will continue our work, directed toward the completion
of design drawings and the production of a working model. We hope
you will be able to make a trip to our facility in sunny
in the near future at which time you and I can review in detail the
specifications on the instrument before starting production.
JSM: gg
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