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    CONFIDENTIAL

    TH E UNITED STATES

    STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY

    EVALUATION

    OF

    PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE

    IN THE

    JAPANESE HOMELAND

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    EVALUATION

    OF

    PHOTOGRAPHIC INnLuGENCEIN THE

    JAPANESE HOMELAND

    P T ON !oow . . . . . . . . . . . .

    U P O & T

    PHOTOGRAPHIC I N l U U G E N Q SICTlON

    D a c e l l o l ~

    7 Ocrober 19H-1 W.,. 1946Dace ol

    P\WlicarioD:A u p a 1946

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    - . " ] fOT11w lI$eof th . U. S. S t r R I ~ g j eBoml>-This report waS wnllen prnnaT' Y , On of n moro comprehensi"e. , rion of f1ll1 Ie. rol'or ....ing' Sun-e,- 111 I , e preparn . __

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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    VALUATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC JNTIlLLIGTHE JAPANESE HOMELAND

    I. SUMMARYJ. AllhQIIl{h ,-jewel! with j,tp-

    ticis", ftl the beltinni,,1t nf World W it II. ~ . IJ > t " ~ ~ ' ' ' ' l ' h .ultimately l ~ : a " ' e' ' ' ' ' ' of th t D'....j"'pOHHll1 ,in!!l" " ' , " ' , : ~or i"".lIij"w"i' in tl.. .!'Ilcific War. T he.\" 1 ' 1 " " l ~ Jan important pan in""olll!'h."""or military ." d unal " ...1;,,"" than""yother""urc ..

    2. 111.11 of the ;mllOrtalll fid.ls of 1'1....'..".,.I'loi"j"'ellij.."'''c, rhe.:kol !.oy USSIlS 1"""", ill .111"''''the , , ,du,i 'IU' '' ' fur J - . , . l l w r i , , ~,la,a ft,,", plo",o.I ; " r l l l ' h ~1)]"(),oCr!'be 001111", and in ~..."e ... J th e ill_lellil-"'''("(l prore.1 to h. CUrt",,1 "'illo;,, the l i l " j l ~

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    O n ~ , I * b d. . . . . . . . _"el'fI ln1O'rJ'1'l1Ud J*"Idquatlly."... iDed & . l d l _ . : .. : : ,ElTOl'Il 'n ronw.,.~paUy by the f..,. tb&t. . . . : . . . . . .d . - l y c.. .pped flhM - ' - . . . . .liIIwe an"",,,t of Iijthl All pt."", - ' - . . ."",ull I o U l . . . . . rl , IL ....._ ~ - l(nJ>hfl. Had Q>or1' - m . .... drnMd'''''''pea"""" of pbOlm,fic.ti"" . ~ . _ " ~combo _ v, ''''''Co

    . 1. ""-"un.,.... ,,,-",,,. IN ." " __ m b l ~ .etc.,."hen Phll,loyed 10 "upple .... m eane fINdoon "'!llch II ,. 1Iel1lpt....1. HO'r idontloo..I,on ""Sa,IM'pt 1On ""I>'[,l, per ~ n to f l h .. &.Idosu....eyed. lor ,..;thoul II;" _l>l.ea!lCl' 01 nerJol.'"""" aim.,ld facili!i ..pTOred 10 be ;mpra o f,1i'1"''''''I .....""' M al;o impTIICl,cable " " " ' _ of Ib" rime i " , " O h ~m D",king all ."""role check of ""1."",1 tui"'a,""'hich ",oullli for mile< ow ' rlll' .Joplln"", """n-I l } ~ i , ! ~ .In ]>1 .,.. of a JmHuul ch;>(,k. JOI>One"""f fiei"l. ""..re i l l l ~ r t - o p r l ' < i. nd ma!'" ""'110 , I ~ - I.. "",Ia.-...s l,lolted , ," '" obtlli.....l for ..., ..... 1 airfield..Th "l'Io,eb ;ndical" thot most llrell'! in ",hichpl.n hod 00." parked "'"re (1eI..O"_ rnllloo,floge """""",led '"

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    pel' cc"t or the eJlSC8,,-here "urfaeinl! wo. ill error.Ihe f", ld h a d " rair" 'e"lher mlher lhan "n al\_w e , , ~ h c , -' I I r ~ a , . e .I l\ 1"'"Cl i"", liel,ls el.. in,ed . ~ 1'0'l en ll al ' '' MU '' '' o r he",-,\" airtlrt,m"" by the E urolIC"n SJ&lem weTl' olten llSelI for figh'ers Ortrai"ers onl,\". Similarly. Helds cloim"d!til fighter(lo'on,C'l we"e !'OBlllimcs 1l>el1 for hea,-ier 1)1" '" 01planes. I" .h'!l1.1he ETO field potent i.! el.",ifi.cation sehlo'" ~ " " ' e "tnoe itlenlific.lion "r actu.lfield Il",-,.

    (:)) In !he "-,,,lll.. lioll of ",,,,,,ay ""tI H,ld"'elJ'u' ....llW\\t" ;t " "a s !t1l t h" l a " e r ro r 1 0 1 ~ n t , l t...or n I ' P I ' O ~ ; , , , , , t c l yr, I",,-cent conld l>I'allowed ".-ilho" l cho,,!-";ng lhe operatio,,"1 dect;\"enelll of the'''IX}}t. Of t h e ~ ; ;airfields ci,ock",1, 41 were me",,

    Ul'ed co,..-{'Clly wilhin 1 perctlll01

    ael"al dimen~ i o " . ,4 "'OTl' were wilhin ~ percell1. aud 4 or lhel'l'n",ini"j.: 1(1 were wilhin 101",,,,."1_ The 1I1ajorc"u"" for e"ror w"s f(>t",d to he in"ceul'll.le defin;tion or field ond runway li"';1>-

    (4 ) ,\ ltholl!;h H IICTeem of !Iw i,1 airdromelhecke, l ro, ' s"rlnei , ,! ; wen' rel'0H",,1 correclly.j . : ! . r i \ l ~, 'r,'"' '' ' were made iUlhe idenlifiCl\lion orSUrr"e'es III >;c'-ernl mnjor fie!,ls. In .1l "' _ oferror, field ser"icenbility was o,-e""'I;",_lOO.

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    lllt'fllio" of thn I,hotogrnl'hk ill\erprclN"ll who~ e l ' \ d on (""'riel>; su d ,,-orkc-d "'ilh a m p h i b i o ' l ~t"mm,,,,,ls. Thpir work WIlS of pri",,,,')" i"'ljO'"lanC

    b. Si,"il"rly, p h O I O ~ ' l " J l l ' h i e . i , " e l l i ~ " " l < ' "reportswrillen b,l" il\l"rpreters wilh the F n E",tern . \ ; rForl'C:; "r e Il01 HIlIt,,,ted becllUse the;, ' cOUlemwilh the '/"I,ane5C home i ,lands f r om" photo

    inlellij!Cnce ,tmHlpoinL d,d noL tle,-elo]> u mi l " ,' r ylatl> in l h e w ar "",I w"s eWll the" pri"""'ily "f "laelieal "ature.

    I. llltrod",tio"a. Dur;ng Ih.. c"r1i""t sragl'S or Ihe war. phott>

    /!raphie"nlellige"ce oflicers we'' ' ' ""riously h,mdiClipped by au iU\:OlIlplehl k " ' J \ " k ~ l g eor 11w in,lall,,tions IUld "'Iuipm""l I h e ~ 'wer", altlmpting 10imerpre1. Ilealizil\g" lloMl " ,u ch o r l h is ig"o'"''''"e001lld be elimillllle l l i l , l i " g ..\ " p r ~ 'imporlllnt 'Hlmini,tJ"ali\'efunct ion w ..~ the .."",il-'l'",e"t of I'hOlogrllphic ;1"lel'l'"-'I,,lion IW''''''''''''th'\l"j.:h"llI Ihu Na"", e ~ CCpl " , i th in the I'Rcilk Oct',on " ...."s, whcro lI;"'ign.me"t WIIS by JICPOA. "" t l l" ler. n ca r l h e entl oft he w a r. 1,.'" Co",Airl'nc.

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    1 ) l i n ~rnid, on I h ~",mnflllls "f Ilw J"palle;;Ill , , " ' ~ Rdiagn .. " i",lic.Rli,,1,! 110" "XRel r l l "nndp ~ ' 1 " e i '""loed"l"" of enemy ' 1 ~ . . , 1ship co"",,,ue'lioll and repair from 1'1001'....phie in'elli.,'1."nccalon". lnformnlion w"s furnished olilhe I ' h y ~ i c a llay.oul "nd facilitiCli of sh ip) 'n rds . tlisc.wery ofnew yards, I ~ ' I ) C $ofsh ipsunder conStrncl;ol1, progress of ",,"';truetioll 0" parlicular wl1.'s, a"d extenla nd t y pe o f " , pa i r work. Ag in lhe caSOl of othe,phll;;es of shipping jnlel"l""llllio1l. Japa"ese "hip_b"ilding rworos were not complele enough 10pro"ide a comprehensi,e check of 1'[ report!!. yet,~ n o " g hdllla wasaVllilabletoevnlllllt.l! phOlographicimelligetK't' on the majoo' part of shipb"ildi"g "cl i , - i l ~ 'kno,,'n as "progress 011 the wnSil." This illformation indicales t ha t P I ,..,ports on shipbuilding "cti";ly were r e m a r k " h l ~ 'ace" ....le. Of Ihefoursh ips checked al Ishikllw..jimn 5Ioi]>y",d. re(Iuiring an a'e .....!!e of 8(i ! ; , " , , h i ~i", ..l l i ~...n,.., Clln ,10 a r ela,li"ely con,pl. 'e llnd """." u"" lu l job ;n the f ""ct ;01\"1analy,;, of ill,h"'l 'i"llnrl-"I'. For0cc'1lling"""l ' o f ;nd"51 "il'S in whith indi"ioI1INi",,,,,boihiu .1Ich a ",a,,"tr as I ~",ok,' ;,l.nlificlllion diftK1,1l0" i"' I '"", i lJ l, ' . lu Ihi. ,.. "'d 1I1"{l1l1lal'\' i"d""l t i"" (c. g .. ",r!I'n,,,e " , mblS 1''''01f'"I ' J/I""'I' of ,,,,I,,,,n..... K,,,,,, Iodlt" 0' II ... a l 'p . r.11'" "f huildll11r' '" lIot ~ I l o u "f " r . fllnrliOllll1a"aly" I" ,10 ""'''' ' .....m jill:>: I tun .. . 1...., bef.",ih.r "illl ' I_iii . , i"d,,>!ri.1 , - . Un,."" " . ' l ~ r e t P N.'.11 .... ,\L: .\S 1 1 I < ~ O j I ' T l l I ' ' ' i rEval .. . _"Ill' "'('("u.", dlort- t.ro.

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    be c1...nlled u 0 ) ~ (t ) . . . . . . .idcntilled (i. 8-. !lOt reported), ud (01)F o r P U ' 1 _ o f < ' O l l l p a t a t i n.. .th.-.buiJdi,,1/'! in tt..fIrM l . , , ~. . .toontO'd as oorl'llCl. Ihoe in t" " laic 1 _ U wr.,.

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    CONFIO(J\,'TIAL

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    pUr]"""'" n"d Itc,,"y ""li"irontfl hlll1e";es we", del'-"'Icd and, wilh" rew uceptions, cor"",(11)' i,le,,lified br I)'pe. Stnml",,1 bailer) ' I " y o u ~ro,' lie\'-

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    CONfiDENTIAl

    rlJ to . . . . .hislllOlt . . . .ha.... _ to all _ _ .,~ ~ ~ tof aa1itarilJ. - ; ; ; ; .in th;. and other ~

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    It. III .SUIlUrt.lIJ'.unIe- it Lrron_ optrali.-lly""l'racT'cd to tak" .. . ri.1 pllW>p'Otphsdllri" ' . . . . .~ I m e . l , h ' ~ 0 ~ 1 ' 1 I i .,i""'llill"t "

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    prog",,,n of liIl1""" "".I joint work .1"'1cd illmH, ".(I n l l l r i ~ b lll"l ' l ieuti"" wos I'limi""1cd.Joinl w01k wos "tlell 'I '""l '" IWo " " J ~ '(l ) byll$Signing S,,"ol o l l i ~...,.,. d i l ' e c t l ~ '10 the 1'10010 E,' ' ' \ '"Rlinn Sc

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    < I i l ' l ~ ' 1conlllol "f phologl't,phic lll!,,"'ol""y fneiliti ..... Complele opel'lIlin,,,,1 m,d "dmi"i,I ' ' ' l i , 'c, , ,nt , , ,l o f Ihe-"" f"cilili"" ,honld hnl'(lbeen in Ihel",, ,dsof till"'" i""hllr!.,,,ol phIO i"lellig"nl" n l l i ! ~ ."illl.., o"ly t l l l ' ) ' \\"., ... in " l ' 0 ~ i l i o ntn e . ~ C l , , i , ~imellil-",,,t co"lI'1ll "f p''I>llnltio" p"iorilil'>!, " h y fllc10" in the product ion of I'holo i n l e l ) i ~ e l \ c e .

    g, 1 '0 i l lsm" ;(,...,,1"" ('/liciency in the p"dOl'm_m\l" of phoro inrelligellc. in the fUlU'" il is ''ffi''Umenlled thl,l :

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    11. hnd. '\"Ill.'" nutl Nn'")" l'ltolOlp'nphic ill1ellig;. S."I.-I.oemly, II ,nuked i".I,.O'......."ttook plare '" the rotatioll and dil!tTiblltion of oflieel'l5, hu t tlw n"ell'nting ,Iem.lld. of ""lIT"'e", ""1"""1. "n d the Photogr "phic 11lIelliS"'"", C e m ~ tWllS 80 I ,. ,. ''Cllu"',,,l from "" d "" o"t of luueh withf ie ld ul li ts, d .l Il at 110 time were .11 p"""l hRd ~ n Iccompli>hed. andphotogr"ph)" w" , bei"" '*-'Cured III I':"""tl)" inc,,,,,,,,,,i r"le. From Ihislime 011,Ihe need fOT ller.""""el inlrellsed n,pidly . "d before Ute )"e.r "....Olll, I'hotog'"Ilploic imerpreteJ"ll were III a pre",iw".F."Om December 19H unt il t he end of th" war,lloe'1I w a s " di.linct. .honage of :Sll")' photog'"IIl'hie i " t e l l i ~ . n " "perso",.,,1 in (he I'lei6e. ,!e.spite f'""'I""nt ur",,,,nl requc>" tl) "'".hingum for

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    post ..... il from w i d e l ~ 'd;ff"""nl lhentel'" 1""1....n reo" ' r n i n ~on rolation 10 the I'hoIOj. ...aphi r ln te l l igt'-nce Center al Ana. , ' lfr wilh Ihe occ".io""l choice of ope . .tlOll, tol,'" . I

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