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- Organization
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- Intelligence
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- USA
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category: "U.S. Government"
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summary: "The National Photo Interpretation Center (NPIC) was a U.S. intelligence agency established in December 1961, with Arthur C. Lundahl in charge."
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start: 1961
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location: "Washington, D.C."
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The National Photo Interpretation Center (NPIC) was a U.S. intelligence agency established in December 1961, with [[Arthur C. Lundahl]] in charge. Its mission was to provide more sophisticated photo intelligence, including huge photographic mosaics of areas like [[Israel]], capturing nuclear facilities such as [[Dimona]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 4. |