(Classified) Machine Indexing Project

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000100150028-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: October 14, 1954
• Content Type: MF

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14 October 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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SUBJECT: Machine Indexing Project
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1. The following persons attend
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s - project proposal on mechanical indexing:
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Z--indicated that the
was interested in having-initiate a project on abstract-
ing and recovery of scientific articles on metallurgy.
3. The project proposed by _ would be a coo ra
Live project on which 10 to 12 sponsors, mostly from private in-
dustry, would participate. Twelve hundred periodicals would be
abstracted. The initial processing would be on metals. Cost
would probably run $35, 000 to $50, 000 per year. Abstracts could
be provided on microfilm.
4. It was agreed that CIA's interest in the project would
be selective as to the materials to be abstracted, general as to
the process for abstracting and recovery.
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Office of the Special Assistant
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for Planning and Coordination
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