RECORDS PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00450R000100160056-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2001
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: November 30, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/08/30 : CIA-RDP72-0045OR000100160056-4
to build an addition to the Records Center.
these alternatives, but preliminary conclusions are that the will have to >'...
As of I November l957 the A cacy had 230, 000 cubic feet of file::
in office apace and 100,000 cubic feet in the Records Center. The cap .c ty
of the Records Center is 103, 300 cubic feet. In 13541 vie pr*ctcd that the
Center would be full by Cie inidcIte of 1967 and fire ~:rere toil to find alter-
natives other than additional construction to solve tvae problem. We made
Arran cments to store some material in the new Federal R cord. Center
at i$uitland, Nbryland, but when the time came a few months ':P to r. ;o-
t?ate the exact terms of our occupancy both parties (CIA sad the Nation al
.Archives and Records Service) discovered that full n rcemcr_t accordl'-~
to the original plan could not be reached. We did agree to accept
vault storage for about 20, 000 cubic feet of Iutc111ence Publications
t iro igh December 31, 1970 and the first 1500 cubic feet have been moved In.
We may be able to extend beyond that date, but eve trust find ar.cetcr alter-
native as soon as possible. We Lave surveyed other space ava11:Ma to
Agency and found not zing suitable. We have considered rental &n .ace,
installation of motorized shely ; and mtcrofilmin, t chc:cjues but none cf
these possibilities areas economical as construction. We are still Utu
NEW PRO '~ viE,NT SYSTLM
test a software pftagbe available in ORD which tray be adapsable for our
contracting,,,, systeri firm. V. ithin the next fe v.wseeks tie are planning- to
be made ready for coo; tnattou as soon as the DDS&T relationship to the
retrieved from the system "?Thts lict, ttg tier with the elatz elements can
We have also developed a net Of the types of Information which may be
an initial data base Co# taiii$t?..- 3no e-titan IUU Cata eioniarxs nas .;eau ct; iiiiee.
have sub.. itted requirements fob--4nfq anon In varying levclu of detail, and
be settled before system dow n can get , xted. All users of the system
contracttn~ system. tours latiouship with U,Lj&T is still not clear and t..t> t
The de,400ar.ert of a Centralized Acencv 6c reincnt Iidorm t ee
system is dependent tt1 ;i the final jelling of the.s centralt ed procurec
purposes.