CRS EMERGENCY REPOSITORY PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00402R000100340002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 11, 1969
• Content Type: MF

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11 Septea"r 1969
Chief,
SUBJECT . en Bmerg ,g Repository Prngrasts
1. lollovi car meeting `Idsy earning, 8 Septaesssber,
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viev of &oft prr dated esDer 1969 I did aed?
ditio nal research with my Staff asiss4 visited is his Office. 25X1
We d i s c u s s e d t h e my 1.960 5 t created the CBS 25X1
25X1 Raepositori sepaasaresta rom the Agen y Vital. Records
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2. 1 find ths then ASOW BROW" Officer oblectead
to the 1960 CBS established VUS for the protection Of selected Intel-
geno d==ents on the awd size microforms. Crigiesily, the plan
ealled for e1n dispersed storage sites for these f1101 6~
By 1.
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ganizations each pMvided two safe drawers end the periodic filing of
neatly received natertal. This Past swase r certain plans Osrecuired 25X1
CBS to remove that tile and arranged with Office of L gistice
to transfer that file The reed to use the 25X1
same file stogy and pry 25X1
established one file of the nicrotoarsse
the collections
3. Those encrgency file as ollections ** consist of some 2,000
3x7 inch plastic ate re fieheH-t cards in bne wetal tray:.: about two feet
long. All the fiats rer ed on those cards are on bar* . in the
Agency Archives or in the Vital Rie s at the ms's rgency Re.-
loc action Site in their original hard r form. The existence or dis-
continiAems of the Raergen y Repository Progtan does not influence
the OCI/u 1 throe its operation room responsibilities h" arranged with
White Houses representatives to establish a set at thecae microfo rms at
f i v e White H o " * e m e r g e n c y 'Sites ( W h i t e Rosgsb vadwgrojind rota, Cap David,
4. Since 1961 the CBS also establishet a oolleection of these micro-
forms in E: :1 The CBS Vital
Aseords Officer is mead to service and up4ato tMt, collection. Further,
White Home Area
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The White Houser ys iV" ilt l" q iginal list of documents
on file. The d,ttails of Muse ebarget iadic&ted in TABS A and B
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a to eVwA the CR eac Y file
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3 September Draft
DDS/SW/RAB ljt Suer 1969)
Distributions
Orig. & 1 - Addressees
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