EXCERPT FROM PFIAB MEMORANDUM OF 15 JUNE 1965

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04787A000100050001-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 15, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXCERPT PROM P IAB ' } g(
~. aF , is ,Tug, l9ea;
;, ~ r ",'Recoir.~ en'dat ion No 2 ; That the i echaical normation
process xg, stem
'frM project , now under way within the
National Security Agency, be expanded to include' participattgc-
r' by. other ' Member agencies of the intelligence eommurlit in experimental 'operating system constitutin a first step towar
interagency '(and i::terbuilding~ 'information handlinr.:-results should be sought from the ex eriment
g.
Since
feas:.ble the + p { p sus promptly, as`
, partic+ gt~on of other agencies. should be
achieved by September of 1965; the capability for extens ve
handlin f
} g o the Russian biography..problem.should 'be availabl'
~4 Fin the co;:L:unity-wide system by
theummer the summer of 1966; and by
s of 1967 it should be
possible to exchange outputs ~'~
. from various mechanized sources in the fashion pioneed ..;
er /re the TIPS project.
1r ? f 'dk4 1 t-.' LOnly through such ,experimental operational. trials.
can the irlte1ligence,
community com$ to grids, with
the wide vaxiety.'of program problems,involved,
including those of security-.compart4entatio, the
.encryption of communicatic- 8 between the'' computer/
infor:::ation base and the user locations, and other
problems. In order to make such a trial. effective,
it may be necessary to expand the
-r~p~ w ivYp
rma on maintained in the TIPS' system and it so
this 'should' be done with caution as td, the total
amount of material t 's added.. The intention should
be to establish a system that will in fact-be used.
by workers in at least: a few .agencies ,as a, better
..way to meet day-to-day tasks; however, :the 'system
should be regarded as experimental an&.there.should
be no attempt to insure that. in its experimental-
form its operation can be economically justif.''ied
`ate.
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Requirements for user terminals.
Local user security procedures.
Monitoring a? systea development.
z . t+'a'.
Office of Communications
Communication security.
Ir}terface requirements.
Community store and forward switch..
Office of Computer Services
Computer terminal.
? System software design.
- Computer security design.
- Recommendations on available Agency computer files..
- Programming required for files assigned.to OCS Computer. -'`
Office of Central Reference
- Requirements for user terminal.
- identification and data specifications, on candidate system
National Photographic Interpretation Center
Identification and data specifications on candidate system'
files.
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 - Regnirsments for user termiaal.
- Computer terminal.
Research and development of.advanosd'tieahnigaas.. meth.4s
and hardware in support of CIA operatins components pasty
characters) countsrintelligencs biographic data ill. which.,
? The Glandsstine.Services to developing a large 4l. 5 bs11i
will be available for remote inquiry by participants. In.
National Agency .Check System..
9. Agency Coordination
Planning and coordination of implementation action and dove-4,
lopment of specific estimates of mousy and asinpow r. costs will be
sentataves from ucZt, .ORD- OGR, -NPIC, .RID. '00p and PPB. T14
tae responsibility of a CIA Task. Toros on COINS composed-of repo,
Chairman will be appointed by the zxecut$ve Pirsctpr .Co.nptrolls;;
Attachments :
Tab B - Schematic of Community On4ino' Iotslligiac? SystM,
Tab A - Excerpt trot PPIAB, Mein, 'did IS,- J"i '19"
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