CONTINUATION OF THE(Classified) PROJECT BY THE(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04913A000100020079-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: September 6, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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 STANDARD FORM NO. 64
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OffieirM~nITED STATES G OVERNMENT
TO : Projects Review Committee
FROM : Comptroller
SUBJECT:
DATE: 6 September 1951
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1. The subject project is proposed in the amount of 1500,000
for fiscal year 1952. It represents a continuation of project
No. 0RR-90-51, approved by the PRC on 3 May 1951 in the amount of
1100,000 for the last quarter of fiscal year 1951.
2. Attached to the memorandum from the &D/RR to the PRC
is a statement providing a brief description of each of the pro-
posed projects to be undertaken, including a statement from the
Office of Scientific Intelligence on Machine Indexing and a tabu-
lar statement indicating the estimated cost of each. This is
nummarized as follows:
890
501
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a.
Project
,
b.
Russian Survey
166,351
c.
Defector Study
10,612
d.
Studies in International Communism
26
312
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,
51
1
e.
Project
,99
f.
Machine Indexing
75,000
Executive and Central Steering Group
40,622
h.
Document Control Room
82611
Total
500,000
3. The proposed estimate of 1500,000 is also reflected in
the attachments by objectives of expenditure as follows:
a.
Personal Services
0319045
b.
Travel
45,000
c.
Materials and Services
30,000
d.
Other Direct Charges
105345
e.
Overhead
90,610
Total
500,000
4. It is noted that the breakdown of expenditures provides
for consultants at rates ranging from 150 to ;100 a day. No in-
dication is given, however, as to the basis upon which the pay-
ment of the maximum would be necessary.
5. I?o specific provision was made for this project in the
1952 budget estimates. It will, therefore, be necessary to
finance the project through the allocation of funds from the
1952 budget estimates for the operating offices of CIA mpst
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directly concerned with the proposed projects. .As the information
submitted does not provide a basis for ascertaining a breakdown of
the costs on this basis, it will be necessary, if the project is
approved, to assess the costs based on an analysis of office re-
sponsibilities for each project involved.
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