MINUTES EQUIPMENT BOARD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01578A000100020007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 29, 1958
• Content Type: MIN

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CONFIDENTIAL ~' 8-032
August 1958
MTAUTES
EQUI T BOARD
25X1A
Meeting number 8 of the Equipuent Board was held on 27 August 1958 at 1400
h ours in room 2035 "I" Building. Present were:
I. Old Business
1. The Minutes of Meet ISumber_7 CPL-$-021) were approved as written.
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2. VC-1 Signal Center Vans. This item was tabled until meeting number 10
of the Board.
II. New Business
1. Review of ELF A&11 Program for X:1952 and Proposed FY-1960 Program.
25X1A a. announced to the Board that has been given 25X1A
responsibility for the Agency's research and development program.
(ACTION b. This review was tabled until the next meeting of the Board. 00-SP
SPD) viii have copies of their review sheets distributed to the members of the
Board for their prior review.
2. Sumestian--R2flaEdinj a. C et RF AS&ifier.
(ACTION a. It was decided that a e" study of -suggestion for 25X1A
OC-E) a Cam pact EF Amplifier be made by OC-E and their recommendations presented
to the Board.
b. It was agreed that this was the t e thi that should be brought
25X1A up at the Ideas and Requirements Panel. said he would investigate
the status of the Panel and that some "advertising" might be in order.
3? #.Fa Officer's Seminar D CO .
25X1A
a. announced that there would be another meeting of the
Technical Requirements Officers on 9 September 1950.
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5 ? Order of 100 18-5 Sets from Allocation 21.
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a. asked whether TS8 or OC had cognizance over IS-5 equip-
ment since It is dual-purpose equipment audio surveillance and communicating
device.
b. The Board Weed that the IS-5 was a two way coazu '.cationa device
and therefore should be a Canaunications responsibility.
6. ;ansion of the R&D Laboratory. announced that a draft
PRC action was being prepared for the eac nsion of the OC R&D Laboratory for the
purpose of building limited operational equipment.
The meeting was adjourned at 1555 hours. The next meeting of the Board will
be held on 3 September 1958.. At this time, the ELMO R&D Program will be re-
viewed.
Recording Secretary
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b. suggested tha$,a repreeentstive of be present at
the September 9 meeting to answer dray questions regarding BLOT egtiipnent.
This was agreed.
C. said he believed a memorandum for the record should be
written by the Office of Communications participants giving notes on the
meeting, stressing the points covered by the Office of Communications re-
presentatives.
d. It was agreed that as a result of the 9 September meeting, OC-O&T
and OC-E will review the conclusions and present to the Board their recom-
mendations.. modifications and/or additions.
e. In line with this, said that whoever would be representing
the Office of Communications at the DD/P Materiel Board -- 25X1A
is the member and - the alternate -- should be cognizant of the action
the Office of Communications is taking relative to the comments of the TR
Officers that were outlined in the memorandum to the Chairman and Ambers
of the Technical Requirements Board from the Secretary of the Technical Re-
quirements, Board, dated 21 July 1958.
(ACTIOB 4. Request for Declassification of the AS-8. It was decided that OC-E
OC-E) would discuss the declassification of the AS- System Ii from SECRET' to UN-
CI IFIEI) with Project AQt1ATOU.
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