COINS EXPERIMENT AND MASTER PLAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000100090034-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: December 3, 1968
• Content Type: MF

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IHC-D-113/4.15
3^becember 1968
U N I T E D S T A T E S I N T E L L I G E N C E B O A R D
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION HANDLING COMMITTEE
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Security Agency
SUBJECT: COINS Experiment and Master Plan
1. Reference is made to your Memorandum, Serial N 1431,
of 5 November 1968. It is apparent that the factors you have
identified justify delay of the test and analysis phase of the
COINS Experiment beyond the scheduled start date of January
1969. Therefore, the requested three month delay is approved.
2. There is no doubt that as time passes, the technicians
and managers associated with the COINS system will develop
greater competence in adjusting to, and accommodating, system
changes. It is hoped that the requested delay will permit the
various participating agencies to operate effectively with new
hardware, and, in some cases, with new software by 1 April 1969.
3. It is certainly desirable, after the many months that
have gone into the preparation of the COINS Experiment, to provide
sufficient time for a thorough test. The COINS Test and Analysis
Panel scheduled a three month check-out period to determine the
adequacy of its data forms and procedures when all participating
subsystems become operational. This check-out will be followed
by a period in which forms and procedures will be analyzed and,
where necessary, modified. The Panel's schedule then calls for
three months of intensive, in-depth data gathering. Hopefully,
the requested delay will permit the Panel to prove out their
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procedures and thus be adequately prepared to perform these
tasks in the allotted time.
4. During and subsequent to the test and analysis phase,
the Panel will perform the analysis necessary so that its results
can be used in the evaluation. The Intelligence Information
Handling Conudttee/USIB will evaluate COINS and is proceeding to
develop an evaluation plan. The details of this plan, including
time phasing and relationship of the Test and Analysis Panel
findings to other considerations such as cost, technical problems,
and security will be worked out by the permanent IHC Staff and
presented to the IHC for approval.
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