CODIB WORKING GROUP ON NSA TIPS PILOT OPERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000100140013-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 19, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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19 October 1965
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 0 A R D
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Committee on Documentation
THROUGH: Secretary, CODIB
SUBJECT: CODIB Working Group on NSA TIPS Pilot Operation
1. I I of the CODIB Support Staff has been monitoring
the progress of the working group to advance the TIPS NSA. Pilot
operation into an interagency environment. The group has had four
meetings and has discussed various requirements necessary to pro-
ceed with the test such as the need for trained personnel, agreed-
upon data bases which can be properly formatted and meaningfully
inter-related and appropriate terminals (inquiry stations). It is
the expectation of TIPS project manager at NSA,
that the test coul e in operation in a matter of a very few
months if the above requirements are met. It is clear to anyone
familiar with the data bases available, the equipment and the TIPS
system that this indeed could be done.
2. The ocassion for this memorandum, however, became obvious
when at the last meeting on 13 October 1965,1 announced
a firm policy on the part of both General Carter an
(with the understanding of that any
remote stations to be used by agencies other an must be
located on NSA. premises. This particular point had not been dis-
cussed at any of the.prior meetings; however, it had been the
implied understanding of the participants that the remote stations
should be at some convenient point within the respective agencies
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3. In view of the above development, in a con-
versation with developed further pertinen points.
a. It is NSA, policy that within the intent of
the TIPS pilot experiment they will agree to
"computer-to-computer" links between the TIPS com-
puter and any other properly secured computer in
the Intelligence Community. NSA does not, however,
intend to agree to an inquiry station being placed
"outside the NSA. premises."
c. It is position for NSA that the
major purpose for this exercise is to allow repre-
sentatives of each agency to learn to utilize such
a system, to determine how to adapt a data base to
conform with such a system, and to learn how to
interact with such a system utilizing a live data
base. Therefore, where the inquiry station is
located is not significant in order to accomplish
these things.
4. It is the opinion of this Staff that this is a substantial
change in the purpose of this working group and is not within the
intent of the recommendations made by Mr. Clifford's memorandum of
15 June 1965. It is suggested that this matter be brought to the
attention of the CODIB members at the next meeting.
Daniel H. Gagon
Chief, CODIB Support Staff
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