OSR RESEARCH RELATIONSHIP WITH RAND(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000700110013-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 18, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Directo
for Intelligence
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SUBJECT OSR Research Relationshi with Rand
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We have reviewed a Rand proposal for
]to work with the Agency on a study of
China's military decisions over the past twenty
years. I fully support this proposal and re-
quest your approval of my draft reply to Rand.
2. In July, George Tanham, the Chief of the
local Rand office, formally proposed that the
Agency and Rand do a joint project on China. (A
copy of his letter is at Tab A). As proposed,
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Would work--
inside CIA with Agency analysts to implement a basic
review of past Chinese military programs, assessing
their policies in terms of other political and
economic events in China and the Far East. 25X1
work with Rand on this project would be fun e by
ARPA and the completed product would be made avail-
able through appropriate channels to both ARPA and
Rand for use as basic material for a number of follow-
on studies. There appears to be no suggestion of a
contractual relationship with the Agency other than
the commitment to publish the study at the Secret level
and permit Rand to control the secret version. One
advantage of this would be to broaden access to the
study in the think-tank/university environment.
3. OSR analysts have discussed this proposal
with I land consider the offer for joint
endeavor to be sincere and useful. (A memo for
Record is at Tab B). I participation would
add experience and sound judgment to an in-house
project which is alrea underway under the chairman-
ship of d with the participation of
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analysts from the SEC, OPR, OCI and OER. D is 25X1
prepared to join this team immediately but would not
be available full-time until about January 1975.
4. Because I Irecent retirement from
the Agency--February 1974--and his later work with
the NIO Staff as a contract annuitant, we thought
it prudent that the General Counsel be asked about
the propriety of his proposed relationship with
the Agency. In the opinion of 25X1
of the Office of General Counse ere is no apparent
conflict of interest involved in a relationship be-
tween0and the Agency on a study of this type
provided that there is no direct contractual relation-
ship funded by the Agency. (The opinion of
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is provided in two memos at Tab C.)
5. In view of the above, I recommend that we
accept the Rand roposal and take the necessary
steps to bring into the project as soon as
possible. We think he will be of considerable
help on this project and that, when completed,
the study will be a firm basis for further studies
of Chinese decision-making.
6. My draft a and proposal
is at Tab D. Both agree in 25X1
principle with this type o response to the Rand
proposal.
E. H. KNOCHE
Director
Strategic Research
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Dir or of Political Research Date
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(as to the st ement of paragraph
4 concerning ossible conflict of
interest)
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