REPORT OF PROJECT ASPIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00261R000300130002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 25, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR:: Director of Communications
FROM OC Representative, Project ASPIN
SUBJECT Report of Project ASPIN
1. Attached is a summary of the final Report of Project
ASPIN and some notes on the possible impact of the report on
the Support Directorate. As it was outside the purview of
ASPIN to study any component or process other than those in-
volved in the production of intelligence, the possible impact
of the project's recommendations are implicit rather than
explicit with regard to the Directorate. I hope that my own
interests are sufficiently catholic to have caught most of
the significant areas of interest to the DD/S and subordinate
offices. I will continue to review the report on a more
leisurely basis in an attempt to glean other items of interest
to the Office of Communications and the Directorate as a whole.
2. I woulc' like to go on record at this juncture to
state that I thoroughly enjoyed my stint with ASPIN; the infor-
mation I gained on ADP matters, the DD/I, the DD/S$T, the IPB
and information handling in general throughout the Agency has
already proven to be of considerable benefit in my new assign-
ment.
3. In addition to the personal satisfaction I experienced
in studying, analyzing, and reporting during the course of the
project, I was impressed with the caliber of people seconded
to ASPIN, particularly its Director,
felt we had difficulty in communicating at t e outsetlole I
project. I camp to
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this candor and directness Iillearneduthatahecisya prrettytfine
human being, and I feel that most ASPIN Staffers have benefited
materially because of their association with him -- they cer-
tainly will be more objective in approaching problems in their
new assignments.
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4. The benefits accruing to the Support Directorate through
representation on projects such as ASPIN, while intangible, are
felt to be significant and considerable. I would encourage such
representation in the future even though there are no direct
benefits to the Directorate.
Attachment:
Summary of Final Report
of Project ASPIN
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OUTING AND RECORD SHEET
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