SUNSHINE PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100190014-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: MEMO

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MWORANDUM TO: Deputy Director
FROM: Assistant Director, Reports and Estimates
SUBJECT SUNSHINE PROJECT
1. It is recommended that the SUNSHINE PROJECT be terminated as of the
end of this fiscal year. The reasons for this recommendation are:
a. The primary purpose of the project from the ORE point of view
was to make a survey of the materials in the Hoover Library which
might be useful in the preparation of intelligence studies. In par-
ticular, the project was assigned the specific mission of uncovering
documentary evidence of Soviet divergence from announced Marxist doctrine.
This evidence would be especially valuable to personnel engaged in psycho-
logical warfare. ORE has turned over the Office of Special Procedures
of the Department of State, in card form and arranged for ready reference,
an index of this type of material gathered from the Hoover Library.
b. Full exploitation of the collections in the Hoover Library has by
no means been accomplished, but the project is approaching the state of
diminishing returns since new material is available locally.
c. The personnel engaged onthe project have acquired specialized
training and knowledge which can now be more advantageously used in ORE
in Washington.
STAT
2. In case of favorable action on the recommendation in paragraph 1
above, it is further recommended that the personnel of the SUNSHINE PROJECT
be transferred to Washington for duty in ORE. It is hoped that CIA will offer
all possible inducements to effect this transfer. This recommendation was
concurred in by before his departure and is concurred in by STAT
the Chief, FE/P Branch, insofar as his area is concerned.
/s/ THEODORE BABBITT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/11
CIA-RDP81-00706R000100190014-6