DELETION OF DATA LINK TO WEATHER CENTRAL, OMAHA, NEBRASKA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00961R000100160107-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: February 3, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
0717-64
bruary 1964
to Weather Central
putt'
.ba. Nebraska
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1. R eIrnc
above. Recent chang
Automation Division. suppo
quiroment for a magnetic
and Weather Central, (W cE
these changes are:
back-up facilities at Defense Intelligence Agency (DI A),
Arlington hall.
ersation 25 January 1964, subject
a the concept of operation for the
GSA operations preclude the
pe transport link. between
Omaha, Nebraska. Specifically
a. The WECEN IBM 7094 Computer will not be needed,
4, as a backup for the Agency IBM 7090. The office of
:omputer Services (OCS/DDS&T) has arranged for convenient
converted for use on the IBM 1410/1401 co-located wl
,. Many of the Automation Division progra
1410/1401 complex the actual time for production effort w11
not exceed the running time, transmission time and handling
agency IBM 7090. Although running time may longer on the
produced on WECEN's IBM 7094.
c. ?CFI will not maintain updated programs used
by 08A. The problem of continuous update is significant,
plus the orientation of WECEN progr era in new programs
4 veloped by the Automation Division.
Simplified procedures for coordination and
ospl tion of weather information on OXCART Flight Plans
have been developed to allow transmission of the small
f required data by normal teletype (KW-26) trans-
2. Changes in the methods of obtaining and updating
weather data from ECEN by the Weather Staff/t through
fimile transmission and simplified teletype formate negate
the ?ee uirem=ont for a data link for this purpose.
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J. Any future requirement for this data link should
ilable to s at this time is not sufficient for me to
Center and would fall in the same. category as
ced on requirem is in support of the Satellite
e other proposed data links for this purpose. Information
magnetic tape transport lint between the Automation
OSA and O 1,N.
nation of this link will provide savings of
` r the ra i ader of ?V64. The F ' 65 savings will approz
approximately $149000 for rental of magnetic tape
$45,000. These savings will not prejudice the operational
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