SOVIET INTEREST IN THE SYSTRAN SYSTEM FOR RUSSIAN/ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAIRS

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• Publication Date: November 22, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
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SUBJECT: Soviet Interest in the SYSTRAN system for Russian/English
Language Pairs
REFERENCE: Memorandum from D/ICS, to DDCI 25x1
(DCI/ICS 82-38
As I told you on the secure line, we have now learned the following from
a. There was no demonstration of the SYSTRAN system in Moscow.
b. A representative from SYSTRAN was in Moscow and discussed
"language pairs".
c. However, neither the SYSTRAN Russian system nor the dictionaries
used by FTD and the DDO "have left La Jolla".
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SUBJECT: Soviet Interest in the SYSTRAN system for Russian/English
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DCI/ICS 82-3882/1
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-MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Director, Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Reply to Letter from David Burden of World Translation
Company of Canada Limited (WTCC) Concerning Soviet
Interest in the SYSTRAN system for machine translation
of Russian into English
REFERENCE: Letter dated 19 October from David Burden to the DCI
1. Action Requested: That you sign the attached letter to Mr. Burden.
2. Background: In his 19 October letter (Attachment 1), Mr. Burden
advised the DCI that Mr. Boris Antoniuk of the USSR Trade Council had
approached Mr. Burden's U.S. representative concerning the SYSTRAN system for
Russian-English machine translation. Mr. Burden, who notified his U.S.
representative that he was not interested in doing business with the Soviets,
informed the DCI for the record, that his company had never had possession of
the SYSTRAN systems concerned with Russian or any copies of the Russian
dictionaries used with those systems and had therefore not provided such
materials to any persons or institutions. Since this is not the first
correspondence received on this subject a brief account of the development of
the SYSTRAN system and its proprietor's dealings with the United States
Government is provided in Attachment 2 for your information.
3. Recommendation: That you sign the attached letter to Mr. Burden.
Rear Admiral, USN
Attachments (3)
1. Letter to Mr. Burden
2. Reference
3. Background Paper
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SUBJECT: Reply to Letter from David Burden on World Translation Company
of Canada Limited (WTCC) Concerning Soviet Interest in the
SYSTRAN system for machine translation of Russian into English
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