LETTER TO (SANITIZED) FROM HARRY E. FITZWATER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R000700910041-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: March 16, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL..INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington, D.C. 20505
16 MAR 1983
trrSLington, D.C.
I found our 3 March meetinq on your Jason Project proposal
quite informative. I believe your efforts to create a domestic
supercomputer capability address an important national concern.
There is little question that the availability of a domestic
supercomputer of the type your proposal describes would be a
significant national security asset. This agency is closely
monitoring its requirements in the supercomputer area. At this
time, however, we do not have a validated supercomputer
requirement. Unlike some other agencies, we are fortunate that
commercially available hardware can generally be expected to
satisfy the majority of our RDP requirements.
We, therefore; ibietfleve it `a y1d: ip ?e; a$prg pi~ e,:>fq ZIA-
to take the ttiit~ia~ttve~ Yri i'ii a tb e'ct such' as yours. The
National SO'CUri-]= A4tiicy'or other Department of Defense component
would be mare-sifted as a lead agency.
_T~ ' !! `y6U once again for sharing your plans with us. We are
very interested in supercomputer developments and will follow
yotii, lprocjrdiib -ei\46841(: 'P1 #e be 'as tired' that the goal of a
strong domestic supercomputer capability is shared by this
agency.
HaM F. F t7 er
Deputy Director
for
Administration
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