COMMENTS ON THE STUDY ON UTILITIES SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
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September 12, 1973
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S E P 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Logistics
SUBJECT Comments on the Study on Utilities Support
of Environmentally Sensitive Equipment
in the Headquarters Building
1. The Office of Communications agrees with the general
concept of consolidation of Environmentally Sensitive Equip-
ment (ESE). However, rather than converting prime office
space on the first floor of Headquarters, a specially designed,
leased building in an area within range of the Headquarters
microwave system such as should be given consideration. 25X1
A cursory study indicates that a reliable, secure, wideband
communications link, using microwave and leased lines, is fea-
sible and will permit the installation of I/O terminals in
Headquarters with the computers remotely located. If you agree
that this is an attractive alternative, we are willing to
participate in a more detailed study of this approach.
2. If the area for consolidation of ESE is the first
floor of Headquarters, there is one project, Cable Dissemina-
tion. System (CDS), which will impact the proposed relocation
plan and it, in turn, will affect the proposed relocation of
DATACOM. We have been tasked by the DCI to develop a system
which will consolidate and automate the various cable dissem-
ination functions of the Agency. The requirements for CDS
have been developed and we anticipate that a contract will be
let by January 1974. An estimate of the floor space required
indicates that the entire Cable Secretariat area plus some
space in the Signal Center will be needed for CDS. The power
and air conditioning required cannot be estimated accurately
at present, but we do know that there is not sufficient
reserve in the Signal Center supply to handle the expanded
requirement.
3. As a result of the implementation of CDS, the recom-
mendation that DATACOM be incorporated into the Signal Center/
Cable Secretariat-area will have to be modified. A program is
presently underway to replace the DATACOM facility and to in-
crease its throughput capacity. If its replacement is re-
located to the first floor, it would require 2,400 square feet
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of Environmentally Sensitive Equipment
in the Headquarters Building
of space, 27 kilowatts of power and eight tons of air condi-
tioning, four of which are chilled water. This Data Transmis-
sion Exchange (DATEX) System is scheduled to be operational in
August 1974, and present planning calls for installation in
DATACOM's sixth-floor location. If DATEX is to be installed
on the first floor, space will have to be ready for installation
of the system by May 1974. Otherwise, DATEX will be located on
the sixth floor.
4. It is recommended that separation of red and black
wiring be included in design considerations. All wiring for
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guidance on separation requirements.
5. This office has the responsibility to install and
maintain communications equipment located in the ESE areas
of the Office of Weapons Intelligence and the Office of ELINT
on the first floor of Headquarters, and we wish to point out
that plans presently exist to move these facilities to the
Operations Center in the near future. We assume that you are
aware of these plans, but wanted to mention them to ensure
that two moves of this equipment would not occur.
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