AGENCY ASSISTANCE TO US FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPONENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100160003-1
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 15, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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15 August 1973
NOTE FOR : ODDI
SUBJECT Agency Assistance to US Federal,
State, and Local Government Components
Reference: Your request, and draft regulation
(this subject) of 25 July 1973
1. Such a Regulation would affect CIA/
DDI/SRS only with respect to two small unclassified
projects: (a) participation in the USC/FAR
interagency committee on external research, and
(b) CETA (Chinese-English Translation Assistance
project).
2. These items could be covered easily
(and perhaps other DDI activities as well) by
addition of the following sub-section to the
draft's para. 7:
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"e. for routine or regular non-
sensitive assistance to various
USG inter-agency organizations,
groups, committees and the like (e.g.,
CETA, USC/FAR . . .)"
3. If such a sub-paragraph would not
suffice, then summary description forms
(attached) would have to be appended:
a. One for USC/FAR (previously
submitted for a checklist of
Cheers,
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Hal Ford
Chief, DD/I Special Research Staff
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Who requested it, and when?
USC/FAR (Foreign Affairs Research), Executive Secretary,
Mr. Ray Platig (State).
Due date: May 1974
Who is handling the request? (Include office and telephone extension)
Hal Ford (SRS/DDI, Ext. ~ CIA's Representative to this 25X1
inter-agency committee on external research. Alternate Representa-
tive is of SRS.
What is involved? (Brief summary of what is needed, plus any
available background)
Annual CIA Report to USC/FAR. CIA is an Observer (not a
Member) of this group. This entails preparing an.annual report,
each May, of those projects which the CIA has contracted out in
the behavioral and social sciences. (Hardware, tradecraft, and
sensitive contracts are not included.) In practice this is a small
chore, involving the reporting of only five contracted items this
FY (1-OER; 1--OSR; 1.-OSI; 2-ORD). This all goes easily and-coopera-
tively, within both CIA and the inter-agency group. USC/FAR's
Chairman, Ray Cline, is making progress in bringing greater order
to this long-dismal business; no strain re CIA interests.
Hal Ford also represents CIA in various meetings and activi-
ties of this group during the year; eight. other CIA officers
participate in occasional meetings of the group's subcommittees.
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Directorate DD/I
Component Special Research Staff
Project CETA (Chinese-English Translation
Assistance)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Description
CIA involvement in CETA began in 1966, r rh n
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asked the DDI to be the action officer
cooperaLind with other government agencies (mainly
NSA and Air Force) in developing a good Chinese-English
Dictionary. In September 1971, with extensive machine
assistance, the first edition of a coordinated
Chinese-English Dictionary was published. Now CIA is
one of 12 USG agencies involved in a joint effort to
develop and refine this Dictionary. In addition,
some 37 linguists from various academic establishments
cooperate in this task. The CETA Group is presently
chaired by Mr. John S. Aird, Department of Commerce.
CIA monetary t to date has amounted to
an initial outlay of in NIPE funds. Subsequent
CIA contributions to the CETA Maintenance Fund have
amounted to per year for FY's 1973 and 1974.
(During FY's ivio and 1974, has been contributed
by other US Government agencies; certain of these
agencies have additionally donated various CETA-con-
nected services.)
In terms of personnel, one SRS and one DDO
officer represent CIA in the CETA Group, and in coordi-
nating the contributions of various CIA components
concerned with CETA: ORD/DDS&T, FBIS lexical-linguistic
assistance, OJCS programming and machine assistance,
and Printing Services Division. For details contact
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