LETTER TO ALBERT C. HALL FROM LEW ALLEN JR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B01354R000100030003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 9, 1973
• Content Type: LETTER

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9 April 1973
The Honorable Albert C. Hall
Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Intelligence)
Room 3E 282
The Pentagon
Dear Al:
This responds to your letter of February 20, 1973 concerning
COINS and forwarding a copy of a study report undertaken in behalf
of IRAC, and also to your letter of March 29, 1973. The report appears
to be comprehensive, workmanlike and objective. I understand there
was some dissent on the subject of interactive capabilities for the system.
Subject to certain assurances, the DCI is prepared to accept the
recommendations of the report. In particular,
1. The ASD(I) is requested to take the responsibility as
executive agent for the COINS experiment under the auspices of the DCI.
Z. The COINS Project Office, which will remain at NSA, is
placed under the executive agent. Staffing of the Office may be community-
wide subject to agreement between our Offices.
3. The COINS project and funding be continued with the
expectation that:
a. The present system be upgraded to the TK level with a
target date of May 1. 1973. I am sending a separate letter to Agency
Directors informing them of this action.
b. COINS be purged of unused files and these files replaced
by the files of interest to the community, as identified in the study.
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c. COINS management reporting be strengthened to allow
evaluation of usage, timeliness, and effectiveness.
d. The COINS PMD submit a detailed plan for an upgraded
system which will address the weaknesses previously identified in a
cost-effective manner.
Your proposed terms of reference for a working group are satis-
factory. will be my representative at the April 10
meeting.
If there are any questions an this I would be happy to discuss them
with you.
Sincerely,
/s/
Lew Allen, Jr.
Major General, USAF
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