SUGGESTION NO. 64-10

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00314A000600050014-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 13, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
13 June 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Suggestion Awards Committee
SUBJECT
: Suggestion No. 64 -10
1. There is absolutely no q isstion of the present, and future,
importance of the computer to the Soviet (and other) society (ies).
There are, of course, requirements for information on Soviet com-
puters and their applications, but to re-emphasize the point, a recent
high-level study on one of the highest priority subjects--the Soviet
ABM problems--notes that the computer is the nerve center for any
ABM system and states the need for details about computer equipment
and programs involved therein.
2. Also, Soviet attention to the potential of cybernetic applica-
tions in all aspects of Soviet society is well known. The degree of
their interest in "information services" alone can be seen in the
designation of improvements in information services as goal no. 3 in
a list of the five main goals of the State Committee of Ministers of the
USSR for Science and Technology.
3. It is highly possible that the approach suggested in paragraph
4 of 64-10 could have some payoff. In the past, the Soviets have ex-
pressed considerable interest its information exchange through both the
International Federation of Information Processing Societies (IFIPS)
and the Federation Internationale De Documentation (FID). With the
complexities of third-generation hardware and the overwhelming interest
in tune-sharing, multi-tasking, remote-query, on-line systems, user
groups in this country (such as IBM's SHARE and GUIDE groups) are
major media for exchanging experiences and improving one's own pro-
grams. Other countries are just as vitally interested as we. Why not
capitalize on that interest--such collections can result in mighty
inexpensive intelligence data.
/5/
CHARLES A. BRIGGS
Director of Computer Services
SECRET GROUP
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