DRAFT OF COINS PRESENTATION FOR PFIAB MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00096A000300060019-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 1, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT Draft of COINS Presentation for
PFIAB Meeting
1. I worked over this past weekend with Messrs. Goulder,
Albrect and Solat preparing the attached paper on COINS. Also
attached is the letter of 25 September 1973 from Adm. Anderson,
PFIAB, to the DCI and Dr. Hall which is the immediate reason
for preparing the attached draft report on COINS.
2. George Hicken will be at the ASD(I) office this morn-
ing to review this draft and provide some attachments. I will
receive a copy of his input.
3. Dr. Albrect has just advised me by phone that Dr. Hall
is in general agreement with this draft. He also advises that
Hall would be?,?quite willing to have the final version of this
paper either a joint DCI/ASD(I) presentation or as a report
from ASD(I) as Executive Agent. Your decision is required
on this.
4. I am sending copies of'this memo tol and
Chuck Briggs. I am asking that both of them be prepared to
make any comments to you they desire tomorrow (Tuesday).
5. Today I will be writing a draft of a DCI statement
which will dovetail with the attached paper and amplify
certain points that I think the DCI should be making. I
am also developing a list of "tough questions" and proposed
answers which the DCI should have as back up material.
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;Acting airman,
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Atts (2)
Mr. Briggs
NCF Chrono
IC Reading! Board
IHC Subj File (COINS)
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DCI/IC 73-1269
7 November 1973
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SUBJECT Proposal for ASD(I) Participation in USIB/IHC
1. Red Morrison phoned me last evening on behalf of Dr. Hall. He
asked if a letter would be favorably received nominating Norm Solat as
ASD(I) representative in the USIB Intelligence Information Handling Com-
mittee. The proposed letter also reports that Solat and have been
working continually to develop a COINS plan and ASD(I) participation in
IHC would be helpful and a demonstration of further cooperation.
2. I think highly of Solat's capabilities. He has been cooperative
and effective. I would be happy to continue to work with him.
3. 1 told Morrison that I would consult my chain of command. My
personal view is to favor this. Since IHC is not typical of the substan-
tive committees, this would not have to be seen as a precedent for ASD(I)
participation in those other USIB activities, and a favorable response to
Hall could make this point if necessary.
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4. To illustrate, I think IHC is the proper forum to oversee the
continuing work of the present Data Base Working Group, chaired by Solat,
with participation by State, CIA, NSA, DIA and NPIC, and on which I am the
DCI representative. This group is concerned with the community-wide re-
view and improvement of files for COINS. As we get to asking the harder
questions as to the importance of such files as AEGIS and SOLIS to poten-
tial analyst users, we are going to run into some very strongly held
agency views on control of their materials and limitations on sharing.
I think these questions should come from a traditional USIB mechanism
that is more substantively oriented rather than a Working Group directly...
under ASD(I).
5. Another possibility: I think that if we can tie the possible
use of consultants under a USIB committee wing, we run less risk of ASD(I)
operating unilaterally. Moreover, IHC has in the past been heavily involved
with the USIB Security Committee in working on computer security. I think
we should use these means to get Hicken under better control on this subject.
6. Substantively and cosmetically, I think this makes sense. What
may I tell Morrison?
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DCI/IC 73-1089
25 September 1973
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SUBJECT Solat Inquiry re Membership on IHC
1. Norm Solat came to my office Friday afternoon, at his
request. We talked about the necessity for our working very
closely in the development of the overall COINS plan. He
acknowledged that ASD(I) has a very long way to go in putting
this together--the "architecture" as Foster called it at PFIAB.
2. With this burden on his mind, Solat expressed great
interest in participating in USIB/IHC, and seems to have jumped
to a conclusion that the IHC would be a useful forum for this
problem.
3. I responded that Solat should not press this subject
at our level. -I: explained that this is a policy matter for
the DCI and Dr. Hall, and that I must be careful not to muddy
the waters by an ad hoc action in the IHC which could establish
a precedent that the DCI might not wish to follow.
4. However, I told Solat that I had a second title--Infor-
mation Handling Coordinator, IC Staff. I suggested that Solat
and I should focus our present efforts on developing the
"architecture", and after we have the problem organized, we
could look at what needs to be done and decide what is the
most effective and politically appropriate packaging for those
tasks.
"architecture" of COINS.
5. Solat says that Goulder's-people are working on their
presentation to IRAC, which they anticipate will be called for
around mid-October. This will cover their financial proposal
for funding COINS in FY-74, and will be a status report on the
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