MINUTES OF THE COINS/SOVIET PERSONALITY PANEL 26 SEP 66

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2005
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• Publication Date: September 29, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: 29 Sep 66
SUBJECT: Minutes of the COINS/Soviet Personality Panel 26 Sep 66
1. The sixth meeting of the COINS/Soviet Personality Panel was
held. on 26 September 1966 at 1000 hours at CIA.
2> The following individuals were present:
NSA
DIA
DIGS
CIA CHIVE
CIA/CHIVE
CIA
3. The minutes of the fifth meeting; on 19 Sep 66 were read., corrected,
and, approved.. These minutes will now be published.
4. RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY .. The PFIAB Recommendation No. 2
contained, in White House Memorandum dated. 15 June 1965 directed that the
initial efforts of the Intelligence Community were to be directed. towards
the Soviet Biographic or Personality Problem. Therefore, one of the
major objectives in the COINS Experiment is to develop a long range program
for handling and. mechanizing wherever practical the Soviet Biographic
and. Personality files in the Intelligence Community. This problem is very
large, very complex and. very parochial, and it will not be solved, easily
or quickly. Therefore, the total problem must be cut up into digestible
chunks as it can not be digested all at once.
5. APPROACH - The Soviet Biographic and. Personality Problem in the
Intelligence Community requires a detailed, study of four separate operations
namely the sources, collection responsibilities and, techniques, files,
and, the users and their requirements. The small set of files in the COINS
Experiment will be used. as the basis for conducting a study in each of
the four areas previously mentioned and. will enable the COINS Committee to:
a. Uncover and, identify the problems involved. (e.g., Data
standards, name variants, and. variations, transliterations, etc.).
b. Develop and. recommend. a coordinated., community-wide set of
proposed solutions for handling each problem area.
o. Initiate a pilot community-wide program to test the proposed,
soluutionns.
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d.. Develop a set of tested. procedures anrl mechanisms for studying
the entire Soviet Biographic and, Personality Problem. in the Intelligence
Community.
6. FOUR AREAS TO BE STUDIES
a. Source
(1) Ca-L-e car ees of Sources - The sources of information
exploited, by the Intelligence C=nunity can be conveniently d.ivid.ed. into
the following three categories with the majority of it being derived, from
the first two sources.
(a) O aen SourceB - includes all those sources normally
open to the general public, such as books o journals, magazines, newspapers,
news dispatches, etc.
(b) Classified, Sources - Includes all those sources of
the Intelligence Ccanwd .ty which are not normally available -to the general.
public,
(c) Sensitive Sources - Are those sources which a. ?e
not widely distributed. even within the Intelligence CoaxnaacLnlty.
(2) Source Stud 9b aectives - There are actually two reasons
for examining source information:
(a) First, to determine the extent of duplication and if
it is excessive, develop a plan to eliminate the unnecessary duplication
in the future.
(b) Second,, to determine if there are a y gaps in our
sources of information with respect to Soviet Biographic information and.
if there is, identify the void, and develop a plan to cover it as quickly
as possible.
b. Collection
(1) Responsibilities - This will be a study to identify
collection responsibilities of each Agency and determine whether or not
these responsibilities are being adequately met and if not making appropriate
recommendation to see that they are adequately met.
(2) Collection Procedures ate. Te:hn1 s
(a) Examine the collection reT irene is and. procedures
for each source indicating amount of control the Intelligence Ccnuni.ty
can exercise indirecting the collection effort (i.e., whether or not the
effort can be directed.)
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12. Next weeks meeting will. be held at DIA. at 1000 hours on 3
October 1966 and. the agenda is as follows:
a. Name Variations
b. Military Ra.c. Codes
c. Military District Codes
d,. Military Service arid. Component Codes.
Chairman, COINS I/Soviet
Personality Panel
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