TRIP REPORT; CODIB VISIT TO GERMANY

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• Publication Date: October 11, 1962
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CODIB-D=98/3
it October 19,52
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARI)
COMbUTTEE ON DOCUMENTATION
Trflp-rt:CODIB Visit to t3ermauy
Attached for the record, is a report ct CODIB attendance at the IFIP
Congress 62 In Munich from 27 August - 2 September 1962, and subsegluea t
:visits to EUCOM Inatallations4
4n Paul A. Borel
chairman
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CODIB Visit to Germany
27 Aug - 5 Sept 1962
ID IFIP Congress 62 (International Federation for Information Process ,
Munich, Germany, 27 August =1 September 1962
1. CODIB attendees included: Paul A. Borel (CIA, Chairman); Lowell
R. Dailey (DODIDDR&E); John F. Kullgren (Army/OACSI); Capt. Donald F.
Seaman, USN (ONI), Dan B. Dyer (USAFIAFCIN); Maj. Wallace R. Smith
(USAF/AFSC); Dr. Samuel N. Alexander (NBS);
2. Congress attendees numbered 2600 from 41 countries, including the
Soviet Bloc. Formal presentation (often in 4-6 parallel sessions), symposia,
and panel discussions were held in the Technische Hochschule; opening and
closing sessions and an equipment display (IFIP Interdate) were held at the
Ausstellungspark. Social events included a party at the L&wenbrlukeller:
opera (The Abduction from the Seraglio-Mozart) at the Altes Residenztheater;
,,,r banquet at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof; and excursion to Innsbruck via Lake
Starnberg, Garmish-Partenkirchen, and Mittenwald, with return via Kufstein.
3. An exhibition of relevant books and periodicals Was held in the
Technische Hochschule. Preprints and abstracts of papers presented were
obtained and, along with the Program, List of Participants, titles of books
exhibited, list of manufacturers represented at Interdata, and other related
literature, are available in the ADP Collection of the CIA Library. Con-
ference Proceedings will be published by the North-Holland Publishing Com-
pany of Amsterdam early in 1963. The next Congress will be held in New York
City in May 1965.
4. Languages of the Congress were English and French; simultaneous
translation channel phones provided a choice of these two plus German and
Russian. A fair amount of session-hopping was done by CODIB attendees
to get as broad a view of the Congress as possible. Sessions attended in
totoor in part included:
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Automata Theory; Fast Memory Technology; Sysism Design;
Coding Theory; Modern Techniques of Language Translation;
Advanced Methods of Information Storage and Retrieval;
Pattern Recognition; Semantics and Syntactios; Artificial
Intelligence; Machine Learning; Programming Languages;
Languages for Processor Construction; Biological and
Psychological Aspects of Pattern Recognition; Programming
Languages and Their Processing; Real-Time Information
Processing; Information Retrieval; Linguistic An`lysie and
Mechanical Translation of Languages; Digital Communication;
and Artificial Perception.
5. No detailed summary of all the Individual papers heard will be attempted
here; the pre-prints and abstracts are available. Over-all impression was that
of a preponderance of U. S. delegates and clear U. S. dominance in the field,,
but with a massive potential developing In many other co-tries and with a
growing awareness of the need for education In the field, as reflected by the
establishment of a Chair for Information Processing at the Technische
hochscbule,, and plans to encourage Inclusion of this subject in the students'
curricula,, as well as the establishment of a new IFIP Technical Committee on
Education. Nothing of startling consequence was noted. but several individual
papers were of interest in their presentations of theory (automata, coding,
artificial Intelligence, switching, etc.) or of experimentition (pattern
recognition, programming, etc.) directly related to Cointmunity problems.
Perhaps most disappointing was the lack of challenging comment on informa-
tion retrieval and on linguistic analysis; also there was over-emphasis on
computer aspects of Information retrieval. Most contra rersial,, as expected,,
was Prof. Bar=Rillel of Israel on mechanical translation, and most phlegmatic.
again as expected, was A. A. Dorodnitsyn of the USSR (although one source felt
that be was more frank In the presentation of his own paler than might have
been expected a~e 00-U-30236,377. 21 Sept M.
6. The Automata Theory session was an extremely technical one,,
including discussion of Idealized automata, Turing macbilnes, multiplexed
and restored nan (not/and) (see paper by A. W. Burks, USA), relieved in
part by a highly articulate presentation by L. S. Fogel, also of the U. S.
His main point was to concentrate on information from the present and
recent past and less on older material, for In the real world descriptors
change with changing experience; such an approach, be feels, allows for
predictability. Coding Theory was concerned mainly with error detection
and correction in communications, with Van Daauren of the Netherlands
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scoffing sm chat at the younger authors, stressing as c first step the need
for the mathematicians to translate theory to language understandable to
engineers. The Artificial Intelligence session was quite good, the effusive-
nose of V. M. Glushkov of the Computer Center of the U4crantan Academy of
Sciences being one of the surprises LR. B. His paper and subsequent comments,
however, were translated by E. M. Zaiitseff of the University of Michigan
although Z. said Gluebkov understood English very welC? Glushkov roferred
to another of his papers on selfmorganfhig systems, published in the Journal
of Computational Mathew In 1962, and to published proceedings of a 1962
Kier Symposium on Self=Organising Theory. He stated that machine trans-
latlon (MT) work was being done in his center and that a character-reaadlt g
device using a photorcnultiplier had been developed-, he didl not elaborate on
this device, saying it would more approprlaiely be coverod in the session
on pattern recognittion. *
17. The Programnn Language session was dissappcdnting9 particularly
since A. P. Yershm,'--ai the USSR, who was to have spoken on "Proposed
Extension to ALGOL-60", did not show /r, in other ses?ions, did V A.
Kovvelevskiy9 I.A. Melchuk9 0. P. Kusnetffiov9 O. F. Kvilag , A. A. Abrannov,
or A. A. Spirin;** A. A. Timofeyev was the third Soviet author present and
read his paper in Russian without follow-up discussion, Dorodnitsyn likewise
read Kulagina's paper and would not discuss V. The session on Biological
and Psychological Aspects of Pattern Recognition was interesting in its
#ec9lon of experimental work being done on stimulus generalization and
symbol recognition in animals. Papers by T. Bakal of Japan on phonetic
typewriter and by L. D. Earnest of the U. S. (MIITRE Corp. and SCIPS) on
machine recognition of cursive writing were well received in the session on
Artificial Perception.
8, in the equipment eshlbit, the only redly interesting items noted
were a Siemens & Haieke AG 1500 line/minute printer -and a Compagnie
des Machines Bull (Paretic" log-digitsl character recognition device.
It was not; however, see the brief discussion of pattern recognition
work by v . A ~ Kovalevs y of the Ukranian Academy of Selences Computing
Center, using a Kflev computer with flying spot scanner suggested by
Glushkove j t aa9rrent Research and Develo ent ion Scientific Doou-
mentation No. 10, Item 5.1.8 (National Science Foundation, May 1962)
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9. As always at such gatherings, new contacts developed in the off-
hours, particularly with U. S. company representatives who may be able to
contribute to the solution of individual problems in the Community's various
systems.
11. In connection with the phase-out of CIA support for the Georgetown
MT Project, the Chairman also visited the Project's office in Frankfurt.
This is a well organized key punch center, now running at a rate two-
thirds of its two million words per month. The preparation of input is now
primarily from Russian to English, In the field of atomic physics, for
EURATOM,
II. USAREUR Briefings
A. Slid: ar .
1, The CODIB group (minus Mr. Dailey, who returned to Washington)
left Munich on 31 September for Stuttgart, arriving for lunch at the Ludwigs-
burg Officers' Club, then were briefed for 2 1/2 hours on the Central Registry
files by Lt. Col. Epp and Maj. McCharcen. Other Service personnel included
Lt. Col. Frank Perkins of the 513th IC Op (recently assigned from Ft. Holabird)
and Col. Evans, the Commanding Officer.
2. The 4.5 million biographic card file is a manual operation of
significance in the CI world. Past cost estimates on conversion to machine
language have been too high to just* undertaking the task.; in addition the
system operators evidently feel that the manual system fey operating pretty
well. They have only recently started a project of grouping surnames,
physically Interfiling by group rather than by straight alphabetical arrangement.
B. Heidelberg
1. Arrival in Heidelberg at 1930 was followed by dinner at the Patrick
Henry Officers' Club and billeting at the Mark Twain Transient Hotel. Project
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Officer Major Cassell escorted the group to the USAREUR Intelligence Division
conference room an 4 September for an all-day briefing, summarized below.
2. After welcoming remarks by Col. Davis, acting for Col. Donaldson,
an organization and mission presentation was made by Lt. Col. Linden,
followed by a collection sources briefing (refugees, legal travelers, border
crossings) by Major Roth. Lt. Col. McKenzie spoke of the Executive Branch
maintenance of the library, a small collection of classified and unclassified
documents and publications. This unit controls purchase of books by the 513th
for ACSI or USAREUR. Contact with the Foreign Service Publications Officers
is not maintained in any regular or coordinating sense.
3. Mai. Kingsley of Production Branch discussed requirements of three
types: aD the USAREUR Intelligence Collection Guide (ICI) - long range or
standing requirements); b) Specific Requests for Information (SRI - of about
six months duration); c) Guidance Letters (elaborating on the ICD). Respon-
sive reporting dissemination is determined by USAREUR analysts who also
prepare coded evaluation sheets for machine records used for administrative
review in assessing collection activity. It was stated that: lateral field dis-
semination of raw reports to other USIB agencies does occur extensively.
Department of Army or other USIB agencies' requirements received are
first routed to analysts who determine whether the requirement is already
included In the ICD, or if not, whether it is valid and should be acted on.
Last year 50% of the reports received. from collection units were considered
worth distributing to Washington as R-reports. They are now in the process of
converting to the new DIA/SICR system: the ISC will be keyed to require-
ments; requirement numbers will be carried over for machine control in
DIA; a USAREUR requirements register is being established; country codes
used will be those of DIA, not those of the ISC. It was stated that since their
mission is to support CINC/USAREUR, there may be times when the priority
given a requirement in DIA might be changed in the field to fit their mission.
4. Local ADP developments were discussed briefly by Lt. Colo Linden,
who reviewed plans extending backward to 1957, culminating in a study
BSEADOG) which included an interim system recommendation for USAREUR.
ACSI was informed in April 62 of lack of capability to Implement the pro-
posed system. Part-time use of the Adjutant General's EAM equipment is
made for personnel, security, and collection evaluation materials. One
project (SALTINE) uses an IBM 1401 belonging to ASAE for extracts of
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priority one and two material. Use of the communication network for
dissemination of reports in the field was successfully demonstrated In
April 1962.
5. Maj. Cassell described in detail (with numerous gwaphics) the
evaluation of collection. Responsive reporting, keyed to specific require-
ments, is punched, with a monthly statistical printout going to the DCSI.
Analysts are captains and majors or GS-11?s Q0S?12 for CI reports).
Seven thousand elements (not reports) were evaluated last year. The
DCSI felt that this system has definitely paid off in providing tools for
administrative reorientation of targeting, evaluating sources, etc.
6. Finally, Mr. Caplarl described six specific data processing projects,
as follows-.
a. GDR railshipments: information controlled on single card
and heavily encoded; input of 200 cards/month, with monthly
printout. Cards destroyed after a year.
b.
Tactical rail supply project- Internal distribution Only.
Four hundred cards/month Input.
Air Reconnaissance (Stamp-pads)- equipment sightings;
six month data base. Locally-developed coding system
used; Involves trailer cards. Input is 3700 wards/month;
monthly printout, cumulated semi-annually. Distributed
to ACE.
GDR Installation (military)- A listing to provide common
identification base; assist in Interrogations. Published
once yearly and given Community distribution.
Da Crganization : includes FPWs sand perimnalities.
SALTINE- essentially an early warning project using 120
priority indicators. Input 1046 items daily to ASAE?s
1401. Weekly printout with monthly cumulation. Still
experimental - distribution internal only.
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111. IU$.~,F'E. Wiesbaden
1. Army staff cars were again provided (as they had been for travel
from Munich), to take the Group from Heidelberg to Wiesbaden arriving
at about 1830 4 September; billeting was at the transient Visitors" Hotel
Von Steuben,. Project Officer Maj. Hank Sanders (former CODIB and
CODIBzpredecessor organizations alternate member) got the Group to
Lindsay Air Statlon?s Targets Conference Room for what developed from a
planned half-day to a full-day session.
2. Col . Robert Michaelis, Deputy Chief of Staff/Inte'lligence. after
Introductory words of welcome, summarized USAFE relations with others la
the area, including friendly foreign services. He was followed by Col
Schneider, head of the Warning and Estimates Directorate (1A1D, a group of
09 people divided into three divisions: Western Military, and Warning.
In addition to support of CINC/USAFE, lAl?s products are specifically
aimed at EUCOM and DIA requirements.
3. Col. Shaw (formerly of SAC and associated with 428L ezperimenta=
tionD. now head of the Collection Directorate stated that 90% of their work
was done for USIB components rather than the USAFE; resources are human,
electronic and photographic. Human sources projects mentioned included
EXTRA (American travelers to the Bloc) and NEW FRONTIER (reinterro?
gat ion of defectors, going back 15 years). Mechanization of requirements
is beginning but Is d ndent on Hq EUCOM plans. There is no plan to
mechanize responsive reporting ? this being too vast. Lateral disseminative
of field reporting was said to be made "as appropriate".
4, Lt. Col. Foley of AFSC spoke on the Foreign Teeobnology Division
({FTD) Detachment 3 activities. Projects in which they are involved include
the following:
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6, Lt. Col, Glares; of the Tar?gettng Directorate described methods of
receipt, posting and tva$nsr tt l of targeting inlor ation? tnclls ng pf ?
lines to J-2 EUCOM and SHAPE., Card decks are maintafned in a data
base, ' some 2000 targets o Photo data is incorporated to UM FILE format,
&, Cola Jensen hoaadsi the now Data Processing D?r cor^ate, now
three months old; it was described by Major Saodors, An 1)BM 1410 with
at tae units and 1301 random access module is to be inotal).ed in January
19030 An outlay was necessary to pro ode for tte=lo with the
sipectal intelligence arreao Thaoy do not plan to do indent l or d cumenta ;
they do plan to get machine fuck s from WashAngton or eels whdre in
U. S.
, Mr. LaMcrnta of n M Qsiso with 438L a rtenceD oWtPhlOd the
contractor work slat ement for the Data Processing D6rwitorat e as follows:
aa? :nest ate preaentt all-sos. rce data handling within t hto DCS ; bD recommend
more efficient explof ation of resources wfithtn DC&; c) r'ec d tech=
rues for acceptance of new oz modified intellslgence inputs; dt) plan for
Increased utilisation of the vduianinouas data in the 0901st;, OD plan for more
effective utilisation of materfis)i from the 7000th Qnraw 18C coded); f) crate
all-source data bane; gD mechannfte OBI s; hD plan for antomvNa preparation
of reports; iD prepare schow, ft was stros sd that OR this is not for
:mall ence IsteLn desf but speoWe operational problem solririgg0 IBM d
At was le 0 has the emcluss'e ADP coultrractor role fare Air Force to Es rope..
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8 ~ Finally, the Group was briefed by Dr o Mills on the ELINT Center;
to* a brief walk through the computer facUllty of the Data System and
Statistics QAdmtn)) component; and at about 1700 wound up then CODIB phase
of the trap, each proceeding on his own back to Washington or off on other
business. Messra. Bored and Dyer, accompanied by Colo Michaelis. paid
a courtesy call on LL Gen. Montgomery, Deputy CINC/USAFE, Col,
Gibbons, formerly of FTD now assigned to USAFE, also spent full-time
with the Group
IV o _ft.. EUCOM Brtefln Parts
1. Messrs, flow to Paris on 6 Septsm*er for a briefing
by J'2/EUCOM at Camp DeLoges on their plans for a study of Information
processing activities across-the-board an DOD components an the European
Theater, Sauce several of the CODIB members were present at a EUCOM
seminar in Frankfurt during the week of 20 August in which plans for the
EUCOM study were ktakedoff, no detaIed comment will be made.
2. Cole Sinrrod, USAF, d=2/EUCOM, with whom arrangements for
the. visit had been made, had been called to Frankfurt hence
has deputy, Col. Baumgardner, USAF, who is also Chairman of the Steering
Committee conducting the EUCOM study, served as the project officer for
the briefing; introduced Col, Northam, USA, newly arrived Deputy JW2;
called the Steering Committee together to meet with the visitors; and went out
of has way to be helpful. Two boars to one-half day had been expected with
EUCOM; actually the Steering Committee Vols. Baumgardner, Statter QUSAD,
Keller (USAF), Shookey (USA); Capt. McGow n JUSND; Lt. Colo Casey
QUSAF/WAF); Maj. Seymour (USA-; and Cdr, Kearn ((USE F spent the full
day with the travelers
3e The morning and early afternoon were devoted, at the Commatte??s
request, to a briefing by on SCIPS experiences and procedures to
date o Comsaderablo discussion and qo tioniing enns , ttif, u3 W J26-
that that to view of the tight EUCOM deadline for completion of the study
0 Nov 62), there was probably little now that the F. CIPS effort could contribute
to them, but that their investigations would probably benefit SCIPSO Colo
Ba ngardner said they would welcome SCIPS represent ves for subsequent
deetafiled discussions and field survey,
4, Coll, Sherwood did most of the briefing on the EUCOM study plans
He said that they had organized several part-time Working Groups, each
chaired by a member of the full4ame Stee=ring Committeee, as follows:
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a)) Requirements and Collection (Colo Shockey, USAREUR)); b)) Current
Intelligence and Indications (Colo Baumgardner)); a)) Targets (Capt.
McGowan, USN); d)) Data Base (U. Cola Casey )); e)) SIGINT (Mr. Fordham,
ASAE).
5. Fact-gathering on Tile holdingsr formats, and procedures in Hqo
EUCOMB each Command, and subordinate components Is now under way.
Of speoifio interest is duplication in file holdings, If ant's as well as
duplication in processing. An estimated 10,000 file format: returns are
expected. A command decision on the data base I. expected prior to
proceeding with the rest of the study; a centralized database In Hq.
EUCOM is not planned. A decision on the degree of mechanization re-
quired and the phasing of such will be made.
6. Prior to disbanding, Cole Baumgardner stressed the importance
of attention to the damap assessment problem. Colo te:rwood asked for
(and has now been sent, via the CODIB J-2 representative;) six copies of
CODIB-AR.44 for the Steering Committee. He was also interested in the
recent USIB policy on machine-language data base eatablia bment (USIB-
D $9 a 5/14 D 25 Jun 62)) and on any Joint Staff or DIA current activity in
report format standardization; these two items he planned to pursue through
J@2 channels. This then ended the trip, gig on to London
returning to Washington.
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