LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ALBERT C. HALL FROM W. E. COLBY DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000100120004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 4, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Albert C. Hall
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)
Department of Defense
Washington, D. C. 20301
Dear Al:
I anticipate no problems in providing the CIA EVENT file to
COINS as requested in your 21 January memorandum. I suggest that
your office arrange meeting ween potentially interested Com-
munity users d of CIA's Office of Weapons Intel-
l igence to define the data and r .intenance schedules
required to provide maximum COINS utility. Following that, we
estimate that approximately six weeks may be required to perform
the necessary computer programming to prepare the file for COINS
access via the NSA system.
Sincerely,
vs/; 'ill
W. E. Colby
Director
CONCUR:
Deputy Director or Intelligence Date
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1 - DDCI w/basic
1 - Exec. Reg. w/basic
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1 - EO/OWI w/basic
1 - DD/OJCS w/basic
1 - D/DCI/IC w/basic
i - DDI File (Defense) w/basic
C1)- DDI File (COINS) w/basic
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20301
Honorable William E. Colby
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Bill:
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Last September, as, a result of a recommendation from the
COINS Files Working Group, I asked for your consideration of the
CIA FORCES file for community use in COINS, and your support
was greatly appreciated.
The working group has now informed me that there is high
community interest in the CIA EVENT file. The CIA member of
the group has reported that the technical and financial implications
of making this file compatible with the NSA system appear to be
minimal. Therefore, I recommend your favorable consideration of
this file for COINS, so that we may continue in our efforts to achieve
a user--oriented data base.
Sincerely,
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Albert C. Hall
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