LETTER TO THE HONORABLE WILLIAM J. CROCKETT FROM RICHARD HELMS

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• Publication Date: January 27, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Williain J. Crockett
Deputy Under Secretary for
Administration
Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520
Thank you for your letter of 12 January concerning
your plans for developing the Foreign Affairs Information
Management Effort.
of course do all we can to be of assistance
and. will shake I I available to you on
epartiinent by mid-February.
mbursable detail. He is scheduled to report to the
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard ,,ems
Richard Helm s
Deputy Director
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pprove or ease
. Crockett
ud r Secretary for Administration
refers to your letter of 12 January, informing
me of your plans ?for developing the Foreign Affairs
Information 111 nag ent Effort and of your interest in
obtaining the services of
I am in complete., agreement that we should do all we
to promote meaning ul relations between information
systems developed in the community, and that your proposal
contributes to that end.',- We'll therefore be :glad to make
available to y on reimbursable detail.
ed for to turn over his
duties here in time to report..to the Department by mid-
February.
Sincerely,
Richard Helms
Deputy Directolr
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DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
JAN -121966
For the past year we have been looking at information hand-
ling problems within the Department of State and several of the
major foreign affairs agencies. The Bureau of the Budget assisted
in the study and three other agencies participated: Agency for
International Development, United States Information Agency and
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
The results of this examination have led us to a decision
that the Department should now devote resources to a continuing
information management program, the Foreign Affairs Information
Management Effort (FAIME). The Bureau of Intelligence and Research
will be an integral part of this program along with a new unit
devoted to the coordination of information systems between Foreign
Affairs Agencies, and to the development of common information
system components.
We well recognize that significant informational inter-re-
lationships are not confined to the agencies mentioned above, and
are therefore exploring appropriate means for the participation of
such other Departments as Commerce, Defense, Labor, Agriculture,
and particularly the intelligence community. One of our great
difficulties in advancing this program, and in modernizing Depart-
mental practices, is the scarcity of individuals with training and
experience with information processing systems and activities in
other agencies.
Mr. Richard Helms,
Deputy Director,
The Central Intelligence Agency.
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getting the interagency component of the FAIME program underway.
His knowledge of the Agency and intelligence community, and his
familiarity with our activities, would help ensure interagency
com atibilit and complementary development efforts. The loan
of on reimbursable detail to the Department as soon as
practicable would be most appreciated, and would be of benefit
I believe, to both of us awd the .ational effort.
in Mr. Borel's area of your agency. If you and Mr. Borel
would find it of sufficient mutual. interest to the Agency and
the Department, we would consider Q uniquely qualified
and experienced by his work on SCIPS and OCR to assist us in
Please feel free to call on me or Mr. Curtis Fritz of my
staff who will be pleased to provide any additional details about
the program you might desire.
One such person highly recommended to me is
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