LETTER TO ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. RABORN FROM DONALD F. HORNIG

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• Document Release Date: June 19, 2002
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• Publication Date: June 19, 1965
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dear Don:
I have your gracious Istt.r of 10 June 1965r ling the
Cl for the next year in connection
vities of the Office et Science and Technology. As you
Is peesently Assistant Director in charge of our Office
Lit which we are concentrating most of our
r applications En CIA? and! have discussed this request
carefully with my Deputy. Dr. Wheslon. Our general reaction to
such a request would be positive4 as we believe it important both
to support intragoverarnsnt enterprises and to give our own people
a broader exposure to Government operations.
A special problem arises in case H. has STAT
an able deputy, . I, who could noznaflv houIder
kis responeibilities for this period. Unfortunately, I I is STAT
leaving CIA and the Government this summer for family reasons,
and this is a major loss. There is really no one else in that office
who Cal1 step up to take 'place. Were we to send STAT
1 off on a year's assignment we would create a very
serious lack of leadership in the over-all CIA program Sc, application
of Automatic Data Processing techniques to the intelligence problen.
I believe this to be one of our most pressing problems, and trust
that you will understand my reluctance to move backward on it.
. Hornig
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Office of Science and Technology
Executive Office of ths Presideiat
Washington, D. C. 20506
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Sincerely,
/s/ "Red"
W. F. Reborn
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
WASHINGTON 20506
10 June 1965
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Dear Admiral Raborn:
I regret that our phone conversation was so hurried today, and
I appreciate your willingness to give my request further consi-
deration. Perhaps this letter can give you some of the added
information you need.
I am interested in the possibility of your lending the Office of
Science and Technology the services of your
Assistant Director for for about one year.
The job I have in mind would fully challenge and utilize Mr.
talents and experience in information transfer
technology.
His specific duties would include:
Through the mechanism of the Federal Council for Science
and Technology, act for OST to provide leadership, coordi-
nation, and evaluation of the total national R&D program in
information transfer technology.
- Act for OST in relations with the library community,
including spearheading a study of the U. S. medical library
system.
- Assist Mr. William T. Knox, of OST, in our national
information systems planning.
This office has assumed the primary responsibility for mounting
a broad attack on the problems of information systems supporting
science and technology. Mr. Knox, my senior assistant in this
area, has a very high regard for Mr.I_3 ability. It appears
to me that training, experience, and interests
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complement those of Mr. Knox very well, and I think the two
of them would be able to accomplish a great deal together.
I recognize that !fills an important job in the CIA,
and we will be glad to try to help you find a replacement if you
feel it desirable to go outside your own organization.
I will be back in Washington about June 21, and will call you
then. If you wish to get in touch with Mr. Knox before then,
please feel free to do so.
Admiral William F. Raborn,
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Sincerely,
Donald F. Hornig
Director
USN (Ret.)
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