AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE OPERATION OF TECHNICAL TRANSLATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100090004-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 8, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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8 November 1966
Agreement for Cooperative Operation of Technical Translations
Based on the 2 November 1966 proposal of the Clearinghouse for
Scientific and Technical Information to CIA the following conditions
are submitted for mutual agreement of both parties to implement the
merger of Technical Translations (TT) and Consolidated Translation
Service (CTS)operations.
1. Management and supervision of the operation, to be known as
"Technical Translations," (TT), will be solely the responsibility of
JPRS (CIA).
2. The "Consolidated Translation Survey" (CTS) identification
(as an unclassified operation/publication) will be discontinued and
CIA will not be identified with the merged activity. To accent this
CIA will announce in its final issuance of the CTS (unclassified FOUO)
its discontinuance of the service "in the interest of avoiding duplica-
tion and achieving economy."
3. The Clearinghouse will provide and administer seven positions
and personnel in grades GS-12 (one), GS-07 (two), GS-OS (two). and
GS-04 (two). Such personnel will be employed with JPRS personnel as
a group with utilization of skills and specialties the responsibility
of the supervisor.
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4. JPRS will provide, beside management and supervision, such
additional clerical help as may be required including contractual
preparation of file cards.
S. The cabinets and card files for the TT indexes of authors
and sources will be moved to the JPRS location by the Clearinghouse
and constitute the initial working core for the merged operation.
CIA contributions will there after be maintained on a current
schedule and input from the existing CTS index will be forwarded
as quickly as review and selection permit.
6. A hard copy of all translations received by the Clearinghouse
for sale will be forwarded to TT/JPRS for indexing with the Clearing-
house "TT Number" applied for identification and will be so listed in
the current TT journal. All translation listings received by the
Clearinghouse will be forwarded to TT for inclusion in the Index and
published listings. CIA will similarly contribute via hard copy and
listings.
7. The "TT" journal will be prepared by JPRS/TT for semimonthly
publication to meet specific deadlines. The Clearinghouse will provide
for printing and dissemination within two weeks of the camera-ready
copy received from JPRS.
Cost of printing and dissemination will be born by the
Clearinghouse. JPRS will not participate in any profits accruing from
sale of the journal. CIA will receive free a token number (ISO) copies
to fill its immediate needs and will be privileged to over-ride at cost
for any additional copies required.
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8. Reference service for all request for information concerning
availability of translations will be serviced promptly and when involv-
ing an order for purchase will be forwarded with identification for
Clearinghouse sales procedure.
9. The TT operation will be reviewed every six months at which
time operational details may be revised, modified, or discontinued by
mutual agreement of Clearinghouse and CIA.
10* If for any reason in the future it becomes necessary for
oither Clearinghouse or CIA to abrogate this agreement, the TT Index
will remain immediately available to CIA either in fact or via re-
production of its holdings.
11. Procedural flow and other working level details will be
delineated in a supplementary agreement which will become a part of
the agreement as a whole.
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