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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00951R000200010014-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 6, 1969
• Content Type: OUTLINE

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Chapter I. Introduction f
Chapter II. Background
Chapter III. Expanding the Central Reference Cona'ept
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Chapter IV. Collection and Procurement of Ind lligence Materials
Chapter V. Document Processing
Chapter VI. Transition, 1957-1958
Chapter VII. Systems Experimentation
Chapter VIII. Foreign Documents Divisi,~n in OCR
Chapter IX. Customer Support
Chapter X. Intelligence Comnun~/ty Activities
Chapter Xi. Using the Compute/
Chapter XII. Conclusions
Appendix A - List of/ References
Appendix B - Detai;ed Chronology
Appendix C - Budget and Manpower Statistics
Appendix 0 - Selected OCR Publications
Appendix E -Cey OCR Personnel
Appendix F?'- Annotated Surveys of OCR
Appendix's - DCID's of Concern to OCR
Appendix H - Personnel Interviewed
Index
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Chapter I. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this 1953 - 1967 segment of the History of the
Office of Central Reference (OCR) is to describe the urther evolution of the
specialized research support activities developed OCR for the Central Intelligence
Agency. CIA,- eempar-ati_e__y4_unc _,_ n the anc-aIs _-the--U.S overnmen_t, was having
growth problems since its establishment in 19 . As the concept of a centralized
intelligence agency was new to the Governme t, so was the idea of a central reference service of the type being estab i shed by OCR, Ut4v
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r The mission o OCR was o ensure that the support given first to
1 CIA was speedy and efficient, and sec nd to the intelligence community? as
effective ma- -as available manpo er and time permitted. OCR had to demonstrate
that its central reference facili ies were first-rate, productive and comprehensive.
The assignment was broad in-sco and encompassed many facets.
Since the res rch elements of CIA were in a similar developmental
stage, OCR had its problems 'liciting from analysts the specific kinds of facilities
they required in support of/their programs. OCR encouraged user Aexpressions of their
needs. While some respond d and their comments resulted in improvements, OCR
developed its systems pr' arily upon estimates of optimum service requirements
based on problems arisi in responding to customer needs, or in providing a
facility not available elsewhere.
In the, intelligence community OCR developed a reputation for
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service through the use of a process that none of the members could match for some
years - an efficient system of processing and retrieving intelligence documents
not only by CIA but by all the other agencies releasing their material
to OCR. .eeny The OCR system was able to produce urgently the required
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documentation for a particular agency when_the product waA that of the requesting
agency itself, only its document retrieval system was ttiable to find the material
concentrated on developing more modern technique!r'of information retrieval, which "&
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resulted in diminishing services to the intellVgence community. There were two
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reasons for this: a) the development of retrieval capabilities by the other
agencies, and b) the increasingly stringent/budget cuts, required in part by
the training of personnel capable to har iss the computers, a v4 by the replacement
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of out-moded machine equipment for retrifval by computers? In the meantime, OCR v-y ,
was required to operate its existing s
The of OCR acts
stems with fewer personnel.
ities has been The details were L
almost innumerable. The history col rs only a small portion, intended primarily
to record some of the achievements; frustrationsRadproblems. Those who
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participated in th_mak ina t y during the years covered, probably
found their roles exciting and OPMJEt. dwv" 4A
This is a story of how OCR responded dynamically to rapidly changing
needs, pioneered in creating means to meet them, and made a substantial
contribution during the growth period of the Agency and the Community.
It is a story of initiative, flexibility and accomplishment.
During the last few years ~th e s9peof this -ham-thy, OCR
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