USSR DATA BASE ACCESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00065R000100030031-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: February 26, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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Office of the Director
12 March 1987
NOTE TO: DDS$T
note is a bit amusing
in that the article that he sent you
was out of our S$T PERSPECTIVES. If,
however, he meant "are you working on
trying to access their data bases,"
the answer is definitely yes and we
have been since last steer. It is
not as straight forward as the article
implies it is, but we are continuing
to bang away at it. We have been
trying to work it out of our Antwerp
S&T Unit, but feel we may have to
centralize it h Vienna. We will
be talking to about it during
the upcoming ureau efs Conference.
Distribution:
Orig -Addressee
1 - D/FBIS Chrono
1 - RWM Corres file
1 - FBIS Registry
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
FOR COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS
AND INTELLIGENCE
Evan Hineman
26 Feb 1987
Subject: USSR Data Base Access
The attached article is of interest.
Assume you all are working on this.
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USSR: NON-BLOC ACCESS TO SOVIET DATA BASES
Key Points: The Soviet ADEC (Automated Data Exchange Center) interfaces with non-Bloc
computer networks through the DA TAPAKf rm of Finland and the telecommunications nodes of
Radio Austria and is accessed by CEMA countries through a system of NADECs (National
Automated Data Exchange Centers The Soviets plan to expand ADEC beyond the five Soviet
scientific centers currently linked to the system. according to a paper by O.L. Smirnov of the
Soviet Institute for Automated Systems and a report by Sauli Laitinen of the Technical Research
Center of Finland made available in December at the London 10th International Online
Meeting.
The Soviets have developed a computer-based network called ADEC, an information system
designed to attract increased non-Bloc interest in Soviet data bases. Through the ADEC system users
can access data bases hosted by the Computer Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences, INION
(Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences), IVTAN (Institute of High Temperatures of the
USSR Academy of Sciences), MCNTI (International Center for Scientific and Technical Information),
and VINITI (All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information). [Finland's Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and the USSR's State Committee of Science and Technology also have a cooperative
agreement whereby the State Research Center in Helsinki, using terminals with a cyrillic keyboard and
display, can do online searches of VINITI data bases over a packet-switched line. VINITI reportedly
offers online access to parts of REFERATIVNYY ZHURNAL and other data bases intended
specifically for non-Bloc users.] Soviet planning calls for the ADEC system to integrate other
information and scientific centers (not further identified).
Non-Bloc users can subscribe to the current ADEC. system through Radio Austria or DATAPAK of
Finland. ' CEMA. countries (including Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam) participate through individual
national links (NADECs).
VINITI - All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information
INION - Institute for Scientific information on Social Sciences
IVTAN - institute of High Teeperatnre of the USSR Academy of Sciences
MCNTI - International Centre for Scientific and Tei-finical Tnfornytion
The Current ADEC System
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ADEC's hardware consists of general-purpose microcomputers and personal computers that transmit
data at baud rates of 300, 1200, 2400, and 4800 over leased, dial-up, and packet-switched telephone
lines and modems. CCITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee)
telecommunications protocols serve as regulatory guidelines for ADEC communication with non-Bloc
information centers and computer networks.
With the planned use of advanced minicomputers and personal computers, the Soviets hope to
expand ADEC's capacity through the development of four interconnected local area networks (LANs).
LAN 1 will provide "local and remote" users with access to ADEC's shared information and computer
resources. LAN 2 will be dedicated to ACADEMNET, a computer network linking Soviet scientific
centers. LAN 3 will support the "internetwork" gateway node between Soviet information centers and
non-Bloc computer networks. LAN 4 is envisaged as a specialized network designed to support a
"distributed intelligent" gateway node. This node will feature a software subsystem that analyzes the
user's information requirements to develop an optimal search strategy, that modifies a natural or
applied language into a general command language, and that translates information retrieved from the
system's command language into the user's native language. Other LAN 4 software subsystems will
provide computer-aided training on the operation of ADEC hardware and software as well as file
exchange, electronic mail, and teleconferencing services. The software for the LANs will be compatible
with ISO (International Standard. Organization) guidelines.
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