CHIVE NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2002
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• Publication Date: December 13, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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CHIVE/C-328.66
13 December 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Reference
Director, of Computer Services
SUBJECT CHIVE Newsletter, November 1966
Management
o for many years a China analyst
in ,eography D vision, OBI, EOD'd with the Task
Force on 5 December.
o Contributed to an Agency report to the Bureau
of the Budget titled "Accomplishments in the:Manage-
ment of ADP."
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o Two CHIVE prograxmners, 25X1 A
I I were detailed maunxne uppor Division
to assist with testing and operation of the newly
installed 360/30 computer.
o Discussions were held with Office of Security
representatives concerning CHIVE proposals on
Physical and Personnel. Security CCHIVE/w-21-6(5 and
CHIVE/1-1-22-66).
o Final Task Force contributions were made to the
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study.
vstem Design
Management Data
o Management Information procedures and responsibility
for the SKAN MI reports have been assumed by the
SKAN unit.
GROUP I
Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassification
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o The program for Page Reader inputs has been tested
satisfactorily. SKAF is now in the process of
indexing and transcribing for Page Reader input
now scheduled to begin on 3 January.
Maps and Graphics
o A survey of Graphics Register's ground photography
processing was completed during the month.
Location Dictionary
o Two SECRET level copies of the Location Dictionary
for Communist China were produced for OSI/GSD for
use by
Queryin Procedures
o The first draft of a paper describing the querying
procedures peculiar to the Intellofax System has
been prepared.
Source Formatted Data
o SEAN is making an article word count on the publica-
tion Plant Data on Communist China. The purpose of
the count a.s to ete tine the feasibility of the
SFD approach.
PrSLgraM Design
CDAD Lanquaae
o The rough draft of Communication/Data Analysis/
Display language and capabilities has been completed.
Unconditional Fi a Maintenance
o Seven of the eleven file maintenance modules are
in the coding stages.
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Miscellaneous
o CHIVE staffers continue to attend the weekly COINS
Biographic Subpanel meetings.
o ORD personnel were briefed on the CHIVE content
indexing language and areas where ORD could provide
research support to facilitate the indexing process.
? attended two meetings of
r-ne IDDII Information Processing Coordination Committee.
o briefed members of OBPAM's Information
Processing Staff on CHIVE activities.
rector
dtlVE Task Force
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