NOTES ON IP MEETING 27 MARCH 1970

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2002
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• Publication Date: March 27, 1970
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Notes on IP Board Meeting
27 March 1970
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1. Security control of Willis Ware's (Def. Science Bd ) report
on Security of computer systems.
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IQS, (in attendance) sought coordination with
IP Board on draft memo to DOD stating CIA recommends the
Ware report be considered UNCLASSIFIED but controlled by
Official Use Only". DOD proposed no controls (UNCLASSIFIED).
I said he was under great pressure from DOD for an
immediate answer from CIA... in that the document was
already at the printers.
Considerable discussion... but no member of the Board
had personally read report. (Present version of report became
available to CIA on 13 March 1970.)
Basic question seemed to be whether or .not the uncontrolled
issuance of this report would increase the vulnerability of our
computer systems to unauthorized and.illicit penetration.
draft memo suggested it would; this in turn raised
question of the adequacy of the proposed "Official Use Only"
caveat.
It is apparently unclear whether or not open literature
already contains the same information as the Ware report.
Chairman pointed out that the IP Board was not competent
at this meeting to assert whether or not the Ware report would
increase our vulnerability to penetration. The Board's
discussion showed a co.ncensus that if in fact the Ware report
was dangerous to intelligence methods it should be classified
and the draft memo would. best be revised accordingly. The
Chairman suggested. Ocheck with OGC re possible legal
basis for CIA objection to uncontrolled publication. Finally,
he instructed IP&E Team to review the report and. feedback an
opinion on this classification question.
Action: IP&E Team to review the Ware report and discuss its
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2. Feedback from Chairman's briefing of Executive Director-
Comptroller and Deputy Directors:
Some of the feedback from this briefing:
- Need constructive attitude re community
concerns and efforts.
- CIA's technical experts should be called
on when appropriate to lend their weight to certain
CIA positions in community matters.
- IPC's to wear CIA-wide hats in Board's
deliberations as much as feasible.
- Agency needs centralized consideration of
intended increases in ADP resources, even if already
budgeted.
- DD/S&T said he feels DCI sometimes is not
aware of significance of'ADP inputs to Agency activities.
The Executive Director-Comptroller urged, each DD to
try to make the ADP contribution clearer when briefing
DCI on such activities.
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3. Policy Paper on ADP Approvals:
Most members felt some dollar threshold was needed on
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which was accepted.
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suggested extension of last sentence of para. 2 to
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include mention of certain .no.n-ADP devices (photographic, etc.) .
General agreement that the reference to OCS in para. 3. e
should be placed in clearer context... or eliminated entirely.
suggested procedure should show that proposals
pass through IP Board on way to Executive Director-Comptroller.
desired. wording covering additional devices for last
sentence of para. 2. IP Board will reconsider paper
at next meeting.
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4. Policy Paper on Systems Support Services
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said paper was written to reflect three goals previously
discussed by IP Board:
a. Develop Systems Support Services skills
in-house; minimize dependency on commercial
suppliers.
b. Avoid duplicate tasking of commercial suppliers
by our various ADP centers.
c. Avoid efforts in each ADP center to build up
full range of systems support skills; instead, maximize
use of such skills in OCS to support other centers.
Considerable discussion. Agreed to rewrite the paper to
concentrate on the following theme: Do job locally if you can. If
can't handle locally, turn to OCS for help. If OCS can't handle
it with its staff, then OCS will task commercial source (thereby
avoiding duplicate tasking). '(This channel to commercial
supplier via OCS will be normal for IBM assistance; exceptions
as appropriate will be made by OCS in cases involving other
commercial suppliers.)
felt wording of footnote which defines "systems support
services" was too broad.. agreed to draft a new definition
which would better identify the range of services under consideration
here which OCS might be called. on to provide.
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to re-draft this paper per the above.
to phone in suggested. re-wording of footnote on page 1 of
draft. IP Board will reconsider at next meeting.
Note: Two earlier drafts of this paper were reviewed and discussed
at length by the IP TECH Group. TECH Group attitudes
ranged from full acceptance to near full rejection of the
thrust of this policy. With the submission of the present
draft to IP Board today, further consideration of this
policy is now back under the IP Board... where the
policy concept originated.
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S. I.G. effort in ADP
Chairman explained I.G. has been asked. by DCI to look
at the "problem of information handling".
Plan still being shaped, but team will undertake several
inquiries. Some possibilities:
- System through which State pulls together daily
data on cable flows.
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Report -- for possible follow-ups.
- Intelligence requirements ... and how they relate
to inflow of data to CIA.
- Field. reporting procedures... and how to
streamline and simplify.
- Information flow in relation to decision making in
CIA (MIS-type of thing).
- Possible inputs to long-range ADP planning.
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said the "problems" this team is intended to study
do not seem to be very clearly defined. He said he feels there is
a need for 4 or 5 solid professionals in systems work at the DCI
level to perform such studies if we are going to attempt same.
Action: Chairman is to invite to a subsequent
meeting of IP Board. to discuss informally his purpose
and plan of proceeding... and to elicit suggestions from
the IPC's on how to make this I.G. effort as productive
as possible.
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9. COMCET Message Concentrator
concentrator in the near future. Basic purpose: bridges the
interface between the computer and all the remote devices.. .
including UNIVAC 9300 communications computers.
said OCS hopes to acquire a COMCET message
COMCET system will replace some black boxes (control units)
in OCS and will move some of the CPU's work out of the COMCET
equipment.
a. Perform functions (more flexibly) now performed
by hard-wired control units... e.g., changing form and
speed of signals as required to move from remotes to
CPU and vice versa.
b. Perform some low-level tasks now performed
by the CPU... reducing the workload on the CPU by
perhaps as much as 5%.
c. Concentrate signals from several separate wires,
multiplexing same to move on over single line.
He said COMCET should. make it easier for OC to design
data circuits for Headquarters Building because COMCET
rationalizes the remote-to-computer interface problem. A
central switch for data circuits for this building may still be
required. COMCET is. .not visualized. as performing that
function. ... although perhaps it could to some extent.
Chairman said he wanted to be assured that Comoro was fully
exposed to this COMCET plan... and that Cornmo concurred.
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been invited by OCS to all briefings with contractors and had
been given the technical documentation by OCS. He said he
sees COMCET as an ADP front end rather than a communications
facility. He said. he didn't know. what further coordination with
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Commo was desired but he was willing to do whatever was
needed in this regard.. I said Commo feels coordination
has not been adequate.
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During the discussion, it emerged. that there are multiple
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organizational structure and that perhaps this fact has impeded
full coordination, said he thought 1 :1 25X1A
(recently ass ig.ned full-time to the data circuitry. problem...
in one of two slots provided. to Commo for the purpose by OCS)
was the proper liaison point. He asked for clarification on this.
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to seek agreement from Commo
this.. , and to inform OCS who that person is. OCS then
to contact that person and work through that person with
Comoro to fill whatever gaps in coordination may still
exist. (Comma to specify what the gaps are.) OCS's
formal request for approval of the COMCET acquisition
should evidence full coordination with Comoro.
on a single point of contact for technical matters such as
10. IHC's File and Program Catalog ?
Chairman asked if components were having any problems in
proceeding to update CIA entries in the File and. Program Catalog.
Response: "No problem... yet".
Action: Change cards and listings due in O/PPB by 20 April.
(Due from O/PPB to DIA on 1 May.)
11. BLIP File
Chairman asked if DD/I and DD/S&T had completed plans
for exploitation of NPIC's BLIP file. said this is being
worked on; remote query from Headquarters of this file on
NPIC computers will require communications facilities not
now in operation, and would have quite an impact on NPIC
workload.
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12. Problem Areas for the IPB
List of 8 problem areas handed, out... for subsequent
discussion by the Board.
Purpose: to come up with short list of most important areas
for IP Board's attention. Please review.
13. Next Meeting of IP Board: Thursday, 9 April 1970 at 10 a. m.
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