COSATI MEETING, 16 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00097A000300030007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 21, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Cenmal Reference
SUBJECT: COSATI Meeting, 16 November 1966
Sumrnajr. Dr, Hornig chaired the first part of the meeting- Andy Aines will be
acting chairman until a successor to Bill Knox is named? Don Swanson will be a
consults. nt to Dr.. Hornig.
1, Dr. Hornig stated that he hopes to keep in closer touch with COSATI than
he did during Bill Knox's tenure. He has also asked Dr. Kidd of his office, who
serves as Executive Secretary of the Federal Council, to keep well informed on
COSATI activities. In announcing that Don Swanson of the University of Chicago
will serve as a consultant, he indicated that this would be in effect at least until
a chairman of COSATI Is named and might extend beyond that time, Bilk Kiox is
still available as a consultant, but in view of his new position there would be rist-
of conflict of interest.. His title at McGraw-Hill will be Vice-President and he
will have corporate staff responsibi" itty for advising and assisting management
in advancing McGraw-Hill interests in information systems and services..
2., llr. Hornig hopes that within the next year there will be more concrete
steps towards establishment of a na icnal information system.
I: Or, Cummings asked about the Federal Council reaction to the Knox
report on national systems, Dr. Hornig indicated that the Federal Council., had
not been fullly familiar with the nature of the problem but that during the meeting
the Council did agree that a small scale pilanning and coordinating group should
be established within OST. They also felt that more elaboration was needed
including an indication of what agencies or units should under take which tasks,.
Later in the meeting, Walter Carl= ,n was very critical of the paper that was
presented to the Council!, and stated flatly that he :lid not endorse it and fe&t
that much damage had been done by At,
4;, Waiters Carlson raised the question of! identifying which at the COATI
chairman. wears when he goes to a Federal Guncii meeting. I