MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: February 7, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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I February 1966
future quarto
CAVE Task 'o
plan for the
.soropan betwe
the CTP and
), it
Report for January 1966
.a ement approve a space a l loca-
-ce on the 2nd 'loor which i
the Task ?orc . In light
t;b rojected nuiiber of pe
n vT;~ r for which space had
=jai; a-reed by OCR Admin. that
assigned to C ` would be obt
ec ;
,d the number of
nd Floor space frozi 94 to
at all Possible, another
could be house
being given the prob.
on the weaker,,
the *=Option of
G24 toGO412and
ivied to 2E45 a xO
GEQ444.
The next :s ov+
the latter part of
space should :ae rready for occu
B. Inta. ar:x t on And
1. Phase
Group Chief$ and Di
and preli-}inry ;?9l
orientation n
Task Foy.
During the ; ^nth,
oL I
iary, all C': F personnel
aup were moved from c
. On 25 January the ?
programer trai
oIM01 t3 sc ci .1i .
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h
e av?aiiabl ;
', with hie
Eaclade t
d~~ ~r r mid
deg@v~srr6~,,,in
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Considerable effort was expended in determining
satisfactory a tam allocation for the `ask rorce
25X1/
idiat,t: -.-,>roblems and to identify sinifican
A schedule was set up leading to a complete review
of tasks in early Fey-.ruy, to be followed by large-
scale revision of` the planning and scheduling chaarts.
During the ntz' two management meetings were held to
olutior. at the hru ary review. Charts
for each 'ask, sfl wi q sub-talk elex nts, their rela-
tions with other tafk3, timing, and personnel, which
were prepared for ove rber's review, were being update d
at the end of the znth.
the new members the In
for their role by reading, attendance at
and by ur=_=~r'takin a co :prehe ;give list
ks and assign= nt . The U 1lte revision Of t
-ts schelo for rid-to-late February will give ua
an overview an( enable us to assess slippages so that
adustnts can he made.
jr OUP
1, days
13 d ays
days
its lid Floor space (see above).
rid
y and tol that
ire" o contact point for
de initial contact with E
have one assistant each in th
all-source seeuritj
or,
when it requires dec
The organi2al
Mont Delivery Sysi
an Physical .:
will be resolved
as appropriate. 25X1A
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Scurity
and space proposals for the Docu....
tainec. in CMVL/W-3-66 entail
cunt security questions; these
be ~~W
The task
- Who
physical, per-
The task team
bsence, fir. 25X1A
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The draft t :3k description, aid the draft werkin
on the au? ntation problem (as reported in
r review.
i reed all necessary security
-, days
Irogra=tin
Prgra inc was
programmer, assia
and
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The stop-word dictionary was co lated and key-
unnhed. A decisioxa was made to use t- he CODl Tazk
e z area code with the extension f the ac ,mini trati e
breakdowns for China and the USSR created by the
Current Xwarener=3 i .. The proposed security class
fiction and di.sa ination control codes were coordina-
ted with and op proved by the Header sta Input Forms
'e am .
he tear. is currently preparing a mock-up
C8 index for cispl y when steer interviewing
ext . o,tta. The input for .c-p can also
used in the pro raa ing effort.
joined the teas: on 24 January.
The prcres on the ror:.
the Current Awareness task is a
e that follows (Page 4). Sufficient information
en r eeiv -:i from the design section of the task
the projra :ing to proceed.
a complete list of area stop words is still need in
order to test the system.
1 day
2 days
1 day
20 days
1} days
19 days
of er xrosr=rs 32 days
5X1A
approved.
senior 25X1A
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,r he f sl vo r
Delivery Sys
nt.
Task
(C IMV1w- 3 .66) ,
ation
ran$ itt c4
wo 3M 2000 carera processors and associated
equipment were raved to area G T40 where a four-week
Document Delivery System test operation will be can-
ducted beginr4nc on 2 February.
The 12U r.vt Assistant ror ce trai rer nce
the Team Ch+irmrt, and visited the 25X1A
Vitro corporation to see the operation a
24c automatic aperture card printer.
days
15 days
days
4 days
ays
days
days
During the first week of Januar
was prepared h 4h contained a ditia:
terms and conditions for the leasing of the 91,
Reader System. ` h memo with attachnts was
warded to the Chief, S Operations Division for
study and preparation of a final memo for the Copt
Of f Ix
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b. 13C __4i ie t ,o:
The task teal hays completed reviow of
revision and reached agreement on its organ
tion and su _ ct coverage. A index to t o c,
is beiitg pre ar d with DAY; assistance. Plans
are Laing m e to test the tolete c o d e . ",tivirt
in= around t r;i dla of February. i icu
gent will used in this test..
Mlh days
16 days
14 gays
C. OrganizP-Ation !l2tionarY
The survey ci Agency aro uctior analysts
re-garding C ? Vz.' a organization selection criteri
was c 1et i during the mor't :. Most analysts
replied fav r ly with minor reservations. The
results of the survey will be lis d in r eb-
ru y and tr?3nonitted to OCR Registers for their 25X1 B
reactions.
12
i
o
ys
aye
$ ui.tih r ainalysis was done #
n erect in ildinr a dictionary. 25X1 B
Study has been limited qus tar o examining
what basic /purpose the dictionary should servo,
and what el . ntz of i for a
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included in it.
is felt that t
indexing and
a ditiona
asically, at this juncture it
4ictionar should serve as an
ification to l , rather th. n as
which swmzary--info ation ilex
can also be produced. Final decisions on the
dictionary's format cannot be made until the re-
sults of the uir nts Study (Task 19)
ntLuf
building
dpdent
adopted b,
Task Toaam
which these
o tasks have with the ormr.
nuary
ZInput t rfz -~ Mask
a. Header
Work cork
dbook 6f instruc
header forme, aird
input docu n ti .4
discussed VAth
Ja
. latter study will di
building of the dictionary.
;a njj~~ dictionary is also
Ion agree upon the final for-mat
Location and Organi ation Dictionary
k of 4 25X1
sore minor modifications have been noted
the six r;o .+ t d header forms, T he content
indexing for is scheduled to he pr_ pared for e
reader use J, n uch the es form as it we for the
CRIVE in exl. %v "sari ent
Meetings were held with (C? l 25X1
eteriat) (Coll c t. on Gu, .anc Staff) , 25X1
STATSPEC
STATSPEC
!ation which are to be controlled by
other ratings will scheduled
with appropriate arson from the W
0092 core limitations, the program
has been brc ken clown into two relatively ird. p nd nt
phase*. Th 3 first phase handles all i itialiration
including the creation of the necessary IBM/360
compatible, antic tape. labels. The second chase
is the actual running or
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CHI'n Task Force members to discuss ele-
of the close inter-relationship
7)
developing the Preliminarv
using the revised
n: a corpus of an pie
was reviewed and
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The ine., c e O90 is still b
make minor progrant rtectians.
Tostire'l
Lion with t
it .out the w?
Teatinq
using the 6092 in njc-
,drive and teletype unit
ender, was begun on 20 January.
atus to date on the $092:
Phaec 1
Phase 2
90% complete
60% complete
stingy, is expected by
2 1/2 days
days
7 days
for
febr uary .
20 days
:y Control Filelnterfaca
Vgc&b!L1ji
Timina t nets continued with the on-line display
system, after an. interruption of severe1 weeis al
to the failure of a special CRT display tube. The
e eriPental. ?rk i scheduled to be completed, in
the next few weks.
5 days
9R tai
ske 9. 8
The initial draft of the SP, conversion
has been cot let . The final copy rf the
wi i be~ ~. t and ready for typing by
lay
1 .y
dsy
sy
report
February.
b. Intelloi4x Index
The final report has been d1ss Mnated and the
task has been completed.
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Ing p,
Task
The information analyst/content indexer
iaati _ test has been co =plete . ip,pro i~?
tely 375 oil-source do ??rr ,ts were processe
by the test group (2 anrlysts, 3 indexers)
The resvIts of this test indicate that
tive c~:ui.s.ti.cn beeen analyst and indexer
can be assur.:-. = y adopting an approach In which
the analyst ?,tzt e s each element of inform ..
tion which= h considers impxortat, and writes
notes to clarify; any problems in the choice of
specific ter5= s or concepts. Such an app
reg,cires extrer attention to detail on the
of the alt and reduces the Job of the indexer
.
to one of a1-7 st clerical routine
The results of this test also in .i.c att the
aibility 43i another approach in which t'
analyst nriar , t? e cunent to indicate t
f the doc mnt which should he processed
in4s to word or adds a note only to i.
an exception to a standard processing to u
a point of special priority or a . basis, a
fication of in anhigru*us, a technical, or va ne
term or nco t m The job of the indexer i t
exploit full, in accordance with existing;
that part of the docent marked for prccc
The eaei i.l.ity of this latter approach can
be enhancc6 ,ay: (1) establishing a processing
environm4nt w xich will be conducive to the g
of a close riationship hotween the analyst and
the indexers- (2) allowing the analyst to acquire
an intimate awareness of the indexing syste e? (3)
eatahlishir4 additional standare indexing rules
to pertit certain recurring du?eont themes t 1->e
indexed, ed with the stare amount of routine which is
,ociate with the indexing of 'travel"
~Pc rant "
ZC
0 M,
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lr*
- .- ui i
00ployeez gal
Jars a y
(Task
uct ' with
a .qn arLd rvdl 0 ccn'1rs
subtle
evitviw! 01
dq t t,rr-vt. , s :ra scheduled for
I ? a ruar$, in, !I by F e b r u a r y ,
14 '> r . rk t? ..s
gets study and tlm
If
was pr*part4 for
20 Sr+, prier tc,
of Ps i.
cm-
bioqAzaphic in form t i xn ban
ti vi y r vr a - (I.) anneern that the Z ov
Ist will ., t s* 4hi, to root user tier reqp=
pricrit ;1 for O * a :ts h Leh 25X1 B
a i m cr
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ption reported on in ece z----
or task activities will be
Lon of the task dexeription.
loft the task as of 3
Staff Assistant in 'tocu =ent. Division.
11. Maps and Gr bi s _LTRsk 23
During the t . was assigned 25X1A
to this Task Tee to, scr 7 n _ elf, 77 procedures and
flow of nateria13 jr. the 'i: ranch, Graphics Register.
A me-vorandum -.18- 28 January 1966) prepared by
was issued that describes the
Map 'Library Index ecor Flow. It working paper is
under preps rati - ot,tli i g the various alternatives
and repo :en atia ns for incorporating the map index
into the 3iIV1: system.
M "I days
3 days
4 1/2 days
prelimina.
M 2 1/2 days
1> InMMt rroce jn; (Task 12
A sic floe chart showing the structure,
flow ant a jor sc -pr rara of the in w
i being prep
A qeneralize.ri character Checking
in test
Work is contiz uiz
jz * data c heckin sub-rout
cutin
bi! n
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uctu , in
n speeds and other
es, is continuing.
work prar ez :,.-,ii the
yst t Mailitenance command
external co)%nmud 1,A-,3uaqa.
Rveion
S
eo=. raptiic `e-arch Working Paper w :'i tri t .
the t, c aa&p sic Search routine a 1 ti
testing is sc a ulet to begin the 3rd week of
r. an rl-;.ti n of the regiair test.
1 days
10, days
days
4. orr iziti :ter De sign of a numbered
During January . nsid ra .1o effort was
in esta lishin! oxr a3 system specification
develop ; nt of a irtearated EDP design.
I day
7
Approxi z itt ly 300 actions t e:r prepared
January or the n=ext update of th Steno as
Dictiona y,. p. ysi of the current printout from
Steno processi q cc ~tinue from the point of v
dic " ortf o*ei.rig .
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(Task
New disks resulting f n the December update
he-Russian and Steno dictionaries were put into
24 Janus. New versions of the LPU
jtcess r Unit) core progr were made to
be used in conjunction with.. these disks.
3 PU programming at present is concentrat
the analysis of physically bead entries in the new
disks. As a result, new versions of the Steno LPG:
program will be generated for each of the operational
photostore test program was written and
d to chc the track stepping ability of the
photoatore. The new program c be started from the
1401. The previous version required a manual start
from the L?U console.
A now vrsicra of the Russian LPU
being used for production. it inserts the PRussiat;
transliteration of art ambiguous preposition followi
the English translation. This version is desi ned
aid in the post-editing of the printo x
0 program has been altered
generate a count of the number
at the and of a run. The count
a unting , urposas. In addition
1401 core were re_ov by shorten
console ss a ces
_+-,port. The STATSPEC
A word frequency list of apps
in two versions was generated for the.,
op through The two verr 25X1A
3y alpha sort; ) by frequency of word occurr---
once? The data base consisted of 160,000 words
(program count).
goner ti m nt
tion are being The remainder of
blew of the edit
ECf E?
S
ud (Not a n
xt lines
be used
0 positions of
the length of
nce lookup func-
syste. 25X1A
voted to the
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4. medical
on (Not a nu m
re
ample text of Medical Staff data was processed
by the ALP syste: from audio recordings . 'The V.,edical
Staff is currently analyzing, the results fry the
iew 0 ALP processing of much of their trans-
Discussions .re now underway with two .I)D I
concerning their w se of ALP Steno processing. Sample
text is now being stanotyped for ALP processing. A
briefing has e--Ii set up for one of their stenot gists
on ALP cok ent .o = ,
T"'aY
-/2
oeessil' j TR tals (Lot a nuif ored tar k)
PDT processing via ALP averaged 17,000 wo
day of Russian input and approximately 19,000
per day of Steno, Starting with rebruary, a line
count will be pr cjvi : of output words for Lot!.
Russian and Etem(' tt obtain more accurate . st re
of the syzt i pr c u tion.
7. ALP
During January, the ALP a to was de nstrat..
to visitors ircE ; NSA, ASA, OR
and TiDP".
8. ALP Eyaluatic n (a%o
The c : llection of basic: operating data.
env r;at.ona were held on this topic w:
sheduied to begin is February as soorn as the new
piotodisc was i operation. Further work on this t-isk
will start as socn as some data has been collected.
1/2 ?day
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Ctrs
Preliminary ~:.efinition of the scope of this teak,
well an clari ?i tion of its overlap with
selection Critexia task, was undertaken toward the
end of t ?,is onthw. Since fundarental definition
r ui.re_ e ? for a central reference faci
early been established in earlier phases of
act C Z' ..;, it. a?tiara that further ex it u. tion of
uld 13e oth non-productive and i =tiv ,
u ntly ? in the cantext of Phase III, it has been
tentatively deci-ried that the custover require e .ts
t be li ce- pri rily to oor in t n; the
proposals, because most of these reactions
Iuat m r reaction to specific Phase
will be sought a guidance in esta fish k nt of speri .,
fic selection criteria, the two tasks may Yie too
closely relate+. k .o :, tr*ated as discrete problem
areas.
l lwre- been atssinecd to etain this over
lap and to draft appropriate task descript
Efforts thus fir have been limited to back rou
reading and discussion.
days
Rays
Ka)
11 5 Nays
2. Se ctiozt Cr ttr .a {Taak 2 w
Discussion o Task 16 applies to
Criteria task as well. In addition, work has con-
tinued on the priiparation of a list of Agency receipts
tainin . iirb c rrati or on z :: nist China.
imm5 aaya
1.
WIVEe le tter
ryl # #
nt1h-l' 1 c t
.
4 ry
V
U
r Dec,ember?? 1565, CuiIV /C-.. .-, 6 ,
pp., Se
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D9 um t 1oI .ver Task Team Pt
:,-=mot
C IV /C 4 5r
Confi mnt4 t ..
-Nn- V
is - y
Copies of Phase II r cu ntati , HI' /C -12 -66,
-Mentia1..:
January
4an ua.*, 7` 1996 S PDa s 'COn AenLi.a.3..w
10
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P. o
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ustratjo
znD I
auar-y
fa
personnel, C. i' fC-17.
, C
1 - 6, 2 January
s Dcgc:
Ciasmi , e f. C-16-6
6,
1.
C.sI /'C-1
nary 1966
Wit Intl . o 'Vautcas an, 5
CCU who
onne I in zogra'
so in
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par. Mr.
January, Briefed meribers-of 25X1A
nces D ''r 9 on, 0a d their a
the Air rorc In titut of Patho oW (A1?IP) O
CHI'. Interest in the Phase 11 report was expressed by
the people fro the - 1 P since they are presently oms-
barking on a similar d elo nt. Copies of Voli . . I,
III, and IV were su1; q aptly forwarded to they through
3. ryn 12 , nom r 25X1A
faaaor John Tukoty of Princeton 'Univermoity
maker.
4. On 20 Janus
was the quest a
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of -lt, Beranek, and eA
The CHIVE T .ssk Force
ker at the ) `r t; ter
6
7.
Itz t, ^
tuts: he
attended the briefing of the Knox
n . i on a ry 196? .
A meeting of all task teams associated with the
21 Januarv) to :tads objectives, status, and
c is n Group was held over a two-,day pa
problems snociate with, each task. Attendees inc1t
rs nni recently r. LL s i. d to the 7P as well as
observers from other orz-anizations.
with -
'iscuxs ap literatu
an C3 I"ft1 L activities a future
9. ^
the Icnox
and Ito
21 January.
with th'l
?1'i$ of COl
1966w
k yea . IV (lnstaflatio:
SE
M
fed
biographic processing concepts
r.1: levied on the CEI sys
on substantive
B papar to USID reviewin
25X1A
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25X1A
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A. mini .._ n ec '--AtPlent
joi
two
., att de :k a course in U4f]. taught
from qw- - 3a u ry. -cot p1ete?i a one- 25X1A
course in PL/1.
2. Recording the 21 pwoople. from OC who are to
the CAVE? TTas orco, 14 are presently on board;
z ore a est li. sh .. Er b dates, and. three Others
in Dry a is. rLilia loaves two to be id nti iz .
aai the fourteert
entered on duty on 3 J a
r the OC contingent
he 1iowin- ?exson el from OCR entered a' fj. att. 25X1A
1e C1:I' Task
3. left the ".TV to acc p.
aition a tor. A* .stet in Document Division,
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urry) an
January) . This bri i s the
n technical pF;~rso r i p
4. Agency rsc; mm 1 assigned f
win the report purio , were as fol
Cantor. 1fforts arrb i ii underway to, r c u
t :ry/steno for the r,::c ect,
e er on temporary asaignment
onmel cuz-rer_tly assigned to Project cI
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1. The total
during the month 0
43% of the budgeted funds have been spent over
budgeted time of the project.
CRI Tee F.rue
The total number of ?.