ANNUAL REPORT TO THE NSC ON THE STATUS OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000200030028-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: July 27, 1959
• Content Type: MF

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CRIB-D-43
27 July 1959
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD
CoWnTHE 05 DoTICK
MuMORAIM V M Committee on Docunwntation
BUDAM, . Report to the INC on the Status of the 7o"14
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1. There is
requested , 1. ino later tkMM 12CtW hours,,T .
Tour c we 30 JaY 19W
t mss been asked to heap the fi' i rspaet brief
-= restricted d to Sac points. For this reasan, s,11 eoutributioe*s coaoexnia8
to sekient sti~s for
avow ectiTitiou vera exec sd from last yam''s mtst Cuff aa?ual
a#,ng and bid-11&t1~3g the C+0~18 activity we r~p~in order. a 8u?~ supporting the ~?
report for PY59 will be attached as b ckZrO~
stet .
Secretary
(At nt - para. 1)
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COM?D-43
27 July i9
Attachment
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In support of the apical processss of the foreign JrAel .
wqw= intensive and long ram efforts are now u ervay in many parts of
the intellIBMWO cci ity toe ley modern electronic equipsernt in ilntelii-
g infoamtiocx processiug. These room from r *v systems for elactri
t'ansaission of data between intelligence centers, through projects in
eechanical trswl.stion, to the d6evelopm of coqputer camW2mm for the
is,, reesU and display of inforwition saejht by the intellig a analyst.
These effcxr'te to help the investigator asks real use of the record are costly
and the equipmsrit is subject to extra wly rapid obsolescence, according1g, the
ante a Board during FY59 established a pear t Comittee on Documenta-
tion to reduce duplication of effort and to pramte c ;petibility at Operations
s the eaAy system under developaaeat. There was growing evidence tbrough-
out the year that the significance of this potential electronic revolution In
i oreoaticn handling van being carefuW appraised and aggressively exploited
by the Soviets.
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