U. S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES FOR THE HANDLING OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01139A000100140020-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 15, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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impr ovemc rAt ;ir, other Federal Governme:zt computer o?cra"iona
whose irrrc.ortance is reflected in the President ere^~:n
ner;sagc to-the Congress on the use of automatic data-
hae a re AL ac.vantag~ in \i sde tet,cing -1 y (Intl skillful
pltnning in t e inform,lt1on-handling area. (It would,
howcver,- .ae-'a rnir;tiike 'to accume that this expericr.-ce c )n
be easily applied to the use of compu ;ers in the handling
a: intelligence information.) The required planning ar,ci
actions c:Ln be not only of great valu. to the into:.i.ligenco
co=,unity, but can be a broad and effective to
o:~_ C.C.n,;7lr.t ,rs in , c, yp titnj y ;,ic and ca, r; iunic.Lt ibnu c c ~?ra t. ionrs,~
to ;,i,o pr ab c:,.s of i::.nclli;a`lntclligence i.:f orrnati,~n riz'e
aa~ rrnc: r . , ; very rap Idly at presant . T ; in ; 3.l t en-,,e.
co t:nit;l,__ ~ h_itr_ ,txon : nucJ ~: us co::ccx-n-c: w:tt;h the 1:1o
Z;..e n ocd :0 do aboat the; would have confront;,:;rj
the ini el Ligcr.ce co:.U?anit y in any evernt.
0. ~l l t he tec ?:nicrni ar ergs which musty contribut?o
1. Z~ processing equipment.
combined machine-human systems that. ,gill seek the zaechi.no re-
trieval of stored intelligence information in order that
its relevance may be established by human examination.
product..
8. As a consequence of intelligence con'r;u it;S
men?;;s fo,7 high recall., the mechanizes; and nuto~rrate :, ::, !rlnc
of acccs,s to many ,;orts of intelligence a iles be
required to meet s:~;,,alta:zc:oucly, rig?Ld. re sire , tints :t.; to
rclevanc Accordingly for some tim,: to come the n od,e of
gaining access to intelligence infor..iation will be through
availabl,, ;tuns of information are allowed to coi)tribL:tc
their pa-.?t to the final #sulrun ry or other intelligenco
be sa4is..'icd with the hi;;h:ly a.necdotcal, but requires that all..
classified 'sources. The importance c?f negative info;rr,~.tion9
and of patterns of information, requires that access to; -
intelligence Information produce a 'completeness of response
beyond that wiaich. is expected from many large files o;'
stored i:,foxmLtion. Like statistics, intelligence car not
Yma :n tain very large bodies of information in mecca i'r,1c forms
but aro not restricted to, those common to all who
7. The problems of the intelligence community in
connectic,n with information access and retrieval ine udo.
It is this combined machine-human factor which generates
system? problems of great difficulty and dimensions.
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aZ ~tanvle of, the type of Specializedwe have i;i mind Ic the Library Scho .). at
o.1 Chicago, headed by Dean Don W.
.wansoon. Ilia back3round in mathematics anc., phy:;ical
.;cieneea, and hi current empha is on incrc--a.?od
1ys"tc:ms thinking in library education, accent, the
,.:omnbi;nation of educational ecLpabilitica and background
which are considered necossary for purposes a
:noeti_ng the objoctivo of this rocommendation.
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~. Slr:~%a and rues.;: ; rm,ust be sought by the gencca
cOii uni't's ~G enlae,-.6 t iIc "~, y I
pru~.cicn,:f of pc.x?nonn? :t px-t!cc qtly
en`.? .-vl'. i in inforlr,.;tior? r~ ,
-i~nndlin? ac ;iviti.c:;, cit:-Icr through
(-I / xc trai ni i ; of ?er uonr o1 uo cnL;a,: cd, or (b) th
roc di ti ?n of new )crcos.ncl 'raving e:cpcx'icnce with r:yoterr
work, ,)re:: erably. (but not necousar ~.ly) in the information
acicncaa and tccilnoloSics.
10. Ti:C; scope of the intollig-:nce coniunity'r:
pr oble.r.:, in, the :Lnforr ation-handl.i: ig f i.zld is such t) tat
;t r.Ir.Iix'c the ?uldanCo of a Pane:t of ''Achnieal txprrtai
in the ctevelopme:It of methods and ._'acili icu for
S.;z ':Ix?m,ttion-
scale and confined to a selected number of orgon.Lzat;.onal ? :
~.~.n f;auc ~tiithin the '.aw, opal Security , ,rcncy wY;ere t?he
Technical Information Processing System (TIPS) study is
presently under way. This experiment, although an a limitQd?
ox intalliwence 1~nformation, an encoura?ing begi-,,nin.7 has
auapta ion ox rnac.zine processing to the storage and. 'retrieval
of a r alic:tic system for the interrogation of a computer
by rea.ote users requiring access to a common information.
barge. ,
units and information files within the National 3ocu.rity '
Agency, is producing important lessons for, the uIc'rh:teVcment
RECD ;`? ENDATI0N'"'
1,:e recommend tha the following 'actions be undertaken
immediately- within thc intolligence , cov:munity:
Becorar.icrndc-Lti.on No. 1: That selected personnel among.
the d`c_ part .~en~;s anti a T icie : making, up the U. S. i;it:,lligenco
community be provided .specialized training and advar.