PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR READ-OUT EQUIPMENT FOR SYSTEMS ONE, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE (PROJECT AQUATINE, (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000200070105-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 105
• Publication Date: April 12, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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MEMOR AND OR: Deputy Di7ector of Central Intelligence
SIIIIIJECT:
Procurement Requirements for Read-out
Equipment for Systems Ona Three. Four
and Five (Project AQUATONE.
1. The electronic equipment developed for e collection of
ELINT and COMINT by AQUATONE (Systems One Three, Tour and
Viva) requires aseries of highly a
cated equipmentsto read-out
and make us the signals collected. These read-out equipments
have be*n developed as a result of ip.clal research and development
in
red and financed by AQUATONE.
. A series
eats to
andurn list the
racks by letter,along with prices and the costs, and indicate where
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the equipment.will be located and who should pay for them. Below,
I have summarized these figures. and I offer a word of explanation
with regard to why I recommend the r
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ATTAramENT
AQUATONZ REQuinEidENTS (PROD=
Total for AQUATONE
Additional Funding Required
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Re equipments for AQUATONE Detacluxien
and C are required in order to test the collecting equipro
alfunction.
The three equipa2e
loan from CIA. There eaglets a memorandum of understanding
between CIA and the National Security Agency which states that if
they requir additions' equipments for their use in carrying out
their Own function they will file a procurement request accordingly
and at their expense.
Equipments for the ELINT Staff Officer at srton Nall. CIA.
are for use both in analysis in connection with the normal function
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of intelligence production and in providing research and development
support to the collection effort itself. Equipments listed for National
Technical Processing Center (NTPC) are assigned to our financial
responsibility because of our role in the cooperative venture repre-
sented by NTPC. These equipments, however, are adequate only to
processing the take from the two agency collection programs:
AOUATONE and
Equipments
for NTPC for use with the product of the FOG program are listed
separately under Air Force requirements (Attachment a.
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The tabulation in this attachment separates costs between
research and development and production and summarises the total.
autgne4 to each orgauisational unit. Tor purposes of fitAriCial
responsibility, costs are apportioned as follows:
4.V.WATONE
. Recommendation. it is rscozrni.n4e4 that you concur in
ignments of financial responsibility outlined in this pap.
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to the ACRIATONE,
taken cognisance of the related Air Force programs and the
reistionship between CIA and Air Force programs as read-out pertains to such program for Systems One, Three. Four
and Five.
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