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  SUPJECT                                             OFFICE    DATE
                                                      SYMBOL    
                                                                

  Formalization                                            IAOPS-H-S    0 Feb 83
  of Project                                                      
  CENTER                                                        
  LANE                                                          
  "                                                             
                                                                

  ACTION                                              ACTION-OFFICIR-PHOME    
  REQUIRE;                                                      
                                                                

  Cofs-                                               LTC       
  @Pp                                                 JACHIM,    
  roval                                               7829      
  and                                                           
  Signature                                                      
  on/                                                           
  Letter-of-Instructio                                                      
  n (LOI)                                                       
                                                                

  MEMORANDUM                                                      
  FOR                                                           
  RECORD                                                        
  (Doocri6e                                                      
  briefly                                                       
  the                                                           
  requirement,                                                      
  background                                                      
  end                                                           
  actism                                                        
  taken                                                         
  of recommended.                                                      
  Must                                                          
  be sufficiently                                                      
  detailed                                                      
                                                                

  to 1410fitIlY                                                      
  the                                                           
  action                                                        
  without                                                       
  rarevroo                                                      
  to other                                                      
  sources.)                                                      
                                                                

  (C) ORIGIN                                                      
  OF ACTION:'                                                      
  CG,                                                           
  INSCOM                                                        
  directed                                                      
  Project                                                       
  CENTER                                                        
  LANE                                                          
  be implemented.                                                      
                                                                

  (U) DISCUSSION:                                                      
                                                                

  (C) CENTER                                                      
  LANE                                                          
  operations                                                      
  originate                                                      
  from                                                          
  a compartmented                                                      
  project                                                       
  directed                                                      
  by                                                            
                                                                

  the ACSI,                                                      
  DA,                                                           
  which                                                         
  began                                                         
  in October                                                      
  1978.                                                         
  Operational                                                      
  control                                                       
  was                                                           
  transferred                                                      
  to                                                            
                                                                

  INSCOM                                                        
  in February                                                      
  1981,                                                         
  where                                                         
  it was                                                        
  placed                                                        
  under                                                         
  the                                                           
  ADCSOPS-HUMINT.                                                      
                                                                

  b. (S/NOFORN)                                                      
  In the                                                        
  FY83                                                          
  budget                                                        
  process,                                                      
  the                                                           
  congressional                                                      
  intelligence                                                      
                                                                

  committees                                                      
  directed                                                      
  that                                                          
  Army                                                          
  curtail                                                       
  opbrational                                                      
  activities                                                      
  on the                                                        
  ACSI                                                          
  project                                                       
  within                                                        
                                                                

  the National                                                      
  Foreign                                                       
  Intelligence                                                      
  Program                                                       
  at the                                                        
  end                                                           
  of FY82                                                       
  (Tab                                                          
  A).                                                           
                                                                

  c. (C)                                                        
  To meet                                                       
  congressional                                                      
  direction,                                                      
  CENTER                                                        
  LANE                                                          
  will                                                          
  be implemented                                                      
  within                                                        
                                                                

  the Security                                                      
  Support                                                       
  Detachment                                                      
  (SSD),                                                        
  902                                                           
  MI Group                                                      
  (MIG)                                                         
  a nd                                                          
  funded                                                        
  from                                                          
  the                                                           
                                                                

  Security                                                      
  and                                                           
  Intelligence                                                      
  Activities                                                      
  (S&IA)                                                        
  Program.                                                      
                                                                

  d. (C)                                                        
  GREAT                                                         
  SKILL                                                         
  spaces                                                        
  have                                                          
  been                                                          
  provided                                                      
  by CDR,                                                       
  ASD.                                                          
  Other                                                         
  spaces                                                        
  have                                                          
  been                                                          
                                                                

  obtained                                                      
  from                                                          
  HQ INSCOM                                                      
  (TAB                                                          
  B).                                                           
                                                                

  e. (C)                                                        
  Operational                                                      
  control                                                       
  will                                                          
  initially                                                      
  be retained                                                      
  by ADCSOPS@:'HUHINT.                                                      
  Under                                                         
                                                                

  this                                                          
  arrangement,                                                      
  CDR,                                                          
  902                                                           
  MIG                                                           
  needs                                                         
  written                                                       
  guidance                                                      
  (an                                                           
  LOI)                                                          
  on his                                                        
  role                                                          
  and                                                           
                                                                

  responsibilities                                                      
  (TAB                                                          
  C).                                                           
                                                                

  cont:                                                         
  (see                                                          
  r2gelse)                                                      
                                                                

  RESOURCE                                                      
  IPLICATIONS                                                      
  M NO                                                          
                                                                

  A., Personnel                                                      
  El 0                                                          
                                                                

  S. SPece                                                      
  Authorization                                                      
  0                                                             
                                                                

  C. Operating                                                      
  Costs                                                         
  (OMA)                                                         
  0                                                             
                                                                

  0. Investment                                                      
  Costs                                                         
  (OPA                                                          
  Ik MCA)                                                       
  ED                                                            
                                                                

  E, RDTE                                                       
  Costs                                                         
                                                                

  F. Environment                                                      
  (If                                                           
  "YES"                                                         
  coordinate                                                      
  action                                                        
  tswu                                                          
  the                                                           
  Command                                                       
  Environmentalist                                                      
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