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                                                  Central Intelligence Agency
                                Washingon,D.C,20505
      1 May 1984
      Comments on Recent CENTER LANE Experience
           1. CIA's relationship with the US Army activities covered
      under the designator of CENTER LANE has been that of a customer.
      We have no Agency people or funds assigned to or otherwise
      designated in support of those activities. We do have contact
      for the purpose of querying and tasking the Project's capabili-
      ties when we believe we have an appropriate matter to investigate.
           2. Appropriate "targets" for us might include such as
      locating individuals or describing mysterious facilities in
      foreign countries. Our aim in consulting Subject Projects would
      be to obtain leads to develop access with more conventional
      sources. Staff advisers inform me that during such tasks for us,
      CENTER LANE sources have often "made contact" far beyond what
      might be expected by probabilities and coincidence. Significant
      problems of course remain. To use analogy, they are best de-
      scribed as a less than hoped for signal-to-noise ratio and a less
      than photographic resolution, as well as some outright misses.
      Nevertheless, the attitude of Project personnel has always been
      professional, helpful, and receptive to our concerns. I am
      confident that they have a good grip on where they are in the
      state of their art as an applied technology.
      3. We would like to continue to call upon CENTER LANE,
      especially in those special instances where, for the moment, we
      have no other recourse and still feel a need to act. With shared
      practical experiences, it seems likely that CENTER LANE can build
      further capabilities as a collector, and we can sharpen our
      ability to use this product in the analytical process.
      SG1 I
      Dept'rty Director for Operations
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      Comments on Recent CUNTUR LANE Experience
           1. CIA's relationship with the US Army activities covered
      under the designator of CENTER LANE has been that of a customer.
      We have no Agency people or funds assigned to or otherwise
      designated in support of those activities. We do have contact
      for the purpose of querying and tasking the Project's capabili-
      ties when we believe we have an appropriate matter to investigate.
           2. Appropriate "targets" for us might include such as
      locating individuals or describing mysterious facilities in
      foreign countries. Our aim in consulting Subject Projects would
      be to obtain leads to develop access with more conventional
      sources. Staff advisers inform me that during such tasks for us,
      CENTER LANE sources have often "made contact" far beyond what
      might be expected by probabilities and coincidence. Significant
      problems of course remain. To use analogy, they are best de-
      scribed as a less than hoped for signal-to-noise ratio and a less
      than photographic resolution, as well as some outright misses.
      Nevertheless, the attitude of Project personnel has always been
      professional, helpful, and receptive to our concerns. I am
      confident that they have a good grip on where they are in the
      state of their art as an applied technology.
           3. We would like to continue to call upon CENTER LANE,
      especially in those special instances where, for the moment, we
      have no other recourse and still feel a need to act. With shared
      practical experiences, it seems likely that CENTER LANE can build
      further capabilities as a collector, and we can sharpen our
      ability to use this product in the analytical process.
      SGI I
      Deputy D rector for Operations
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