LETTER FROM(Sanitized)TO DR. EDWIN MAY. DISCUSSES INDEXED DOCUMENTS

CIA-STARGATE

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This document is a letter addressed to Dr. Edwin May regarding the evaluation and annotation of selected documents related to the Stargate program. The letter includes an "indexed" copy of a bibliography of SRI reports and documents, which are categorized with diacritical symbols denoting their availability and relevance. Dr. May is requested to appraise the potential value of certain documents and eliminate any that are deemed irrelevant or destroyed. An unclassified annotated bibliography and copies of relevant reports are to be sent to the Central Intelligence Agency, while classified reports should be sent through appropriate channels. The deadline for submission is specified as June 19, 1995.

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 26 May 1.995
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 Dr. Edwin May
 330 Cowper Street
 Suite 200
 Palo Alto, California
 94301
 Dear Dr. May:
 In accordance with the terms of your contract, I am enclosing an "indexed" copy of the
 bibliography of SRI reports and documents you had given toDand a request
 for your assistance in evaluating, annotating and copying selected documents that are
 available from your files.
 Each document listed on the bibliography is indexed with five different diacritical
 symbols along the left-hand margin.  Each symbol designates:
 * -reports apparently prepared under government contract which are not
 available at the current government Program Office. The letter "D" in front of
 the asterisk denotes documents that may have been destroy when you
 and Oreviewed your files.
 + -reports which are available at the Program CJffice.
 & -reports not at the Program Office but which appear to be interim or progress
 reports for which a final or subsequent report Is available.
 ? -reports included in the "sanitized" volume prepared jointly last year by the
 Program (Jffice and SAIL and for which a copy of the original, unsanitized
 report in not at the Program Office.
 x -documents not of interest for the current evaluation process, e.g., proposals,
 internal memos and/or letters, administrative reports, draft reports, SRI
 technical papers presented at technical fora or in open publications.
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 For documents denoted by the "*" symbol,~requests your appraisal of their
 potential value to the current program review an  evaluation noting that the external
 review panel can review only unclassified documents.  Please eliminate any of the
 designated documents from the action requested below ifi: 1) you believe they do not
 offer information relevant to the panel's review, 2) the information they contain is
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 provided in other available documents or 3) your copy has been destroyed, e.g., those
 designated by the "D" symbol. Conversely, if you believe that some documents have
 been indexed improperly, please advise so we may reconsider the markings.
 For the remaining documents, i,e., those that you believe are relevant to the review
 and evaluation process, please prepare an unclassified annotated bibliography.
 Annotation should comprise 2 to 4 lines of text briefly delineating the principal
 contents. That annotated bibliography and copies of all unclassified reports should be
 SG1 I   sent to           Centra4 Intelligence Agency, Office of Research and
 Development, Ames Building, Room 846, Washington, DC 20505, for receipt NLT 19
 June 1995.  Copies of classified reports included on the annotated bibliography
 SG1 I   should be sent to ~ia appropriate channels for receipt NLT 15 July 1995.
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 If you have any questions about this tasking, please contact me at
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 Cordially,
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