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To: Ruyi who wrote (973)	5/7/1998 1:17:00 AM
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Interesting Article May 5, 1998...game not over! Many Problems Remain One overseas contact said his country would be safe because it used a "different calendar." Others acknowledged the issue was not on their radar scope. Someone from a Middle Eastern country told the CIA not to worry about the millennium "bug." "When we see it, we'll spray for it," Burns paraphrased that source as saying. She said Canada, Britain and Australia were about six months behind the United States in preparing their systems for the switch, and this was the group in the best shape. The rest of Western Europe, led by the Scandinavians, came next, six to nine months behind the United States. Europe's job is compounded by the need to reprogram millions of computers for next January's introduction in 11 countries of the euro, the new unified currency. The CIA felt Europe probably would be unable to complete both reprogramming jobs "effectively" in time, Burns said. Japan, China, Hong Kong and most other Pacific Rim countries were "maybe nine months to a year behind in terms of where the work should be," Burns said. She put Russia in the same category. Latin America was "way behind the power curve," added Burns, who reports to CIA Chief Information Officer John Dahms, the person responsible for maintenance of information systems. As part of the agency's increased interest in the Y2K program, some CIA employees have been briefed on preparing themselves individually for potential fallout. They were being advised to pay their bills early in December 1999 to avoid possible processing problems, keep cash on hand in case automatic teller machines failed and lay in extra blankets in case of a blackout on a cold New Year's Eve night, Burns said