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NOTE AND RETURN 

SJG!IA'l'llRE 
RESEARCH l\ND DEVELOPMENT BOA.RD 

Washington 25, D. c. 

AGENDA 

SPECl1i.L CRYPTOLOGIC ~..nVISORY GROUP 

Room 3C-13~l The Pentagon 

0900 on J.2 March 19 S2 

1. To date, five meetings have been held. It has been suggested 

that the time is nov,r appropnata for a report on 1he findings 

of this connnitteo1 to be ma.de available to both the Director,, 

.L..FSu., and the Chairman, RDB. It is hoped that this J!lOrning ts 

meeting can record the accorapll.shments and recor:unendations 

of the Group. Mr. Post ·will endeavor to dra:w up the consensus 

of this Group at the end of the discussion and prepare a paper 

for SC£1.G approval. at tomorrow's meeting. It is further contemplated that SCli.G will roet at 2:30 p.m. tonorrmv with 

General Canine, to discuss vnth him the content o£ the paper. 

2. The .following topics are proposed for th;Ls morning's dJ..scussion 

and inclusion in the above paper: 

(a) Can the pr:i.nary problem be solved? Explain. 

(b) What additional requirc~onts should be met (funds, buildJ.Ilgs, 

sites, equipr:ent, personnel, etc.)? 

(c) Future plans? 

(d) Should problem be divided, i.o., electronics and mathenatics? 

(e) Outside contracts? If so, to what purpose and extent? 

(f) Etc. 
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REF ID:A65903 • 

2J February 1952. 

ThaTlk y011 r :·-ur tele[I'alll 221831Z, w ich ua.i:. rhonert ts me t..11s 

morm.ng. I ha .. bot 1 let-r.er from O\rara. .d:ngstrom on .i.hursday 

~mich state:i tne i~"[,er u.e:r.e .1.or me meeting .?S a s.._rt of side remark, 

so t •1a11 cnecYeu. cy tele:rhone ....TY' nacl trie late c rif"l-rmed. 

I .... cTJ. 1t believe that t 1 .... 10..ll 1uuce <-':ny ::iuostam;ia_ change in m;ylans tc- 111eet .,.·ou o.t t.:-Le Air 1Jm .. versity. I ::..naJ..l fly over n :Sunday 

from Los u1,~eles lllstea i r. .i:.rcm ash:i.ngto"l. I s. all e~{f'ect to $'tay 

-::.nere "71 10 anu ll 1.Ia.rch to meei:. 1 itn you on 10 ~'."arc!:! rul .. 1'._ t..11 you 

t)r tne iu..r 1Jru...verSJ.. i;r lo::ist.J..cs poOJ..>le Jll t ..e llth.:xdi'..."'Ch.l,:em:~ 

I nal 1 rlnn tn r'J.y up u ici.&'1lllf!1iOn sn ll3'tJ..M.e in t j& E"Vem.ng f l..l 

lnrc n v.nu to at t.en:i l,,;le i"leet1ni: ne.."'Ct u.a:y. 

I .. 1ave nt mor'3 lefl.ni te rldlls yet, 1or I s aJJ ~ot know aoout airplane 

oc iecmles , nl r-:::::ervatJ.. ons until : oririay or l'ues...ia:;r. l'here s.-, ,Hd 

De no !'e"l ,.J..fiiculty, l31ever, so ldX a:::; I cmi rr ... •LJ..ct. There are 

fe.r f :i.ghts o t of 1,.1 •1tgc,......ery, <'.n cc-vi:.i1ig -ne la:tisn < n -r.hP aftPrnoon 

of ll Lerch 'U..pnt be !iii:l.ffl.cu1t, but I C'.:'ll e.i"t.uer cut rrry '11.sit sm.rt 

if thl.s is t 1 e Cc1 se , r tr:· to tcille so1..,eoouy into i'lyini: me to 

il!..rru.ngtlam, J...i:.la.Tli:.a, .ashin ,ton l eorier 1 1ere else in a C-h.S or e. 

E-26. PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

IT,.~ke it t.nat ro will ue ab~e to <:tten..i trie meeting '."J.th IJhe nmv 

w.ates. I bPheve \;nd.t t. 1J..S Tn.11 J..mprove thin.gs :.rt:ilec:.s.irubly. 

I look .. ~orwar~ to ceeing °'{(U at r~ .. xw·ell r...Ud in 1asm.ni;to.n.