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Meeting of 6 Deoeaber 1951 

Tho raHtiUR cams to ol'ler at; 1000 ia the Control llooa ot Wiltling D, 

A..U.S. It w..s 4oo!4ed to '4ko the second half" Of the saena& tirsta 

l. llepo_.1; of th& oomdttee on uw J:UtJ!lbera. 

~ho coamittee cona!uws ot 

H. !. EJ16at~o111 

J. o. McPherson 

H. P. Robortson 

~he commit.tee recoDllended., and tho Group voted, tbat the following 

be Invited to jotn when the7 are cleared. 

- Prof. Ss.und.era MP.c'Lmle - Mr. Jolm Coombs 

Prof. Marahall Stone - Mr.. Ralph Palmer - - Dr .. J. :roreater 

p-rot. ~s.w~~ :Bor~ele7 B.osoer. nfl. - ""fl_ .. n 

Mr. Coombe and Prot • :Hao:ta...110 are nlranq cleared. 

After some diaauaBion about tm need f'or a va.O'lmfil tu.be e1])81't it vaa 

dec!d.ed this need could be mat by omplo7inc Dl". Skellet aa a consult• 

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2.. ~ Misoion ot SOAG.., 

ne mission is open to cbange at the auegeatlo.n of AFSA. A BUbco~ 

utttee is to be appointed to eJpend the ate.t914ent of tho mission. 

the members to be determiud b7 agreement 'between Dr. Engstrom and 

Mr. Rowlett. Action on thia vas postponed. 

3. !J:he Or&mi~ation of SCAG. 

fho members of SQA.G are of' two kinda, .mathem.11:Uc1a.no and engineers, 

The7 will ordinaril7 mest togatl'ler. New members w!ll be indoctrina.tod 

at special meet;in&s, 11hlch will 'be planned by tbo mem'berohip committee •. 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 09-23-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
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4. h~arcept probleaa. 

!J't.a problems ooma.ectea. vlth f.ntercen1;• 1aclw11Dg ti:arfic handline, 

ahoulc1 be 8'ud!el 'bJ' SC.AG. A e.peclal prograa vu p1axmo4 'o 'Visit 

Yiut 11111 or Cbeltenhtm. iaol'UAiJg Jl'l'•lflata.tt.on• bT Df'. 'Io1'4ella 

or Ur. ». 8hepal'4. Capt. ~ta to Mte tile anarcuaents. 

6. !ha !ompkb.a Pi'opetatal. 

A letier from Dr. ~S.na to \ha c~ vaa :zoead in vhlch he 

proposett. t.hat ·a oantraot; bo at up be1iveea C.I • .a.. aa4 1iht JWll> 

Oorpoi-a:Uo.n. to do 1.iuio re1earch. on cr,pfHJlOQ'• A long 41scuao1on 

toUowea. ~ :ltart1JC1ll t,.pa proJecta wre coDdclei-aa. a• a posslbll1t;r. 

!l!c>mprdua proposal. •• tnterprete4 to moan •a coatraat betwoeu som 

fiscal agat ac\i1t4 tor A1f'SA. an! 80Jn8 Cbntractor capable of 4o!»s 

ma1;bemat1ca1 l'esaaroll•.. It vaa recaJ1111&11ded that Al'~ pi-epare a li•t 

ot po•en.tlal ]>l'Oblems acl contractors. the c'hah'man la to recommend 

to f;he Director .usA. 1;hat bao1c research 'be cona5.4e:m4 aa an obJect1n on ita own" with .Ar.BA.DOSS a eaparaia proble. 

6. !he •eelf'-viringh rotor. a miamoraer. vaa '8ken up flraf; (at 0900) 

on ? December. D:r• llachws exhibited a la"bOra.to!'J' aocl.el of an al.actronic 

analogue of a wheel itb!ch aovld mke a aubati tu\1on. on a coded lotteiln 6 ll1C1'o .. con4a. !here wall 8l"e&fi intere•t ana. 80ll9 dtacuaaion a.a to 

whether proAucfiloa ehou14 be •tRrtecl now or fdrther test:tnc made. 

SCAG 11111 atttJl'l]>~ to Mb an •Yal•t:lon. 

'1. nmm was 4Dacribed 1n more detail than prmoua17. a.n4 the ue 

o£ the JWV .ro\or 1a W• &trice vas cona14era4 • . 

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8. ~ preeen\ hawa of J.oberis• work vas aeaoribad. Hie a1mple 

acheme ot r&placb:lg nap.tlve elementa b7 1ero before raprojec:ting vas 

thought to bo na!W. Inatead a coo:ra:lnation o"f the tifferent ottaets 

abould b& arran.geA at the earU.eat; op,portnmlty. 

9. :Ji'or.inulatlon o~ a proble tor SCA.G to work on. A gfllter&Uzed pro'blea wa.a d!.scuaaoa. b f'aeli~ •a that more op_po!'t\ll'lit7 '!or sto.4J' is 

needed. .tt P.S sqzeated that at tho next meattng a ahd.7 room be set 

vp with material.a available to SCAG mallbers to react. Hr. la.van is to 

aee that thesa materials ue available. .l blbliogra]>]:w ia to bo prepared listing aJ'l)llcable papers. 

10. IJ!he next mat1D6 le to be 'be spec1E\l meeting of 9 JriA'OarJ'. 'J!he 

nut re&UJ,ar meeting will be Vednesdq-. 5 Much. 1000 A.M.; a.ii A.H.s. 

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