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TOP sf!l:RET ~1-Vic~"~L MEMORANDUM FOR Mr. Friedmall ~ t.::..c· 

Mr. Chittenden 

Dr. Stukey 

?Jl.r. Barlow 

Mr. Chiles 

Mr. Ericson 

Dr. Erskine 

Mr. King 

1. Inclosed are _m:f.nutes of the meeting of' the US delegation 

held last Thursday. 

2. The next meeting will be this Thursday, 10 September, in 

room 19-232.B 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 05-15-2014 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
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BRlllA C<MIUBICATIOHS s.muar.rr COD'ERBICB, 1953 

1430 mtJRSDAY, 3 8BP.rEMBm 1953 

ROOM 19·23281 U. S. RAVAL SECtlR.l'l'r SBTIOB 

W.ASBlllG!0011, D. C. 

'l'hose present were: 

Mr. w. .,. • Fr1edmml, 1'SA, Cba1ram 

Mr. r. C. Auat1n, l'lSAt Deputy CbairDBD 

Mr. B. C. BarJ.ov ( NSAJ 

Mr. J. R. Chiles (NBA.) 

Mr.". B. G. lr:-1ckson (BSA) 

Mr. W. R. Br-aldne (BSA) 

Mr. M. O. 1'i.vich (EA) 

Mr. JI. J. Stukey', l'ISA, Acting Recorder 

Lt. Col. P. Chilton, USA (A.J.oqr) 

Maj. W • M. Getchel.1, USA (Anu) 

Mr. A. W. Small (Ai.iqy) 

Mr. D. Wolf'and (Anll:f) 

Mr. B. Fisk (:Naq) ... p. ~. Gr1am (Nav.y} 

car. J. c. Bargreavea, um (Davy) 

Mr. w. A. BIQ'Des (:Navy) 

Mr. L. D. Whitelock (l\taVJ') 

Lt. Col. J. M. Anclerson, t1SAP (Air Poree) 

*.10 f. A. Ivey, USAF (Air Force) 

J.. The meet1Dg was devoted to discussion ot preparations tor the 

Conference. 

2. Agenda. 

a. At the Chairman'• request., Mr. Austin reed a tentative 

agenda and schedule to:r the Conference which bad been prepared by the tlC. 

In brief 1 the program CCIUPX'18es 

(1) Intoral talks (12•23 October )J 

(2) Conference proper, Pba&e I (26·30 October): 

Preparation or reports listing and asseaairlg 

equipments; 

(3) Conterence proper, Phase II (2-10 Bovenibezr) a 

Consideration of Cod>ined u4 NM.'O requirements. 

b. Mr-. Austin e'q)l&ined that the plan to hold prel1mtn&'f'J' 

talks was adopted as a means of avoiding interruptions to the work of 

tbe Conference proper. Far tbie reason., visits to installations and 

iupecticmo ot equ1pnents are scheduled tor the prelim1JJ&l'Y period. 

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With these exceptions., there are to be no set meetiJJsaJ such dis• 

cuae1ona as Jm¥' be beld will be ce>Di>let~ 1ntor-.J.,. 'bJ' individusla or 

amall gro141s. 

RO.r.I: Copies ot the ageJ¥la. and schedule, sl1Shtl1' mD411'1ed as a result 

or tbia :meeting, are :f'orwarded Vith these minutea. It ia necesa&ey' 

that 811¥ co.nraents ar add1t1cms be adm!i tted to Mr. Austin as soon as 

:possible, since the agenda and schedule must be ccmtirmed to the me. 

3. Other •ttere considered and the outcome ot the discussions 

are presented. here in topical. slD11l'lU'7: -

a. Limitations on Disclosure. 

(l) RSA bas in p:repa.ration and will d1str1bute to Service 

representatives a list ot US equipnents that are 

proposed tor discussion at the Co~erence. 

(2) ~ oDl.1' existing equipments that are resel"V'ed tor 

a:clus1ve US use are CSP 2900. AP'8AM 23, and possib]¥ 

one or two other items. 

b. 8erv'1ce Representation. 

(1.) !'he nmlber or representatives that each Service Will 

_ send to the 41.tf'erent phases o:t the Conterence is as 

f'ollovB: 

Prel:lm'lmry Talks 

Phase I 

Phase II 

Ariq 

2 

2 

2 

llJaV 

2 

2 

2 

.Air Force 

1 (Probab~) 

l 

2 

(2) 'l1he Service representatives will be: 

(a) Amt: l'or the prelim1narJ' talks and Phase I,, 

Mi-. Wolf'and and Mr-. Smal.l.J tor Phase II, Lt. Col. 

CJ-J lt·OU and lfaJor rtet.Cl!ell. 

(b) lfa.vy: ~ the p.rel'Jmtnary talks, probably 

Mr. Fisk am Mr. Wbitelock.J tor Phases I ad II, 

probably car. Hargreaves and Ml'. Qrimm. 

R'O'l'B: The name of Ml:". Hugo Beck was later sub• 

atituted tor that ~ Mr. .Fisk. 

(c) Air Force: For the prelimfDIQ'7 talks and Phase I, 

Lt. Col.. Feliz MBrshall.J tor Phase II, Lt. Col. • 

.Anderson and M.l..1 • Ivey. 

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(3) ~Services were requested to noti:t,y 118A u soon as 

their nomi.nations am. plans become ott1c1al; it 1e 

at peticular iJlp>rtance that BSA be able to 1Dtorm 

GCHQ o£ the nuniber of persons vbc will F on the 

schedulei trips. 

c. Orders. 

(l) Orders far Service represent.atives are the responeibWty 

ot the Services. 

(2) In order to avoid the necessity ot class:f.f11ug orders, 

they should be vitten tar tempo1"&1'3' duty in conii.ection 

with business ot the Department ot Def'enrse (01" ot the 

Service). 

(3) It waa requested tbat a cow of the Service repreaenta• 

tives • orders be turniahed to BSA. 

d. B>usekeeping Ar.raugements. 

(1) EA is prepared to &l"l"USe tor quarters for all US 

representatives. Bequests to that effect should be 

submitted at once U' these ar.nmgem.ents are desired. 

(2) Papers or material to be used at the Conference will 

be sent a.bead if they are :tu:rnished to BSA by 15 Septed>er. 

e. Passports. 

(1) Civilians should 1n1.t:late action 1.Jmre111atel;r to provide 

themse1ves with passports. 

(2) MUitary personnel do not need :passports tor lng]andJ 

they should., hcnt'\Wer1 be prepared to establish their 

military status when they a.re not 1n unitom. 

t. U:df'orm - It 1s considered pref'erable that mil! 1:aJ:'y persormel 

dress in civ111an clOthes to:r all activitJ' connected with the Conference. 

Personnel. in uniform are not admitted to some ot the installations to 

which visits are scheduled.. 

g. Clearance and Imactrillation - i'OP SECRE'l' e:qptogr-&pbic 

clearance and COMJl'f.r indoctrination are required ot representatives to 

the Conference. 

h. Futee H!etiDgs. 

(l.) It appeared that. we~ meetinp woulcl be nece&S&l",Y' 

:1n order to complete pre,pan.tions tor Phase II at the 

Conterence. 

(2) It was agraed tbat the. next meeting should be held at 

1430 Thuredq, 10 Septed>er. 

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4. A dire ot persons who have been mentioned u participants 

or potential participants 1n the Collterence is tOl'Wm'ded with ·these 

minutes. 

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pBBmr MfilliMI.aJ> J8E~J\E!fi UK/US CaMMuNICATIONS SECURITY CONFERENCE 1953 

Date 

Oct 12 a.m. 

p.m. 

13 a.m. 

p.m. 

l4 a.m. 

p.m. 

• 15 a.m. 

p.m. 

16 a.m. 

p.m. 

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PROORAMME 

Int'ormal. Talku. 

Security GrOU.p Engineering Group 

Preliminaries Preliminaries 

Visit to War otrice Visit to War Oi'tice 

(BANGLE, HALLMARK and possibly ARTICHOKE) 

(War Office ia in London) 

Work tactors: Security 

criteria 

One=time 878tems and 

call sign devices 

Rotor Machims 

Rotor Machines 

Rotor Machines 

Rotor Machines 

KOKEN Machines 

TUTTE Machines 

Autoclavic Selt-SJnchron ... isi~ S;ptems 

(a) P/L text auto key 

(b) Cypher text auto key 

Ciph0?17 devices. British Equip-> 

ments are: BANGLE, SORCERER, 

HALI.MARK II, D.?O, TRUMPETER, 

PICKWICK. 

CiphOllJ' Devices 

All da7 visit to G.P.O. Research 

Station tor discussion on 

Vocoder research. 

(GPO • Governm9nt Post ottice. 

It's located at Dolls Hill, about 

10 miles t'rOJll London.} 

All day visit to Standard Tele ... cOJlll'Jlllnications Lab~ratoriea tor 

SORCERER demonstration and 

discussion. 

(STL are located at Enfield just 

outside London.} 

Ott-line literal machines. 

CIFAX problems. 

O.n line telegraph devices 

British equipments are: 

ROLLICK I and variants 

ROLLICK II (although dead) 

MINSTER, MERCURY, S UCO 

INCUBATOR 

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Date 

"Oct 20 

21 

22 a.m. 

p.m. 

23 a.m. 

Securit7 Group Engineering Group 

Joint Visit to s.c.D.U. to see and discuss MINSTER, 

PICKWICK, MOUN'l'JmANK and INCUBATOR. 

New circuit techniques such as magmtic binaries, terroresonance storage, transistors, etc. 

(SCDU = Services Conmunication Development Unit. It's 

located at Dolls Hill.) · · 

Miscellaneous S)'Bteni.s Projected all da7 visit to 

S.R.D.E. to see D.70, 

TRUMPETER and discuss miac. 

items ot research. 

Manual system.a 

(SRDE • Signal.a Research & 

Developnent Establishment. It•a 

located at Christ Church about 

80 miles rrom London.) . 

Radiation Securit7 

Joint discussion on I.F.F. 

New ideas: Second thoμgh.ta Security and Navigational 

aids. CITROL 

I • ' Joint discussion on new ideas. 

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!211= During the informal talks 

time will be tound to discuss the 

following additional i t8Dl81 -

Key Tape MaJ.d.ng Equipnent. 

General Cypher Production Techniques. 

Checking Equipnent tor the production 

ot Cyphers. 

Miacellaneoua devices (e.g. One Time 

letter pad encryption device). 

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Progra.nge 

Coilf'erence Proper === 

Date Opening ot Conference ., 

Oct 26 a.ma opening· Plenary Se·ssion followed by First Keating ot the 

Executive Committee 

PHASE I: PreJ2!rat1on or reJl2rts liatigg and aa1aaaing 

!fJuiJIJ!nta availabl! and wider develoune11t 

Date Secur1t7 COJl1mittee Engineering Colllld.ttee 

Oct 26 p.ma Sacurit7 Criteria On-line equipnanta 

"Production Equi~nts 

27 a.m. Traffic tlow Securit7 . ott-l.ine equipnenta 

p.m. On-line Equipnents Speech. Cita.x. etc. 

2S a.m. Ott-line Equipnenta Special purpose devices ~ 

p.m. Speech, Cita.x, etc. Ceypto production equipta. 

29. &am ... Radiation 

p.m. 

30 a.m. Executive Committee to 

endorse reports 

p.m. 

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Nov 2 a.m. 

p.m. 

Nov 3 a.111.. 

Nov 4 a.m. 

p.m. 

Nov 5 a.m. 

p.111.. 

Hov 6 a.m. 

p.m. 

Nov 9 a.m. 

Hov 9 p.m. 

10 a.m. 

p.m. 

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-PHASE II1 Examination and Definition or Combined and 

NATO operational requirements a.nd, where 

possible, selection or equipnent~ to meet them. 

Traffic tlow securit7 

Expression or secur:l.t7 requirements 

High Grade British .... u.s. NATO c7Ph.er 

(CCK replacement) 

On..;.line equi:pnents 

Ott-line equipnents 

Speech and CIFAX equipnents 

Special Purpose Equipments: Combat Codes, Authentication, 

Weather 

Non...COnmunications Tranand.asion Equipnents - (ELINT) 

Review or reports, second thoughts 

Executive Committee to endorse reports 

Closure of Conterence 

Executive Collllllittee to draft Conference Report 

Executive COJJlllittee to endorse Conference Report 

Final Plena:ey- Session 

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