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SECRET 

19 VII 1950 

Memo: · 

From: . Am.A 144 / ·-: - , ""-·\ \,..;>': .. ;,_ - ( 

To: .Amil 14 

SUBJECT: Belations vtth German M11tter;r Documents Seotton · 

1. With- the shipment to this oountiv -ot tons of capturetl doe\mlents follow-

. . ins the cessation of military ·operations, se't'el"al units were orsimized 

to process these documents. One of these was Q.J4.D.s. Subsequently 

other oapturea · OOCUlllents - v1 th minor reservations • were tumed o"Ver 

to th$ AGO as ot 1 Jul.7 1948 ( Y) anc1 ass1gne4 to mas. 

2. As m1Sht be. ezpeotea, same aooumente of ornto1_og10 oharaotei- we;.e :r;>tck,ed 

up by UD1 ts other than the 'l'ICOM Teams an4 many of these 1 teIDs founa 

their wrq ultimately to ~.M.D.s. 

3. InssmilOh as no one, so far as ever~. was e-Yer clearea at G.M.D.s. 

for crypt<?Sl'aphto matters , there seems to have been no e19tema'b1c watch 

for orntolcsto material anc1 no attempt to report such, tf noted, to 

ASA or other appropriate agency. Hence such 1 tems 18tY in C2m3 unless 

e.n4 until found b7 a member of some· interested agency. 

4. AEBA tea~ is ~sponstble for all TICOM material antl acttvtty in this 

countr11 it should therefore recetve all documents of _a tleftnitely· 

o~tologic natl.ire for_·prooesstns - and probably for 1"etention, einoe 

other agencies are not lmown to be authorized to lumdle euoh material. 

Under then~ Public Law 513 of 1950, provisions of which seem olearl.1' to 

apply to certain c!oouments hold b7 GMDS, it appears desirable that GMDS 

be aPl'l'Ue4 of th1s fact so that proper provision~ be made there for 

safeguarding the ~terial 1D compliance With the letter and the spirit 

l -SECRET - Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 11-05-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 
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of sa1c1 lav, or else the material be turned over to AFSA-14 'l'IC<H wh1oh 

is speoit1cal1' o~ed with. earing for such ma,tenal •. ~.•· .... ··':.·: ... ,j 

5. Numerous other items held by CHl9 are of valuf to AFSA. as colle.teral.. 

Some euoh items have been borrowecl and translatea, othere should be. 

'fhe oriStnals can then be retUrned as tn the past. 

6. Hitherto the bolTOriDS ·'b7 ASA, en4 AEBA, _bas beeJl through Special Dis• 

trtbutton. Thie was to serve as a cover for ASA eot1v1t1ee but 1DaSml1Ch 

aa a oonsic!erable group of doouments 4ealins with :Russian codes ana · o1phera . . 

we obtain~ "on pmnanent loan" ov~ the etgnatlQ:'e of Col. (nov Gen.) 

·Clarke, the ic'Jentity of the pres~nt holder is veq thinly .ve1le4. r • ' . •' ' ' ' ·., • • _,. ',. j__ ,· • 

7. I.t. is. bel1ev~ t:iiat extettns relations might be. improvecJ, to the benefit' 

of both parties, ther~f~ it 1e suggested: . -i ·.'.I" ·· .. · :--j 

A. That Mr. ~111p P. Browor, present bed of GMIS, or some other person, 

be given ol~ for such general orntoloSi~ 11lf~t1on as mq be ' . ' - . : 

essential, · tn order .that he mq -watch tor an4 report to AHIA an:s documents 

of or,yptologto interest . to be foun(J 1n th~ GMIS co~leot1on so that AFSA 

Will riot have to re~ on chance cU.ecovery or make a systematto search . . . . .. 

of the m.m3 files in order to benefit therefrom. For this purpose a. 

ltst of German orntologio um.ta mtsbt be preparea as a guide. 

B. 'l'hat it be ez:pla.1ned to Mr. Brower that AEBA.111 the sole aes1snatea ·, • I • • 

Agency fo;o bancU1og euoh material and tha~ it comes under_ the intent of 

Public Lav 513 of.1950. 

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C. '!'bat one OOJ!3 of each transl.$tton made by AJiSA of non-omtologio 

collatoral material f'1'om th'9 files of ClMIS be 4epositea With OMm for the 

beneft t of other potential users. ~s ma.,v obviate the maldcs of another 

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translation for acme other pal'tf, and ;perluq>s make the GMI& file of more · 

~alue es a ref$renoe oolleotton. Naturally, aaequato provision would have 

to ~ IIBde for safeguarding olaas1f1ed materif:ll. · Unless the. EcB Series. . , 

were l!Btle ava.tlSble, there would _at the present time be relattvei7 few 

translations .1nvolvec1 by· such an m:Tangement. If desirable, 9over pases ' . ': . . . . .-

ehOW'lng translating aeency can be remov~d. ' ·. ': ·r· , .J - .-

B.V.P. 

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