svi:"tli JSWr9Bs~ e D'--.A•t.D .I. W' 

fi C.CJh'J~~,,/a.'lf"h..t ~" ChtUtl'e~ ~ .. r:;: t) t' J ~ ;i._ I I I? e_ ..f cP 0 y' 

Se.e.IJr/9' CA..u /~·ca. n~n I"' 

J'C2 C!.~ dJ? I - G-e1110.ra. I .... _.....,,__. 

t l. Section I, para. lt The eentenoe reaM.ng "El.ch item ot information or 

pnaterial must.be ·adjudged solel.7 on its imn··meritis and sh..U-bs cl:!.nif'ied accordina 

to its own contents" should be underlined and stressed. It appears that even thaush 

'this is the true criterion in the determination ot claasif'icat;1.on1 it is all too 1 trequentq ignored. Common criteria have peen such thoughts a.s "this other document 

: is claasitied this or thatJ this one shoul~ be the-same", or."let•s make it TOP _ SECRl':l' ~odsword and be safe", and ao on. 1VS A 9..3 o..3 

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".Page 31 Pano-aph J .. tJnde:r1core the Vhol.6 paragraph. ..... ,--;/;;ut ( ,:;· -~~ ................ --- 3. Section I, para.3 - The principle seems clear but its application ie · uncertain. Perhaps the expresoion "pertaining to :NSA activities" 

should be phrased more precisely. N .s A 7 'Z..-

I "J.. Section I, para. 4t The "distinctive codeword" mentioned here should be 

further expanded here or elsewhere in the document to ,.include a full expla.nation t>t 

l/1he purpose, use and meanings of the Indian codewords• the source codewords 

(without actually' referring to any specific ones)) and last, but not least, the 

COMINT codetmrds which are so common throughout the Agency 1 yet so misunderstood 

and misused. 1V S A 9 3 " ..3 

. . ? S: Page ,-, • In1ert tba 4etin1ticm. ot COMD'l' (Appendix I, Paao:.i.1) /\Io 

• between paragraph ti. and pare.araph ,. s /A.r.rr CF) . .......... - .. _.. -- -..- ... 

V.d /,, Paa• 3- hrasra.Ph ' ... 'll1e t"hird sentencae •hcnl14 l"U41 "lnf.1lD.llt1 COM~ v, / 5 ~ m.teri&l oomea to •• ,n .S/A.s.rt {1-.,, 

-- -- .. 

7 •Paga 3-, para ;.. A considerable porlion of COMINT :la received 

' initiall.1' in the agency in the form of end-product from foreign 

collaborating centers and from field atationa. 'this volum.e will. 

grow as decentralisation progresses. Paragraph S ahould be 

modified according].1,'.• ,N SA 7' 

Jg .. ~;t~ 1,-~h ;, ~- 3). "!te9Ul'it.T' (appe&l.40 tvloo) 1~ulc1 'be 

""flUJ.lti", "nature' "1181111,l"t'G•U" - I01J1eth1DS ela, 8()1; "Secsuri.~· R/D 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 05-07-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 

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Paraaraph Sb • l\ecommended1 .. T.td.ttic Intelltsenc:e iJ that ~w/w-t~ .e I 

which re1uJ.te trom trat"tic o.na.lylia a~ ·rW"M~pl'lin · .. ~ ............. text• I TM.I inclu4•• COMINT produced bf au mean.a 

short ot the actual c:eyptana~1i1 of intercepted ~ t'~ 

oomtmmicationa." s/A.s.sf- ~=) 

Paraaraph '' • OJDi t. 

Pangn.ph ~ • Recomniend11d.1 "Xntormation d.erS.vad trora. thea• proae11e1 '( ~ j 

(orypta110.ly1la a.rut t:raftio ana:cysis is) ••• *' S//1.s.sf' (r-) 

. ) 

Paragraph 6a .. The aecond sentence 1hould reo.dt 't. . • ot cer·ta.in high 'JI !J 

level 1y1tema •• apaoifiecl by ex11tins authoritiea. "s,.As.rf~ 

hragraph 6b "' Becommendedl 0C&tegoq II COMINT 1• le11 eensitive 

than the 'Prttaed1ng co.tegor;r in that protection of it1 y;,, 1ource ia not alwa.70 the over·ridins consideration 

and ie one which can, by acceptance of a calaulate4 

riak, bo di11eminated with a leaa risid 1tandar4 ot~ 

1ecurit;y. 11 • ~/A.ssr (F) 

VIS: Pqe 51 Paragraph 6b •"Thia category vill inalude ••••• 1ecur:t.ty ayatenus a1 ,,,.'flJ 

1pecitied by existing author1t1e1. It :l•... " { .s/At~T ti-) 

Paragraph 6a • ~eoommend.ed1 " ••• lcnr level COMIN'l' al Qecitied b7. 

8Xilting &Uthoriti••• Material U •• II .S/fl.SSf er-) <1' S 

V-17,. Parqraph Ta .. Recommended 1 " • • • mutua~ agreed upOA by UK and US 'I l j 

to be in othel' ca tegor1.ea. Thie list 4 •••• " .s As.sf" ~ 

0 rg. 3. Section I, para. 7iu It wr:rul.d °'JI" v~.11 to include the specific systems iJ 

){ J"eferred to in this para.graph under Sections IV and V or perhaps as an appendix to } 1 

the basic document 'With periodic revisions thereto. N" A Cf 30.3 

P&ra. 7.d. - Firat line should read "In r~f'erence to type of crypto 

aystems." ;Vs A 7 -:2..... 

;. RecoJl!Dll!r..ded1 "All a me:a.rus ot turther a.&aistance to 

peraonnel within NBA the tollowins olaaaif ication 

guide lines bav• been eata.'blished. nememb•r lihef 

iU'e Onl1' general in natt>l'e and thlt the cla1a1t1oe.t1on 

ot tt1tabli1he4 SOl.ELY OH ITS --

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c;. u r'c/. e 

98

~3.3(h)(2) r PL.86-36/50 USC 3605 

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Se. c.. u ,_,. ty C la u /f',·£.t!.. frfJ '1 

Se c.f/an .IL - !;/ JeCt.--•f C'ode..·'Vt?d 

/Jo . . :;i/. O• Section II1 paraf~ph 21 (paGO 7) • Sentence VOUld. be t:lru'ifiod b1 /)o 

inoertinG tho tronl ":l.ntellic;ence" befor~ tbo pc:riod.. ~~ .... -·-~·:=--~ 

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section II, para. 2 - t.Ast sentence undO'llti'te1ll 

~-_,,..-.. -... 

~-3.. Re Section II TCP or.cm.T COOOUORD. It.cm 2 o:r incloaure to roterenco, tbe 

toll.owi.na revioion :ts auoocotad: · --

"2. In:telli onco derived. from the stu ot 

and is or such hich :t.ntollit:,once va.tue or $ans .. '-t-t_v_!-ty_o._o_t_ora:_q_u_i:ro_. a.sG1r.,n"JlOnt to this Ca.t<?g6ry •" (/I/ .s It 7 ~) 

)..If. -. Section II - TOP SECRET CODI!.1'1001> • Par 

rvo mteria.l includes much more than jua cryptanalysis This ohouJ.d include a.11 cryptoaystems uccd by the tor'---e-::i-gn_g_o_va_r_Jll!IC __ n~t-s-, _s_uc......,,...11-a-B-....1 

those used by the vario?D scrvicen, Arm:y1 Uavy, A1:L" ForcoJ tba qua.oi•m1l:l.ta.r7 

or~nizations, border BtJD.rds, security policeJ internal governmental and commer• 

cia.lJ clandestine or illicit organizations. /Vs A 7 o 

J, ~ · 9 Add Section II, pornero.pb 51 

~)o-1f"111tema 1 Wbctihcr 1n bcinB or ... proposc<l.. 

(peee 7). Security etUdtes ot US '5 UK 0 

R//J 

ate: e Add Section II, paragro.ph 6, 

. ~~ c,iqpt~io machines• 

(page 7) • Certain special. pUJtJO&• 

Rio 

--- a 7. Section IriliOul4 alao include t 

• : •• ~L J)J / '!c.,p\~Intell:lgence except~- 1pecd.ttcaur a111pe4 

-=-~tter-"'l!a~goria. 

? 

' 

,, ~ "Tra.ttio Int11lligen~e involving au..p.~AIP~~~ftt>ta+ . · -, ("h1'1a11") ~ teparato Traffic ln:teU'~~,..~~ ~ l ~ 

.C..tege•:v !I •oven .....-.f'odUG91 int~'• WoD• value 

1• eo grest that aec~itf of content become• th• overriding conaideration. 

7 "Material involving •eneiti"Ve eol:btction 'Pl'Ocedure1 

or the revelation ot aucces• apinlt unuaual, ••naitive 

V...1o or eomple:ic tran1mi111ou procedur•• and d.evic••·" ..sflss'T(/r=) A.Ji> 

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J"~CcJr/ p Ofa.~.r/;:',~,fbl't 

.. Se c:l:·d11 /ff - .. 70,o .r .. r:-,,.,.~1' -- . . d..I· Section m, para. 21 After nu.x. If add "and 0.nad:l.an". (see D/r on · "D:Lacusaion ot Security Cl.aasitication Matters Within PROD-!Jo. 3", dated 23 June 

-1954). . N .s l't 'l3d 3 

a_ 'j. Seotion m, paras. 4 and 51 Recommend that both these itl!llDl!I be cbmgr&ded to SECJt!l. It does not appear neces8&17 that tho codeword.a themsel1'98 need. . ) 

fio be al&ssitied &tJ7 higher than SECRP:l • and in acme cases onq COMFIDENTIAL, nen 

t.haagh thq mq be covering in.rormation ot nm.ch higher aena1tiY1t7. This would be 

·an 1,pplioation ot the same principle as was used in specif)'ing that the~: 

ahorb titles themselT98. should be ol&asitied. onq 3100Im. I"" s A et .3 ".3 

I .._3/~ 

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., . . "' . ; I ..3..J. Section '· 'para. 7• After nu.s.• sentenoe ahwld read •anc1 Ult ((l(JIQ)f . eanu.. ~>. and Aust:rsli& (mB) in the C<Jmll' field"· NSA 93 d.S I ""'- • • 

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i . _,, ...31" 1eo,ttaa '' para&lllPb. 10, (pap 9). Qtrel7' • '° Wl1D t.a • •etdft .to 

: ~' ~ Sa. J.1ZOP91'~ unolMaitied• f R/ IJ ,., 

~,. ht Vb&t . .-.~ot~t 11/D A>o 

.. ,........._s...~ -.. -..r-.. -:-- .. 

? yt1 , . 

~£:, Seattan v~ Jl&N• U - '1h1ll probablJ' mam "UKIJSA, abort title• ot crnt. p, I 8ptem•t 'J.'be intent ia not al.M.1". N.SA- 7 L . . . 

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· 'I .q. SeOtiaa VII, p&N. 8a Thia paapaJh wlll haw to 'be alten4 it ..., .. ~ 5 

abon ia aooepted. fl J A 9 3 "..s 

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1 

t7 es .f O v 

-'cc..u..-ify C(-.,,ff.·~,,._f,.d11 . 

-S._e.fo"" liL -tJ11cltW."ft'frl {§nt~J. 

'.,,, - • . Paragraph 8 I Beotion v' page 9 olaaai.tiea u mmm .. all per&Om.el 

Nporiir tor iihe entire Agena7, o:L v.llian or mill tary, wh:l.ch ibdioate autbor11ed or 

actbual. 1trengt;h !>z orsani•ational element, l!lhort title or &1J11bol, or by tunotiontt. 

Ro prav.l.aion, h>118var, hii 68iii iiiide :tor other required personnel raporta wbioh·do 

not reveal organi•ational atruotttre but lfhioh mq indiaate total autbor:l11ecl and - mual atrengtll. It ia therefore recommended that the following paragraph be ad.dad 

:ln Section m • tJBCiiASSD'IJ!Dt 

"All routine pereomel reports (exoept as pro'Vida4 under paragraph e, 

Section • SECRET) which indicate total or pari4.al. atrength, separationat acoeaaiona, or similar general information, provided. suoh reports .Ji, :.at reveal organi1at10Jl8]. element(a), apeoit:la .job titles, job il.:lt;v oodea, shorf; ti tle/BJlllbol, function, or other data wbioh 

1. JllQ' be oona1dered alaas:l.tied. n c ,' v '° 1-::: te I · .......:;:..._ ·.w -·- " 1 - · • ·c• • , r-- - .. _fl' --

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' -it ;r. _, 'ln addition to the above canmonto 1 we believe that the tallowing it.ema a,.re 

UIDJtl those which a hould also be lidted under the appro)4'1ate Section tor the 

'ola11itioation reoanmended heroin• 

...... __ 

.1. oaae nota.tiona, meaaa69 abort. tit.lea not epeaifiaall1' named~'-

. report ah~ title!; aerials and 8Jll1bols - to be olaasi'.fie4 OONPIDEN'l'lALe 

2i. T&riou categories ot ml rans - to be oiaasitied as appropriate •. -

\ . 3. detaile ao t.o the contenha, purpose and usage of T&rioua oategoriee Of 

l torma.ts ueed within the Agenq and in t.he tiel.d - to be olaaaitied u 

apft!'OJ>ri!te. · • · . ~---~ -· ·,, 

4, ~ aa to \he 1'&1'iOW1 tJP88 ot teohnioal_aervioea performed within\~\?! the Agen071 suoh aa m:lorotilm:l.ng, la'boN.tor.r aerw:l.oes• reproduction,_ ··-

Jber~ Reoorda Pro~1 torms oont.rol.1 diatrlbubian1 ~ing, nauin11 •• · • to· be alaaaU'ied aa approFfate. . . . · • • , I. ' ' I 

f. clieouedan ol non-routine poliq natters, IRlOh ·~ ~ ~aaiana, oollabol'&tlon and tunoticnat d.eoental..iU.tion ot problema and oontl'0111 . reporbing missions and re1ponaib1lJ.t1eaJ ltSA. oamld:tme¥h8J. ~· •to be 

ola11eUied. TOP 8EORWl' • ,y s A 'I .3 a 3 · 

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