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17 August 1944. 

Dear Travis: 

Receipt is aolal.ovledged of your letter of' 4 August 1944, 

with the acoomps.nyi.ng two copies of' BP 1 s qCrJ"Ptographic 

Dictionary". 

Ve bad been looking f'orward to receiving this important vork and are extremely glad to 'have it just as the first or 

tent&tiYe edition of" our ovn dictionary goes to press. As 

soon as copies or the latter are available we Bha.11 send a 

f'ew to you with the 9ame understanding that you 'have attached 

to turn:1.shing us the copies of your dietionar,-. 

It w111 be highly use.ful. to compare the contents of' both 

dictionaries, item by item. I can already see,trom a 'ha.sty look at 7~s, many excellent features. I feel sure that ve ~).1 be able to prof"i t very much from 1 ts careful study. 

You :m&J' be interested at the moment to know tbl!lt our 

clietiolll!U'y will be 1n tvo :parts. Part one 'Will contain uncla.3131-

f'ied m&terial so th&t & wide d.1.stributi.on for instructional or 

other purposes Yill be possible; pa.rt two will contain definitions 

applicable to oon1'1dential and secret items. The distribution 

of the latter part will be closely controlled and restricted to 

cryptanal,-tic opera ting agencies. Also 1 t may be of intereBt to 

7ou to knov that our dictionary is intended to be prescriptive, forcing all our people to emplo'1 stands.rd terms and to di.scontinue the use or non-standard ones. Yours, on the other hand, 

appears to be descriptive, with no prohibition against the use 

of terms coined on the spur of the moment. Both types, of course, 

have their merits. But we hope th&t our type will be conducive 

to a better understanding and comprehension by our own people or 

( ! !the ms.DJ" technical reports vhich &re produced loca.117. 

~ Within a short time I will send 7ou a more detailed note on 

.this subject, vhen we ha.ve completed the study or 7our f'irst 

edi.t1.on a.nd have had a good opportunity to comps.re the det'in1t1ons 

contained therein with those in our own r~st edition. For the ~ moment,, therefore, please accept 1tfT tbe.nks ~or your courtel!J" in ~ sending the two aopi.es so prom.ptl7 after publication. 

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GC & CS. 

Sincerely 70Ul's,, 

v. Preston Oo:rderms.n,, Colonel, Signal Corps, 

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