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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BRUSA COlrSEC CONFERENCE TO 

BE HELD Dl 11fASHINGTON IN SEPTEMBER l9So 

mwrns OF THE FIRST MEETING l \ ~ S"'•) 

All members of the Commi. ttee were present. 

Members of the Committee are: 

JI.fr. William F • .Friedman, AFSA-14, Chairman 

Capt. H. O. Hansen, USN, .AFSA-04 

Capt. J. S. Ha...-per 1 USM, AFSA-03 

Col. R. C. Sears, USAF, .AFSA-03 

Lt. Col. R. H. Horton, USA, AFSA-l.2, Member and Recorder 

1. Mr. Friedman opened the meeting by stating that letters had 

been pr"epared and forwarded to the Serv.J,.ces inviting their participation in the conferenee. ,A letter had al.so been fomarded to General 

McClelland, Director, Communications-Electronics, requesting his 

participation in the conference, and for the designation of t110 officers 

from JCEC -to serve as representatives on sub-committees A and B. General 

&Clelland had indicated his presence but had not, as yet, designated 

the t110 representatives from JCEO. 

2. Mr. Friedman indicated that Admiral Stone had requested him 

to submit a draft of remarks to be made by DIR.A.FSA at the opening session 

of the conference. The draft was read to the members and suggestions. 

were solicited. i\ro changes were suggested by Captain Harper and it was 

decided that they be incorporated in the draft;. 

3. Membership of' the sub-committees and working groups were 

partial.ly established as follaws: 

Sub-Committee A 

Capt. L. Fe Sai'ford1 USN, AFSA-ll, Chairman 

JCEC 

.ASA. 

Op-202 

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Dr. A. S1nkov 1 At."'i'SA-04 (Mr. R. H. Shaw, .Alternate) =-1t ..... -R!'"'.""!lB ... --=-se_ar_s_~US~N---, AFSA-03 (Ur. L. Rosen, Alternate) _._._n_._Bh_o_ads _ _____ _..11 .AFSA-14 

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eclassified and approved for release by NSA on 

5-29-2014 ursuantto E.O. 13526 
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Sub-Committee B 

Dr. A • .Sinkov AFSA.-04, Chairman 

JCEC 

ASA 

Op-202 

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Dr. s. Kullback , .AFSA-03 (Yr. L. Rosen, Alternate} l!"!Ur~.-J .... ""'!H•.-n-oug-lSS------,. AFSA-12 (Representing AFSA-14} 

Working Group Mo. l 

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l!"!Mr_._B .... _G,...~En_' ... ck_s_on _____ • .AFSA-03 

~Mr .... __,Fri_aiik_...,A,_:us_t.,..111__, _____ , AFSA-04 

_Dr_. __ J_._~_._san __ f_o_rd _________ , AFSA-14 

Working Group No. 2 

Cdr. J. c. Hargreaves, USN ,. .AFS.Ar-04, Chairman ~Mr ..... .__,R..,._H,,..._S_haw ________ , AFSA-04 

~Mr··--=J~e""'!A_._s~mi.~th~---------• AFSA-04 

n=. R:Lchard Chiles A'l:tl:!A_l\':I 

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Cdr. J. T. Pendergrass, USN , .AFSA-14 

Working Group No. 3 

Mr. Howard c. Barlow 

Ma.le Hber{ B. Blacksten ' 1 

Mr. Ro erli M. !Jcott 

USAF,, 

Mi-. Lynn Marsh 

Mr. J. He Douglas 

Working Group No. 4 

Mr. c. c. ~t 

Lt. Dalton-:-iarda USN 

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AFSA-12 

AFSA-03, 

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AFSA-04 

AFSA-03 .AFSA-14 

Chairman 

Chairman 
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PL 86"."36/50 USC 3605 

S. The availability of equipment for demonstration iWaB chscussed. 

Captain Hansen suggested and the Committee agreed that each sub-committee 

and woricing group would be held responsible for obtaining equipment, 

systems and ot..'1er rel.a ted material required tar demonstration. lh'. 

Friedman agreed to instruct the committee chairmen accord:Lngly. The MCM 

is not available for demonstration and it is not definite that the NRL 

ci.f'ax can be made avai. lable. 

6. Copies of the Conference Agenda, contai.ned in A]'SAC 63/l, has 

not been made available to all members of the Executive Comml.ttee, nor 

to the Sub-Committees and Working Groups. The Recorder was requested 

to obtain and fumish one can:plete ccw to each member of the Executive 

Committee, the Chairman o.f' each Sub-Committee and Working Group. 

7. The follom.ng items were agreed upon as being appropriate for 

presentation to the Plenary Conmd. ttee Meeting to be held at 1400,. 1 

September 1950. 

a. To What extent is the u. s. delegation authorized to release 

J.JJStru.ction books and dral'll.ngs pertaining to the equ.ipments to be demonstrated, as well as security- studies prepared by AFSA-ltl and AFSA-03? 

(l) The reconmenda:tion o.f' the Committee ·r.as that Committee 

A. be authorized to discus&' the u.s. position with respect to the seven 

rotor BCM and the PCM but that the ECU would not be discussed even though 

the subject mght be omught up again by- the United Kingdom delegation. 

(2.) That 0-0JDDD.ttee B be author.I.zed to .f'ree:cy discuss and 

furnish a maxLmum of two copies of all operating :l.Dstructions, drawings, 

security studies, etc. perta:i.ning to equipments 'llhich they- 11111 demonstrate or discusa. 

b. R.ecommend that the NRL ci.f'u and B-yaer low-echelon ciphO!J1' 

systems be deleted from the list of items to be demonstrated. 

c • _Will the CCU be offered to NATO nations as a NATO cipher 

machine? AFSA-04 is preparing a policy" paper on this subJect for 

presentation to AFSAC. 
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8. The meeting adjourned at 1030,,, l September 1950 

RUSSELL H. HORTON 

Lt. Colonel, SigC 

Recorder