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16 .Auguat 194& 

SUBJECT' leport ot Laborato17" Ira.nob tor Period 1 ~ugu1t to 16 Auguat 1946 

Chier, Operating Serv1cea Divi•~on 

TOr OoJllJf.andi:ng General, SSA 

l· During th• ourrent reporting period tICOV tilm development 

reached a new peal: or 1700 teet developed in & aingle working day. On• 

dittioulty h&a ariaen 1Jl th• •tud~ or thi• !ICOM tila 1n that only on• 

reader ia aTailabl• tor th• 15 :mm.'tilm. Approximately halt ot the !ICOM 

ha• arrived on 35 r:m film. .An 1Jiveatigat1on into th• an1lability ot 

two more a& mm .R•~ordak Reader• 1a baing conducted at th• preaent tin:.•• 

a. !he CIP'AX work tor the :Equipment .8ranoh na continued throughout 

thi• period on th• •p•oial Graveyard Shirt. 'fh• two WAC personnel who 

have been •••igned th• job are produo1~ finished print• ill an &Y9rag• 

ot •ix and ~ halt l!linutea after th• undeveloped film. 1• rec•ived. 

g. Plana hav• been ~•d• tor the making or a pictorial h1•to?T ot 

.Arlington Ball Station. Kr. Mark R.hoad1 1 ror whom the project ha1 b••n 

und•rtaken, has aak•d •aoh Branch to turn1•h an itemised eat1mata or the 

picture• whioh -.ill be required to portray the work of the Brar.oh. Th••• 

1tem1c•d eatimatea are then edited in a oonrer6'oe between the Br1noh 

Chief', M.r. Rhoad•. The Chief, Laboratory :Branch. and th• Chief, Phototraph1a 

Section SPSID prior to the aotual photography to plan aotual ••hootingft 

aohedulea and to determino whether all requested p1cturea are n•eded to 

portray the l!ranch work. Photography i• under way in th• L&bora.tor;y Branoh • 

. •· A atudy ia iD progr••• on m•thod8 of modernization ot our 

miorotillldng teohniqu••• In the p&at the dat& with r••peot to the t;yp• 

ot lll&t~rlal, th• bog1nn1ng nwnber or date ot & aer1•• ot document• and 

th• end number or date ha• be•n written in ink or penoil on the box ot ~ompleted microfilm. In the tuture thia will b• trp•written on a printed 

label which will be pasted on th• box in •uah a zanner that no portion 

ot the data will be ioat unl••• the box ia deatroyed. All microtilminc 

previouafy completed will be brought up to date and naw atandard labl•• 

'rill be put cm th••• boxH in the near f'utur•· IA" internal indioatora 

oxt each twen~y-fiT• t•et of tilm aDd new •0peratora !•port•• will alao be 

uaed in tho t~ture. .A. aheet ot in•truotiona tor p•r•onnel who operate th• 

camera hat been pr•pared and it 11 contemplated that • on• hour 1Datruot1on 

lecture will b• given •ach ahift on the new method•• 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 07-25-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
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- SPSID (16 Auguat l9t6) 

5. The examination o~ th• •~t•ots ot the Japan••• Diploma.ti waa 

oompleted and a report wa.1 aent to G•2• Two po••ibl• ••oret ink 

ohemioala wwr• tound although no aotual ••cret writing wa.1 •••n• two 

book• and ••veral •incl• 1h••t documents wer• photoatat•d tor uae here 

1lt SSA• 

e. With the 1udden Japan••• 1u1•render a nry Hriou• and i1mnedb.te 

problem. ha• ariaen in the ••curing or Commercial Oable and radio trattio, 

formerly auppli•d by Cable Cen1orahip. .l complete atudy ha• been made 

on this problem and recommendation• have been rorwarded under "Immediate 

A.o'tion" oov•r• 

7 •. The German Beoret Ink !••ting Xachine, Jlioknamed by the German• 

the "BU!lKER" (Air Raid Shelter), ha• b••n unpacked and plan• ar• 

underway to ••••mble the maohin•• One et th• proble:ma or aa1embly i1 

location ainoe tor aotual operation a .... ter aupplT and 220 V AO electrio 

aupply will bo required. A aoooud problem li•• in th• ~act that 

accompanying the maoh1ne are two German Gaa Ma1k Oontainera tull or 

aaaorted uu~•r-boita, aor•w• etc. ot unknown u••• J. omnpl•t• sorting o~ 

thi• oon&lomera.tion i• under -..:;{• 

a. Following c•n•ral Poat polio7, only a akeloton tore•, oonaiating 

ot Ofticera. wae lc•p't on duty in the Branoh on 16 Auguat. Due to the 

•kelotion11ng of moat at tho othor unit• no priorty reque•t• oame in to 

th• .Branch on thi• dat•· 

SECRET 

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lla.jor. SignaI ~crp1 

Chief, La.bore.tor,- Branch