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Ser 00401 

7 May 53 

From: Chief of Naval Research 

To: Navy Comptroller 

Via:- Chief of Naval Operations (Op 37) 

Subj: Permission to transfer funds to the National Bureau. of Standards, 

Department of Canmerce for a temporary acceleration of Government 

Order NA 26-47; request for 

Encl: (1) 

(2) 

{3) 

Director of National Security Agency ltr Ser 1970 dtd 

23 April 1953 to ONR 

Director of National SecurJ.ty Agency ltr Ser 8L.l dtd 

2 Uarch 1953 to the Secretary of Commerce 

Ltr of Acting Secretary of Cmmnerce to Director of National 

Securl.ty Agency dtd 23 1'4'.arch 1953 

1. Because of the success of a sym.posiwn held in the summer of 1952 at 

the Institute for Numerical Ana.lysis of the National Bureau of Standards, 

the Director of the National Security Agency requested by enclosure {l) 

that arrangements be ma.de by this Office to hold another such symposium 

in the summer of 1953. This sym.poSJ.wn lrJJ.11 be concerned with research 

necessary to maintain a favorable position for the United States with 

regard to secure commwu.cations and related methods, device.a, and countermeasures. It will also carry out on the electronic digital computing 

eqw.pnent installed at the Inst:i:wte for Numerical AnalysJ.S, computations 

reducing theoretical advances to concrete numer:i..cal terms from which 

improved operating techniques may be derived. More detailed. infozmation 

would up-grade this memorandum to Top Secret and can be provided only by 

the D:lrector of the National Security Agency. 

2. The importance of the problems to be discussed is attested by the 

Director of the National Security Agency in enclosure (2) which contained 

a request that the work be carried out at the National Bureau of Standards. 

By reference (3), the Acting Secretary of Commerce signified willingness 

to conduct the Symposiwn. Funds in the amount of i10,ooo were subsequently 

transferred by the Director of the NatiO?aal. Security Agency to this Office 

for support of the proposed Symposium and for other expenses incidental to 

the maintenance of contllDllty in the program. The highly cl$ssl..fied 

character of the problems to be discussed makes it advisable that the proposed Symposium be held in a government establishment. 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 02-10-2014 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 

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NR Oh4 041 

Subj: Pennission to tt-ansf'er fuD:is to the National Bureau of' Stamards, 

Department of Commerce for a temporary acceleration of Government 

Order NA 26-47, request for 

3. As stated in enclosure (2), the majority of the participants in the 

proposed Symposium will be scientists employed on temporary, excepted 

appointments for a period of two months. It has been necessary to make 

early commitments to these gentlemen in order to be sure of obtaining 

their services before they make other arrangements f'or the swmner. 

4. It is requested that permission be granted to this Office to transfer 

funds in the amount of $70,000 to the National Bureau of Standards to 

finance the work requested by the Director of tm National Secur.J..ty Agency. 

c.v.L.Snuth 

G.Butler 

29 Apr 53 

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