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DISPOSITION FORM •'. 

FILE NO. I SUBJECT 

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D1ps't ot staff Ccn:terence, 15 Beptember 1953 

Chie:ta at Otticee 

FROM j)ATE COMMENT NO. 1 c/s 16 Sept 1953 

and Staff Di'l'ialona 

1. DIBECTOR 

a. In :reepcmse to the S/AmR'• cOIZllll!'llta on the reported approval. or a 

os-18 3ob rar the c1ril181l deprt;7 rm: R/D (preac:ribed by llBCID Bo. 9 ReTiaed), 

the Direetar ins'tructed SEC to aubad:t a. ~ on the ate.tua of clearance 

processes perta.inin& to ea.ch of the present candidates ror the poaitian. 

b. In rep~ to CCllP'a atateaient that the preUmin&l'J' meetinp Oil the 

aub.1ect ot 'l'eclmical Jlanagelaent were under vq,, the Director d1rected that tvo prel1~ aet1Dga 11ere to be tollawecl bJ' ect1CD8 on. apecific problem. 

c. Cc:wnting upon Ill'• announcement at a lecture to 1ndoctr1na.te and 

repq to the questioa.s ar "ada:tniatratora" reapect1ng the JG'• orpnir.ation and 

proceaaea; the Director reiterated hia earlier statsa:nte that all Age.'0C7 pereollllel in a superviaory poaition JmSt widertake to train their 1-ed1ate subordina.tea in ar.ba:l.niatra'ticm as well as in tecbn1cal -ttere: "'!'BB PRillCIPAL RBASClf 

FOR AlXDIIB'lRATIVE TROUBLES IS mAT YOU PEOPLE D<lf 'T '1'BAllf YOOB ASSIS'rAlf.l'S 1 

A1lD 'l'llll Dm'!l' '1'BAlll" THEIR .ASSISTAM'S. YOO .ALL HAVB '!B:S: ABILl"n 'l'O ~<IG'LISH 

THIS :tmlC'HOB A1ID I EXPECT YW 'l'O DO BO." 

d. In response to the AG' s varn1ng that several ccmpoo.ell'ts ot the 

Agenc7 were beccmd.ng 1ncreaa1~ lax in the observance est Serri.ce requtrem.enta 

tar lea4-tiae on requeata tar t:raYel. autbor1zationa 'tar l8A penaon.el, the 

Director eep>a.aized the need tor ccimpUance and 41rected that tbe next late 

requesta be ~ened to h:lll. 

2o C'BIBF C1' m.AFF 

a. Bated that the Intercept Bequirementa paper was currentl.7 111 'the 

han4a ot the ~enae Polley Council anA vaa acbe4u1ecl far eu,_, uicn to the 

SBCDD', with a rec- n4at1on tor approTa].1 in the ime iUate future. 

b. State• bis agxeeant with Cc.Mi's PoS1t.icn 'tbat current tendencies 

ill EA to ?v-pau C<IM 1n establ1ahtng and c:on4ract1ug liaison witll outside 

organizatioae are 1nettic1ent au4 productS:n at mmecee•Bl'J' ccmpl1cat1ona. 

c. In connect1oD with remru 'bJ' PllBS caacern1ng the h1r1ng and 

clearance aspects or "rotor vtring'' personnel, inaVucted C/SEC to :ln'Yeatigate 

and. report m the ao-calle4 "bd.Ung wire" }lbaau ot ut1lisa:h1an ~ nch 

peracnnel and m llbUina and Jr08l"9U at th1• pro~. 

eclassified and a roved for release b NSA on 05-29-2014 ursuantto E.O. 1352 

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16-64801-3 U. S. C90VERNllEHT PRIN.TING OFFICE 
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. cl. Botecl that SEC would make a conttmd.ng ettort: 1:o JU't 'the wbo1e NSA 

aec111'1t1' program on an. "att1rma.UYW!' bas:la. Ke also expreaaecl his agreement vi.th 

tbc action ot .ABAL!SIS S.n b.o141ng S.n:tarmal. get-togethen with representatives of 

SEC. Bzpreaeed hie oppoe1Uon to c:erta.111 aspects at tbe ProperQ' Pass 819tem 

(aa it a.s.tterent1ate• 'beWeen ld.Uta17 and. civilian peramnel), and S.nat:l'Uicted 

SEC to provide c/s V1'th a reca1111ended course ot meliara:t.ing action. 

3. JX:/S~O! 

Diaeu11aed the la'test develapnents coneern.1Dg tbe "S" and ''R" 'bu:ll.cUnp 

(6th, and 4th and ID.dependence AYe. 1 reapect1ftJ.7). Roted that "S"' bu1lc11ng was 

nav unobtainable, and that a c1ecia:lon with respect to "R" 'building voul.4 be ade 

· aooa. In repJ.7 to quest1an 'b7 OOS/A, HqC reported that "B" bu1W.ng is 1n:te.rial' 

to ''S!t in condition &.1l4 f'ac111t1es. 008/A expressed 'the belief' that 1:t ~move 

to "B" builcling should materialize, 'the Movement Greup shmld not became 1nYOlftd, 

but that llqC 1 UlG 1 ~ PROD should ban41e tbe arrangemeuts as approp!'iate. 

4. C<lllJBICA'!ICDS 

Roted that the neX't period ot ionospber1c ''blaclcollt" vaa expected to 

begin about 21 September, and adaed that steps ha4 al.read7 been taken to proricJe 

BSA v.lth stand•'bJ' CCDlllD1cat:lons f'ac111t:lea such 'that it vould not be nece••BZ'7 

to activate the "JI Dq"' :tacillties resortecl i:o auring the previous b~ per1ocl. 

5 • L1!DAL .ADVISOR 

.Amlounced that he ha4 located his ot:tice in Roam 19-213A, and vas "open 

tor business" as far as legal matters arising in other perts or the Agenf:7 were 

concerned. 

6. PERSOllEL 

Cmaented that RSA might encounter a delq in its ettarts to provide 

comparable civilian billets ~or certain or 'the Reserve 11d.11t&Z7 perscxmel of 

the J.senq who were scheduled tar release to inactive d.uV in tbe near future. 

7. BAIBim WW 

Described 'the plan to aid the Air Force to establish an BP course 

(pr1mar117 an intercept course) at March Field Air Base in Calif'arnia. Bated 

that the course vould last about 10 weeks,; that once 1t go1o under vay 'there 

would be about 20-30 gra4uatea per month; and that tvo RP technicians :rraa PROD 

vou1d go to March Field to assist in setting up the initial curriculum and 

procedQres. 

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