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REF ID:A27562B 

31 Jul 58 

MEM>RANDUM FOR TEE CHIEF OF STAFF 

SUBJECT. Classification of "German Military Ciphers from 

February to November 1918" 

l As you requested, Mr Mathisen of this office contacted 

Mr Eugene B Power, president, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, 

Michigan, on 30 Jul 58, to discuss captioned matter Mr Power 

was informed that the purpose of the visit was to determine the 

circumstances surrounding his procurement of a microfilm of the 

book in question and the manner in which the microfilm has been 

used. He was assured that the seizing of material wasnot i.ntended 

2 Mr Power was cordial and cooperative He explained that 

the co~any had embarked on a new venture recently, the reproduction 

of out of print publications by a microxerox process As a result 

of attendant publicity, Mr Howard T Oakley, 899 Westfield Avenue, 

Elizabeth, New Jersey, submitted a microfilm of the book, "German 

Military Ciphers from February to November 1918," with a request 

for a reproduced copy Mr Oakley contended that the publication 

was unclassified and the microfilm had been obtained from the 

L:J..brary of ~ongress 

3 Three copies of the book have been produced Company policy 

is to print copies only as orders a.re received, no stocks are 

maintained The company has one copy of the book, one was sold to 

Mr Oakley and one was purchased by a Mr David Kahn who submitted 

his order under the letterhead of "Newsday, 11 Ge.rden City, Long Island, 

New York Copies of two letters from Mr Oa.kl.ey, dtd 1 Apr and 

10 Apr 58,respectively, and one letter from Mr Kahn, dtd 13 May 58, 

concernJ.Dg the purchases of the reproductions of the book were 

:f'urnished by Mr Power and are inclosed 

4 Efforts were ma.de to induce Mr Power to voluntarily give 

up the microfilm and the company's copy of the book The matter 

was not pressed when Mr Power appeared reluctant to do so He felt 

that Mr Oakley should be contacted first However, Mr Power 

agreed not to produce any more copies of the book The conq>any copy 

was marked "classified CONFIDENTIAL " The microfilm and copy are 

being stored in the coIJIDany vault 

5 For your information, Mr Power is a consultant to this Agency 

(CHEF) • He has been granted a TOP SECREr and Cryptographic clearance 

and has been indoctrinated for COMINT. University Microfilms has held 

SECRET Facility clearances in the past and is presently negotiating a 

classified contract with the Navy 

roved for Release b NSA on 05-16-2014 ursuantto E .0. 1352 
REF ID:A27562B 

SUBJECT Classification of "German Military Ciphers from 

February to November 1918" (Cont'd) 

6 Mr Power stated he would comply with any request ma.de of 

him in this matter by the Department of Defense 

7 Efforts to locate the copy of the document in question 

missing from the Library of Congress were successful on 29 Jul 58 

Thia copy, number 182, contains the notation on the title page that 

it was declassified l Nov 55, on authority of a letter from the 

Army Security Agency, dtd 26 Oct 55 A review of library files 

disclosed a letter written on that date to Mr Paul Barry, Chief, 

Serials Division, Library of Congress, by George A Temme, Jr , Lt Col , 

Acting AC of s, G-2, Headquarters, ASA, relative to the classification 

of "German Military Ciphers froxn February to November 1918. " This 7 

letter stated in part: "Subject book was downgraded to UNCIASSIFIED 

as directed by paragraph 3, Department of the Army Circular J.27, 

dtd 23 Dec 53 Additional copies are not available However, there • 

is no objection to your reproduction of copies as required to fill 

your needs " 

8 In view of these developments, I suggest that the AG request 

the Department of Defense write Mr Power at University Microfilms, 

313 N First Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to have him submit the 

microfilm and copy of the book in question Similarly, letters should 

be written by the Department of Defense to Messrs Oakley and Kahn 

and the Library of Co:cgress informing of the proper classification 

of' the book and requesting their copies be turned J.D to the Department 

In this manner, undue J.Dvolvement of NSA is prevented 

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