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MEMORANDUM R>R SECRF:TARIA'l' 

~UARTE.RS 

ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 

Washington 2$~ D. c. 

20 J~r 1949 · 

SUBJECT: tiscIB ·a. ·I. Cornmi.lnications ·Co!Dll".ittee Meeting, 13 Juli 1949. 

AGENDA 

1. Proposed BRl'SA Comrm.micatipns Cr-.fPt..o Devices •. . . . . 

z·. · I .... __ ..... lu~s .. CoJll1'nUnica tions and cryp:to Devices. 

. . ). Rockex Key- Tape Production • EO 3.3(h)(2) 

4. Air Force Intercepts i'rom Pacific. PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

s. Other Items. 

MINUTES.OF THE MEET:niG 

The forty-fifth meeting of the Committee on c. Io Communications was hel<l 

at ]JJO, Wednesday 13 July 1949, in Ro6m 1212, Naval Communicatione Station .. Those present Were: - · 

AP.MI AIR FORCE 

Mr. Porter (Ch&irma.n) 

Miss Hurst (A.ctg Secretary) 

Ca.pt. Sh~ 

TOP SRRH 

NAV! 

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CDR. Enderlin 

ICDR. Kohler 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 06-03-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a · 
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RESUME Qli~ FOR'l'l.,.~FIF'l'H !R'rlWG 

OF COMMI'H'EE ON C. I. COU&UNICATIONS 

I. Important item.'!! discussed at the meeting: 

(a) ~posed BHUSA Communications Cr,vpto DeVices. 

(b) I ~~~ .. C~111mU!lii:a~ions and·C~ ~ces. 

(c) Rcckn·.Ke;y Tape· P:roduct:ton • . . 

~d) ·Air Force Intercepts tr~m Pa.citic:• EO 3_

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(e) Other Items. · PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

I:t.. Impor-tani items to be diasctlssed at· next meeting: 

(a) ~po~ed BRUSA\,cO~a.tions Crypto·Devices. . . . . 

·. (b) ---~u.s. Conmmni~~tions ~ C:eypto Devices • . . 

(e) Air'·Forca Intei•cepts from Pacific. 

(d) Other Items ... 

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•• " . 1. PlrlPOSED BRUSA CRYMO DEVICES • 

. Cdr. F..ndRlin stated that there was SOE delay in getting the CSP 3300 

devices.off the production lines but anticipa~ that the first ones would 

·be completed by the "middle of August. The 'Chairman told the Committee that 

the proposal ~f issuance I I of. this particular 

device was being held ~ abiiance· pending lFSA develOpments as well as 

approval by h11Jher authority- on such issuance. 

iu.s.uuco1tJ4tJBICATf6Nsu'AN-ri CRfPl'O DEVICES. EO 3.3(h)(2) 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 . 

3 • ROCKEX REI TAPE . PRODUC'l'Idff. . . 

Cdr. Enderlin· informed the Committee that he had been assUreci by those in, 

charge of Navy·Rocka: kq-tape production, the Havy would be in a position to 

produce in-bound" key-t&pes ·on l September, the tentativeq agreed change-over date,; · · 

The Chaii-man stated that iil-boUl'ld key tapes on hand at ASll, at the 

present time, should suffice for another 170 days based on present traffic 

volumes. 

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·h. AD.FORCE Dl'l'EBCEP'lS F!llll PACIFm. , . . . 

·The cW'i1cult~s· ~ed in fol"lfBl'd1nB weather traffic from the lat 

RSK at JOhnson Air, Base to CSAW owr the ....,. m ~ ... d1scuaaed. bJ' . tt. · Cdr. &:ibler and' Capti Shean. _ :tt was apeed thl&t, mtU t.ba Air roro. bad 

available. cire'ilit tim ·out ot ·'lo~, .this·-.eather matCrial wt>u14 be tnnsJld.tted Via ACAi to ASl and rellqecl w CSAW. The Chairman, ·suggested that, 

siJu?e the lst -RSM was 'UBing ASA. intereept fornzding procedures 1t.wo'Uld be 

worthwhile tor Lt •. Cdr. Kohler' to visit ASA and diacuse these procedures with 

the· Chief if the ASA ~ Center. . 

s. o'l'ffr.Jl l'mMS .- . ' 

Capt,·. Shean· inforl$8d the Committee _that lajoz' ~aon. is no · lonpr a 

member· ot ·the o •. I. CCJ11P1m'ications Commi.ttee. 'l'he Ca:aid.ttee will be intol'lll8Cl 

through the uscm Sec1"9tariat as to the Air Foree ~Pon ·the Committee. 

. At. the req~st ot cap;~- Shean, the Cha:irmln stat.,t that .- cow ot the 

ASA 6-w~ 23"7/80S (teletype Operator) tra1n1ng course would be~ available 

to ·~ Air· Force. . · · : . 

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- Iou HUrst ACtg Secretar.r 

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