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Minu,es of the 5\h regul.~r SCA.G meeting, !Ii.HS 

12 and 13 March 1952 

On the r1orn:i.ng oft 1:> Much the Group mat at M).•. Sy~"l.'crvmoa orrtce in the 

Pent.~on ta 1'l'e:pare A renort. !his reyor' vae l'resented to Generl\l CMine on 

the afternoon of the 13th. 

wore: 

A\ g P .N. of' 12 l(,ach they a.a~embled tn room 'B2029, AHS. MeMb~r11 nretient 

Dr. Tomt>1d.ne 

Dr. Rober•son 

Dr. Potter 

DJ'. Ton Neunuum 

'Dr. O.a.irna 

Mr. How~rd 

Dr. Shannon 

A pa.per (A.FSA Ret;tll.~t.ion ?0-9) seUing up the F.xecuU.ve Gro\ll' for SOAG 

wAs distributed. 

In the diac•u1d"'n of bPJ.Bic reaer..rch the nreqent st~\na of the T'l'Oject on 

VHF compu\i~ waa ~resented briefly. 

On b~aic mathemn.\ie8l research considerable disou~sion w~s Riven to a 

sucgests.on of Dr. Mina Reas tm'i one con\r'\ct n.ct as host for a. eumm .. r oemin."lr. 

The consensus WR9 tlvl.t this should be ~one for ihP Gunner of 1952 if ~ossible. 

It w~s fel\ by some th't.t th1s is no\ a subatituie for Tol!iTlk1ns• orir,iflS\l ~ropoaal1 but that a lonr, rnn~ pro,1ect mt~h\ ,.row out o! it. The only ft"'1.Sible 

sugcee\ion for wr.y-s and means w~a 'hat Prof. Cnirnn could direct it under h:i.o 

rreeent ONR contr~c•, and t~t S\Ra~ford University or the Inrtitute for 

Numericnl Anal~sis furnish the f,cilities. 

On the mA.in nroblem a toy ~re~'red by S~h~1dt !\..~n ~oing wor~ed b~ Ro~rrta 

• n.s GT?libi ted, ~chmid\ Nl"ortPc' on the Round RO'RUT pro1,.res ... -ind RBimere s1101.te 

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nr. Potter s~id th'\ hP hs-td no\ oeen ftVidPnce tn~t the ~roblPm of intProert hnd been ~donu.~tely qtudied AS B whole. Vr. Fri~drn~n BJCP~StPd thR.t 

'Dr. TordPll"'\ should t.,,..ltt on this s:i:u'b.1ect on the l~th. Sone di"IC•tso:ion A.rose 

as to the :f'p~flibili i;v of iMT'rOVPl"Pnts such ns fl,.,f'ctrmn recording "'nd A.UtOn!\Uc 

hiu!dU.ng. Thio lead to tA.l.k of thPI I 

After n short l"el'or\ on e~inPPrinp.: resel'l!'ch nrorress thPre wns P7tensive 

diecusston cf th~ I Mr. Shep~rd reeomnended 

t'hPJ.t 1 t .. hould go.._'fo.,,..rw...-i\i'...,,...d-t""'UI-1-5-1-A. .... c'&-. -nr-.. -.......... -g ..... 1'!.-c .... h""'u_e_t..,,.'e"'"! ... t ...... th~t the -s.rstt'm nhould b0 

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eclassifi ed and a roved for release b NSA on 09-12-2014 ursuantto E .0. 1352 
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Vinu.tthl SCAG 

proved first. '?here wa.s extensive diacusq1on aq to how much n"trallel develo,,_ 

ment shoul~ go on, and what direotiona different inv~Rti~Rtions could t~e. 

Mr. How~rd ~s~ed whPther AFSA hAd m.~d~ ~111' ~tPpa to ncnuire nd~ition~l 

com~utin~ tncilttiee (such~• the IB•' fnctlities of the A. c. N1el9en Co.) 

in cnse or emerr.ency. ~oCAuse of A?lA•s lin1t0d nbillty to expend hP thoup,ht 

this was ie1port"l1lt. Mr. Fried.man snid this w~s a mn.tter for the St~ff Planning 

Division. 

ht 5:15 the meet1n~ adjourned. 

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At 9 o•elock on tho l:)th the eroU"O convened ft..:'"l.in f'or .:i. st'u.df <Jasoion. 

SCAG members ureosnt were• 

Dr. Engntrom Dr. von Neumimn 

Dr. CAirns Dr. Tompkins 

Dr. Potter Mr. Poe\ 

Hr. s~eakman ca.~P Rt 

lunch time. 

Mr. Howard Dr. S}¥mnon Eo 3 . 3 1h11 2 1 M 10: B::r::ella 0-'0~e :· t::::::~t problemcL "'. oo;cu ucc me 

The Grouo then adjourned to r.ive their rerort to 0Pnera.1 C-mine • 

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