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COPY 3 MAY1954~- v~ 

MEK>RANDUM FORg GENERAL REICHELDlm'ER 

ADMIRAL AMK>N 

GENERAL BASsm 

I have reviewed the recoamaendations Nceived trom. the Technical 

Management Boa.rd for TMB Project Noo 8, which wa8 a study or a method 

for coordinating suggestions having possible application to more than 

one cryptologic e.gency., 

Attached tor your information ia a listing of the action which I 

have taken in respect to each reco:mmend.a.t!ontl> Also listed is the final 

action taken tor the three recommendations from Project No .. 4 {antenna 

study) which had not been resolved at the time ot m,y memorandum cf 20 

Januaey 19.549 

A valuable medium available to each of ua for obt.a.ining ideas which 

will increase our prcductivit;y 'ri.tbaut increasing our operation costs 

is a dynamic suggestions and awards programo Since th.is is an administrative responsibility, the implementing techniquas recommended by the 

working group are tumished tor your consideratione 

Your continued interest 1n the activities of the Technical Management Board is appreciated and i'urt.her eU&gestions tor 'fMB Projects are 

invited., 

This memorandum mlJ¥ be declass:if ied upon rem:wal of the inclosureo 

Incl,, a/s 

(sgd) Ralph J., Ca.!':me 

RALPH Jo CM INE 

Lieutenant. ~ne!"al, US Army 

Director 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 02-06-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
CO'ft'I BSUHl.oL 

LlSTI'lC OF /\CTI0'1 Ol>J liECO •RfilnJATlONS 

L TiiB ProJect Hoo 8 

lo Reccnmendat101u That NSA Circular Noo ll2 ... l dated 25 Feb 195.3 11 be 

revised to i~prove coordination of adopted sue· 

eestionao 

Final Action: NSA Comptroller assigiea ;:iroject .. 

2o ~cori."lendation: That officials of the a€;encies. assicned to "'lOnitor 

the surrestions and awards prograni9 .,eet periodically 

to d~se coordinated actions ror the continued 

success of the pl'Of;l'!lllo 

Final l\ctiona NSA CO'?!ptrcller assiened project to invite the staff 

ofi'icials of the cryptologic acencies i'llJ!lediately 

responsilile for suggestion pro;rat1s1 to meet with 

the Chief'• N~A /\wgrds Group on an inf ornal continuing basis to coordinat9 .,atters of co"'!'non interest 

to the four acencies, especially publicity nedl.ao 

A fomal w;A co--inittee will not be establishedo 

3o Other ~0'1Dnendationsa 

ao That CO"lliallders he invited to establish suegestiOns and awards 

CO'n"i.ttee& at appropriate lPvels Of CO"Tlando 

bo That active ca'l'lpairns be conducted in the age?leies, supple:iiented 

by handouts, posters, lectures and a periodical f~ NSAo 

Co '!bat a letter be forwarded by the .Director, NSA to CO"'t!'anders of 

the agencies requesting their assistance in pro11oti~'Y a more dy~ 

naiic programo 

do That a hand-out be prepared by NSA tor cb.stribution to all unite 

or the agenciel!la 

ea That co-ianders of the agencies consider the adoption of a eel"-> 

tificate or service 1£ one is not already in existence to recognize individuals who have served long periods of tirneo 

CONPII5EN!IAl. 

CONFiilENTIAL 
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Final /\ctiona 

IIo TMB Project ?loo 4 

~~c~owur""'T1~0~!!.J:~lI~ntl"ft-'l'L~~-

Incorporated in "!lanorandum to cryptologic co'Tltand= 

eno ~mi\ racill. ties will be available to sucrestion 

off1ciw ror clavelof"lent or any publicity 111atenal 

which "lay be desired by the cryptolocic cO"\manders~ 

lo Recon"\endat1on 9lc. 2i That 'naintenance procedures for field station 

antenna. personnel be established by a joint 

"'1eetine of cryptologic service representatives 

to be called by MSAo Si'Tiultan ouslyil proc&o 

dureB should be established to check on the 

Final Action: 

2o Reconriendati.on Hoo 61 

, effectiveness of statJ.on personnel in "'laJ.ntaining the antenna syste-is, m th reports 

hcin& provided PJS' for infoMationo 

The ":lajon ty or the Board disapproved th.J.s 

recom,,endation since they considered tlus to 

be a Service orol lel'le NS.A "'llenbers dl.ssent~d 

and recan'llended adoption of the recO'T1!11endationo 

Assirned to DD/Pl-OD as a project to estcl.bliish 

a taste in i~5A R/D to conduct invcstications ~t U' 'J ... 22, to deter1:i.ne a standard ;:irocedure 

for ant€'1Ilae testinc.. Thi::; task will inclt ... de 

selection or oosirn of cquip~cnt to perfor~ 

such testso Upon co1pletion of tlu.s investi= 

cation, Pl~D will coordinate i"l'lple"'lentation 

with the services .. 

fly NSA and AFSS ... ''I.St.. direct that a study Le "lade of the utilization 

of the antenna fields by each service to detcMine 

whether the antenra firlds arc arequate in relation 

to the .::overace being at tempted .. 

'By A~A and }lSG ... A further st..idy be "!lade of the utilization of the 

antenna fields by each servi.ce taJr~ne one of their 

stations us a sa~plc and attanptinr to deternine 

whether the antenna fields are adequate in relation 

to the coverare beinr atte'!ptedo 

Fi"lal Actions 'lssif?led to DI:v'PHOD as a project to irutiate action 

with the ~crvices re~arjinr a further study of the 

utilization of antennae fields by each service to 

detcr"line whether the antenna fields are adequate 

in relatio, to the coverare lJeing atte"lptedo 

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Jo Recommendation Noo 7• The services, supported as req..dred by NSAJ) 

should insure that appropriate clearances a.re 

obtained £or the antenna design engineers oo 

that they can be given a complete knowledge 

Final Actions 

of the problemo Coordination should begin 

when a new station is first antl.cipated by NSA 

and continue throughout the planning• desicns 

and construction or the stationo 

'Ihe Majority of the l:oard concurred. NSA 

menbers concurred provided the following sentence was added2 "Closer coordination should 

be insured by a scheduled reporting procedure 

between NSA and the services concemedo" 

(.\<>A, ;rso, AFSZ, non-concurred 'With this son= 

tenceo) 

,'\ssi~ecl to DD/PROD as a project to prepare 

appropriate requests to the three services to 

obtain information conceming the varioua 

planning staees of new antenna installations 

with the understandinc that ?JSA be permitted 

to review and/or conment on the final antenna 

plot plans before actual implenentation or 

construction of antenna fieldso 

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