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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (Qv.Sf) 

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FILE NO. I SUBJECT 

William F. Friedman Files 

TO AG FROM TNG DATE 27 Apr 60 COMMENT NO. 1 

N.S. LeejTNG-01/3678/cSI:! 

1. On 23 March 1960, the Office of Training was approached by Mrs. Clyde 

Christian, AG-24, regarding the possible loss of certain documents once in the 

possession of Mr. William F. Friedman. DIR/SEC had a copy of a letter of transmittal 

to R/D 03/01, dated 6 March 1959, assigning the responsibility for the docmnents 

to Mr. Newman S. Lee, Jr., TNG-01. 

2. The attached memorandum for the record explains how the Friedman files 

in question were erroneously assigned to Mr. Lee's responsibility and how they 

were finaJ.ly returned to the AG through two separate channels. 

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD 2:( April 1960 

SUBJECT: William F. Friedman Files 

1. On 23 March I was told that I ha.d signed for certain classif'ied and 

unclassified tecbnicaJ. documents once in the possession of Mr. William F. 

Friedman, and which the AG thought were lost. Neither premise proved to 

be correct. 

2. The specific material.a in question, 17 numbered envelopes, were 

given by Mr. Friedman to Mrs. Mary Vesper (CSEC) to ho1d. Although few, 

if' any, of the documents were originally obtained from TNG or were being 

used in conjunction with the TNG contract with Mr. Friedman, Mrs. Vesper 

transferred them to Mr. Frederick J. Ashenhurst ( TNG) for sa:f'ekeeping, 

presumably until needed again by Mr. Friedman on his return from a trip to 

Mexico. 

3. Mrs. Vesper to1d me that Mr. Ashenhurst inventoried the materiaJ.s, 

listing the items· in each envelope and taking possession on a letter of 

transmittal executed by Mr. Ashenhurst over the signature block of Mr. 

Newman S. Lee, Jr., TNG-01. (Reference letter of transmittal to R/D 03/01, 

6 March 59.) Mr. Lee was not advised of the transmittal document nor had he 

seen or handled the materiaJ.s which were stored at NSS by Mr. Ashenhurst. 

4. Later in 1959, Mr. Friedman asked Mrs. Vesper for return of 9 

of the envelopes in question and Mrs. Vesper retrieved them from Mr. 

Ashenhurst and returned them to Mr. Friedman. She received an officiaJ. 

Classified Document Receipt for them and sent a copy to AG. 

5. The remaining envelopes in Mr. Ashenhurst 's possession were then 

forwarded to Mr. L. D. Callimahos (TNG-03) for safekeeping. 

6. Later DIR/SEC and a representative of AG took possession of aJ.l 

of the NSA materials in the hands of Mr. Friedman, including the materials 

retrieved from Mr. Ashenhurst and other items unknown to TNG. All of' the 

material.s apparently uninventoried, were locked in metaJ. containers and 

deposited inthe AG vault. 

7. On 22 March 1960, 'When TNG transmitted the remaining envelopes 

to AG-24, Under receipt, the whereabouts of the other materiaJ.s in the 

Friedman file were questioned and after search were found in the AG vauJ.t. 

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