REF ID:A66465 

.<EO 3.3(h)(2) 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

Catesaries or ISA. Spec1alt1ea 

I/ASST 8/.18.n 54 

(Mt. Frie&en) 

1. In reference to :your Dr, c!ated 22 llecenber 1953, 11Ub.1ect t •eategor1es ot 

IS.A. 8pec:1altie•1 n lt ~ 'that the cormd'ttee concerned nac!.e an effort to fftabli•h 

general. eatesorie• ot _,.c1altio1 alone tunctiooo.l ~·· / Thi• u COlllidered. a good initial IJtep. 

2. At'ter •t~ the prqpoaed llat, acme or the -.pecitic observations Jl84e 

include the toll.ow:Ulgt 

(a) '1'be tunat1ona ot P/P, wo, nR81 /&n4 Tm.· are c.azpletely c:aitted. :tn 

~to execute the Agency•• War erl4. Diaaster naw., akilled perscmnal will be 

Jleeded to hltill ttame ot tbe tunotione ot .. each or ii;heae. 

(b) 'U'Mer the group title, ggp . . /'.tgp"al>hi.c~nt IUld. M!l.ter1!±!. 1 the 11ated 

tunctional s.peoiallt:l.ea ot lleeearch, ""Niip, &ii! ~!on Cidt '.£& t\lll.Ctions or ~nt, Maintemnce, Diatri'button and A.cce«mtiJ:ls.. Pu:rther, thU gr~ 11eems 

to be overlapped, it not duplicawd,/b.Y the group titled "CJaet2-Mate:rial.. 

(o) tb1er the ll'OU» tttl.e, 'r A are/lieted aeveral tunction9. !ovever, t.he 

cmtire tncoai».g eorthls and 4i ions are omitted. l'urtbJr. it ypuld 

Hem ~OXlible to Ul.olude ·aJ)d a apec:lf'ic reference tol MA/ar ...___~~~____. 

(d.) The liatbga.~ CJ;nto-~ta seem to omit the need tot: llnguiats 

_'Who are not :aecesse.ril1" cr,n>tama~. 

title 8Jel De~ian 1a 1taelt a m1eDQil8r. In regard to 

cticma u.tea:;tt voul4 aeem .tipprq)riate to inelude the 

t'w~rmiii"ar--Pi"OC!ifiiii~nt1 Operation ud Ma1ntenance • 

(:r) Under the crou» title, l!tbematic!,J it m;1clrt be &uU.rable to include 

9P!Citic reference• to those :penormel Current~ t'udl!e:r with applied key atudies, 

theo:ret1C&l. research, and lcJlg•terJll achine pr~. 

{g) l1D1e:r the Weather tunct1Clll1 it might be ftll. to include mpeoitic ret'erencea to we.ther codea &iii'. c!iher &711teme, tee, riven, etc. 

(h) The tu.nctioaa l.Uted un4or !fll?!er:tnt ue not c:l.ee.r. 

(1) 'l'be t'Urlction. lilted Ull4er Cmai>nSce.tion omit aperaticma. 

2. '.rile :rol.l.OwiDg general. obaervat10'D8 are m4e z 

(a) ~ •ugpated 11.at ot 1l8A 8pecial1t1es cover~ b:rQG4 tuuctiona, am 

a few tpec1t1c tunct:l.ona. 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-25-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
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(b) 8GmfJ 1'raed. tunotiona MctiUJa.ry to execute tha EmerPDC7 War arad 

X>i...ter Pl.antl at.d to suatain the Agency utlde.r ~ eonditiona are omitted. 

3. In the l!f:ht or tbe torego1J26, 1t 1• wasested thats 

(a} fbo saaxt P'OUP Yho meet to aucuae thi9 problem i.nclude pal"lloxmel vbo 

ue twdl~a.r Yith the cmttall ISA .Usion and the Agency'• WV aDd I>ieute:r flana. 

(b) The suggested liat be a;panded into a more cQqplete list ot cr1tica.l 

ISA tunetions &fJ1 that it be -.de .xr~ apea1t1c so that ultiatel,y t.bo i.me• ot 

personnel can be baert.ed iuto tbe uat down. to'· ti. l.evel %'ftqU1l'ed tar the aucceestul. 

execution ot the Agency'• War and D1Aatel: Plana.