SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (lfanJ) 

SECRE'I' 

DISPOSITION FORM S&OURPi'Y INFOftM"A:~!OM 

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TO AFSA-02 I 

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I SUBJECT Request ror Consultant Services or 

Mr. Robert o. Ferner. 

FROM AFSA-24 DAT£ COMMENT NO. 1 

28 January 1952 

1. Forwarded herewith is a letter from Mr. E. Dale Marston 

requesting that action be taken to obtain the services or Mr. 

Robert o. Ferner as a consultant on the Albatross problem. 

2. It is considered that Mr. Ferner due to his excellent 

cryptanalytic experience and outstanding ability would be 

able to contribute materially to the Albatross problem. 

3. No period or indoctrination such as was required ror 

the majority of SCAG members would be required ror Mr. Ferner 

since he is well acquainted with this type of problem. 

4. It is therefore recommended that action be taken 

through appropriate channels to attempt to obtain the services 

of Mr. Ferner on a consulting basis for whatever periods of 

time he could make available for such duty. 

~~,.,~ tf?~ft <cr'"Ll:VER <-R KIRBY 

Chief, AFSA-24 

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SOB.JEc:r: Request far Coll8Ultant Se>!T.ices of Mr. Robert · o. Ferner. 

1. Submitted .fol- 1DUr &pproftl. and an;y action deemed necessary. 

FllO!!: Qffice of Operations D&:IE: 8 Februa.z,- 1952 COMMENx llO. 2 

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25 Januery 1952 

Request for Consultent Services of Mr. Robert o. Ferner 

1. It is requested that inmediate action be taken to obtain 

the services of Mr. Robert o. Ferner as a consultant for this .Agency. 

Rie services ere desired in the Albatross :problem. Any time that he 

could spend with this problem would be of the utmost value. 

2. Mr. Ferner is considered by the undersigned to be the outatending cryptanelyst of the past decade. This opinion is shared by 

all who h!!ve worked with him. Re resigned in 1948 beceuso of ill health. 

At that time he went to Boulder, Colorado and later took a position with 

the Sandia Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ria home edareaa ia 

809 s. Kentucky, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

3. This is more than e. request. If we, ea a working party, 

were in the position to demand, we would do so. We feel so strongly 

that Mr. Ferner is the one person moat apt to help ua along to success 

on this :problem that we would go to eny extreme to get hie services. 

4. It is suggested that the Director or Technical Director of 

the .Armed Forces f!ecurity Agency contact him :personally and try to persuade him to come !or a period of at least one week as soon as possible. 

5. It ie known that he could not come to the Washington Area 

between 1 June and 15 October because of the effects of the climate on 

his health. It is therefore urged th.et the utmost expediency be used 

to eaeure hie arrival in Washington wall before 1 June 1952. 

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