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·I ~aa 'glad .:~o :;~cetTe 7our. -let~er ot 26 _October~ Ye·s, 

l-remembP.r. you end the :d.ev1.cf!' you subrottted 'which.·•• a . credit~ble p1eoe or work. · l ~o~ld be ~nter•1ted 1n knowing 

'. " .... :: U.:>re of your la test. gadget~ and it. JOU care ~O. 8UDlll1 t draw-

._..-.- .. · . 1nga and a 4escr1pt1on- I ~rou:td be glad to eee tt~at .. \t· !.I . Pvaluated. · · . · . ~- ,· 

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. Cn . r·~gard to your "pmployment h.erf!, . I tear that my ~om­ ment·a ln that rP-gard ·during your v1att here 11) 1~46 might 

hc.ve been ~ bl t: m1•lead1ng~_ .At the present· ~.ltne reorgantza- 'tlonal · cllangee are ta.king place in tnts· tleld:"or .ect1 T1 ty . · c.rid this. ms.v mean the t jobs· ~n-- c·ertatn oate'gor~e.~- "111 be· 

more scarce, alt~ougb not much can be foretQld ~ntll •tter . the ahaitedown 1 s completed, probabl7 ·_around the. tiret or · Februhry. Cnly· t~en· will .~e know·what·vaaanc1ea·v111 e~1at. 

Another thing_ that would hav~· to be· constde~ed would be 1our 

qual.1t1cr.tions to~ t11~1ns a Civ:il Set-vice post tlo.n ot the _ trpe .1ou· have 1n mtnd. Sine" your exper~_ence bas been as a · & lde-line" your . .record will probably~ not ·ahow -•rir protess1ona~ 

.ex.t,.!rei-ience, whtch .the hard and fast Civil· St-rv1oe rules require, ·to quelfi'y 'you tor a suitable ·ratlng. .- . - . -

Hcw.P.ve~, tbe.~e 1·. "another field: c,"pen1ng -up h~~~· ·which 

·may 1nter~st you, and perhaps·may act.as a stepping stone 

to your getting a little oloaer. to ·,your u1t1mate a.iil._ I 

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nqt1ce that .1o~r present Job -1• Organ1zat19n and. ~.Pthods,. 

E:xem1ner .. "Ct..F-ll; tor which·, ·no· dollbt, 7our Arm1 f'?tper1ence. .. helped 1ou to _qual1f1.• . ThPre. may be an opening here ln our - com~trollPr' s ~f't1ce when. th';.ng1 shake. down '.• 11 ttle and · we can see ~here ve a~e .. · . t. ha.ve telted_ ,to 11r. ?aul · E •. Neff, . Comptrolle~ s.Ott1oe, Ar~ed Fore•• Seourit7 AgPncy,·Waehlngton 26, D.'C., and h.e advi~es. .that you contact h1• after ·1 February·· 

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COPY TO: AFSA•lo·_ . : -: ~. ·. ~:~; {/:· .WILLIAM F. _J'RIEDMAlf· ~ . . . •• , 1· • • .. . . ... .. . . . , .. . . . · ... 

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Col. William F. Friedman, 

4-000 Lee Boulevard, 

.Arlington, Virginia. 

Dear Colonel Friedman: 

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770 Darien Way, 

San Francisco 27, Calif. 

October 26, 1949. 

No doubt this letter will come as a complete surprise to 

you, as I have had the'pleasure ot meeting you only once and that 

was on·August 20, 1946. I had with me a cipher device which had 

been made according to my specifications in the Signal Corps shops at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Headquarters, Sixth Armr had sent me with it to Washington. Unless I am 

mistaken the cipher device now rests in your museum;.probably near 

a somewhat similar one which had been invented by a German scientist 

whose name I have forgotten. 

Even though I had not contributed something new to the 

field or cryptography, you expressed interest in the tact that I 

had been able to achieve the results I did without· any previous cryptographic training. You even suggested that, after my retire-

.l.fa.. ,,."'\ ment from active duty, I might come to work with you upon completion ) "'._ _,.., of an· intensive two-year course of instruction. When I told you ~~·~- that circumstances would not permit it at the time,you invited me ~~~~ to write to you in the event I should reconsider. This letter is ~~~~ the result of that invitation. 

~~ ~ • ,..J "'""' Upon my retirement I went to work for the Veterans Adminis- -. !JJ' >. tration and am, at present, in the Manager's Office, in the San ~'ll1l. ~·Francisco Regional Office. Until recently, I was too busy to give ~--- ~ much thought to anything but the job at hand. Now, however, the 

fascination I have felt towards cryptography since I first interested myself in it, has re-asserted itself. I have even developed 

a new system which. I would like, some day, to discuss with you, or 

a member of your·ortice, it any of you happen to be in the vicinity 

ot San Francisco. If you can break this system down, I am sure 

you will tind it muc~ more difficult than the one which I dev~loped 

in 1946. 

I hope that I may have the pleasure ot hearing from you 

soon. It there is still a possibility that I could come to work 

with you, I would like-to know as much as possible about the job. 

you might have in mind. With a wife and two children to support, I cannot· be governed entirely by my interest in the work. If, for 

instance, the two years of _instruction would be at my own expense 

on a non-pay status, I would probably have to continue cryptography 

as an avocation, rather than as a vocation. 
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You undoubtedly have ready access to my 201 file, so I 

doubt that you would be inter~sted in a summary from me, of my 

military service. Since my work with the Veterans Administration 

has been along organizational and procedural lines, hence not 

related to cryptography in any way, I don't think much would be 

gained by my recounting in detail what I have done. ·s1nce, however, 

you may be interested in how my services were evaluated, I am 

enclosing a photostat of my last efficiency rating. 

Before writing this letter, I thought it would be well to 

determine what might be revealed by professional vocational counseling. As a result I went to the Alto Clinic, here in San Francisco, 

and was given a comprehensive battery of tests. These indicated 

that, in the three fields - personality, interest and aptitude - I should be exceptionally well qualified for cryptographic work. 

A written report is not included in the service, but if you would 

like one, I will attempt to get it for you. 

If I have omitted anything from this letter, which you 

feel would be of interest to you, I would be glad to furnish it 

upon request. 

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Encl. 

Very truly yours, 

ROBERT 

~~~ L. LOVE 

Colonel, U.S.A. {Ret.) 

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REPORT OF 

EFFICIENCY RATING 

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