REF ID:A66922 

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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET 

MAIN SUBJECT: 

Request ror Exception to 

Para 50a, AR 380-5 

To: Dir .of Intelligence 

From: ASA 

BRIEF SUMMARY: 

CLASSIFICATION NUMBER: 

Department-State 

Date of Communication: 31 ljar· 47 

Date of Basic Document: 

A requirement exists for the establish~nent ·:lf a circuit bet~.een 

the ASA and State Department, for the exchan:e of highly classified infor~ation of mutual interest. 

A survey of possible cryptographic devices for the proposed circuit 

indicf.tes that either Convert-3r 11-228,M:odified (SEHUAD) or SIGTOT 

equipment would meet security requirements. 

Para 50a, AR 380-5, specifies that the custodian of War Department cryptographic material must be a commissioned officer. In the case of 

the State Department thls requirement can not be .fulfilled. It ms recpnn».ended that an expection to AR 380-5 be granted and that ASA be 

authorized to issue SIGHITAD and associated cryptographic material to 

a civilian custodian at the Department of State. 

Classifier: 

Typist: 

Mrs Beyke 

Mrs Beyke 

CROSS REFERENCE NUMBERS: 

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