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1. In general, thi1 mamial 1e inadequate tor the purpose intended. It 1• 

too general for a technical or field n:uuma..l and too technical. tor an 1nt.zooduoto17 

manual. Howenr, the •tecbnlcalitiea• are only underatandable to a reader al.read7 

acquainted with the operation• or radio intelligence. 

2. It is augge.ted that the format could be ~.aterial.J¥ ehanged. Tabular 

preaentation of the organization and strength of the Yarioua RI units (T/O and 

T/!) would obriate the need for qu1te a bit ot di.soursiYe text. in the present 

nrsion. The listing ot dutiea ct the Yariou.a personnel ia also suacept.ibl• to 

iaprovement in the wq ot aiaplicity and spec1ficit7. (The etyle, in general, 

WOllld stand a great deal ot illproYement. Simpler sentence structure and leu 

tlowr1 language would llake a much more readable and mil1tal7 document.) 

J. A major cr1tio1em is the vagueneaa or the responsibility of the RI 

companiea for local intelligence as against an "ASA requirement." The •ASA. 

Sub-section,• who supposedly Will direct signal irr:elligence activitT, 1a 

treated only eketch111' toward the end of the paper. The entire problem ot 

liai1on bet.ween army, air f'oroa, and naTal aigJl&l intelligence, a•~•ll u 

decision aa to what tm RI companies will cover (the manual implle1 onq ground 

force and commercial circuits, the .. last for ASA), ia left untouched.. TICOM 

report• have e:npha1ised the close :relation between arm7 and air circuits even 

aaide troiD air-ground liaison neta. There are also naval, naYal ail", and navalarmr liaison circuits to be considered in the caae ot enemy landing operations, 

but there ie no indication of this in the manual. One ii left with the impression that the writer ot the dratt wa11 thinking solely 0£ the RI companies a.a a 

aupplamentary source o£ intercept for ASA, Washington, with onl7 occuional 

aeoond&r7 CO!lltlitm.ente tor the local commander of troopa. 

4. At \be operational lanl, ae opposed t.o the 1t.rategio level of ASA 

requirellenta, there 1• conoe1Table room tor tapping ot win commmications, 

but this ia noluded by de.f1Dit1on of the manual ae •radio• intelligence. Th• 

German Y Servlce Handbook, in chart ton, showed the subordination ot aignal. 

iatelllgence regiment• end their 1.nteraept taoilltiee at &rm1 group, oorp•1 

..,,.,.., and diYiaion, with lndioation ot what. lnel o~ tnttic was worked on and 

wtat. material waa puaed baak to higher headquarler• in each eaae. It. 1a 

bellned a protitaltl• nupla. A detinition ot st.rat.ecic, operational. an4 

tactical intel.Ugence 18 believed higblT deain.ble though adequate detWtioD 

1• lacking 1D the draft. 

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5. !'aphasia on tU place ot signal intelligence aa one ot anen.l llOUJ'cea 

o~ 1.ntellJ.«enc• 1e deeirable. There ahould alao be d1acu1aion of the kinda ~ 

intelllgenoe aftilable u oollateral information tor the RI caapanies and 

channel.a tor them to •eaare thia should be s.."1.own. 

6. Interoept is alaoet. eolel.¥ limited to W/T, althoagh Bir 1• aentioned 

u.d taceillile mq be u ... e4 t.o be included. The Gerau detinit.ion (bf Lt.. 

Werther GE LI Abt 353) mq be cited, which eaid t.bat •signal intelligence ia 

oencemed with nery man11'e.tat.1on iD the ndio spec:rtJ"Ulll.• 

7. In rle• of the German experience ill monitoring agent trat!ia, mention 

1holtld be ll&de or the pouibil1t1 ct tbi1 requirement a.t the operational and 

taetieal lenl. The GeJ'llaD recular police, the O.etapo and the .&bwehr, at the 

at.art of the war nre J"e91>onsible tor detecting and ellminatillg all clamieatine 

t.ranamittera. A special organisation, the Radio Detenae Corpe, •11.• fol'llled under 

the German SUpreme CClllUad {OD'/AglNV/Yu III) tor coping with agent traitsmittera 

1.n Genan occupied territoey. lonethelaaa, in 1944 the German Army •• forced 

to pull one entire Signal lntelllganoe Regiment. ott ot operational Rusian Any 

eyetema and anign it aolel.7 to Russian agent and partiean tratf'ia. All German 

teat.imony on tit• scale at which a.pnt.a a.'ld part.i1ans were used by the Rueaiana 

indicates olearlj" that any RI !l&maal should at least refer to thb problem. 

8. It is recommended that the manual 131ldergo con.eiderable rearrangement. 

and treatment in line nth the foregoing remarks. Further, it 18 believed that 

th'e manual should be entitled, "!nterception and Direction Finding, n •hich in 

turn ahould be ?art I ot an overall manual entitled, ~commnnicationa Intelligence.v 

(See paragraph 10 below.) Other parts would be entitled, "Cryptanal.7sis," and 

"Traffic Analyail." It ie ve17 probable that certain &o'.'"e detailed aections ot 

eaeb part (to be written later) will ~ave to have a hicrh.er claseif1cat1on than 

BEST fiICTED. 

9. The writer or writers of the manual should consult tha following publications: 

a. Signal Corps Board Caae• #166 and 1'2!10, •Goniometric and Intercept 

Development,• eepeclall.7 Section VII thereof' on operation or an Arrq Radio 

Intelligence Comp~ (on file in AS-lJ). 

b. Hiatoriee or Radio Intelligence Units, European Theatre, (on file 

in AS-lJ). 

o. Oen.an •Manual tor the 'Y' Sel"Tice11 (oa tile 1n AS-14 'l'ICCI). 

d. luaaian •¥anual tor Radio Intelligenoe" (on tile in AS-14 TICOli). 

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a. There are no loager an7 J"B.dio i.Jrt.elligence compsniee.. 

11. The tenua "aignal. intelligence• and "COl:DUlicatioa 1.Jltelligenae" are 

•JllOllJIDOU (see ASA Oloesarr or Teru). 

c. MaTJ', USCDS and t15CICC use .. commum catione intelligence" excluei "Yel7, 

hence lea• confusion. 

d. The term .. Signal C8Jlteri. has bffl'! changed to "Conn.mi.cation Center" 

(Section X, Circular 216, 'D/A, dated l' July 19-<8) .. another inste.nce of the 

trend. 

•• '7111 aaTe apacea 1.he conatBAtl)' recWTing phrue "comrawrl.ca·Uon 

eecurit7 and •1gnal 1ntelli6ance, • can be ahortened 't.o •coaaurdoatioa sec:un:t1 

and intelligence." 

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