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Dr. Howard '!'. -•trom 

Vice President 

Engineering Resaarch t.ssod. ates 

!01 18th street, South 

Adington, Virginia 

Dear Dr. l'!ftgstronu 

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lc'ial.s 00453 

... 1£". 

Acbn.iral. Wenger am I have examined the enclosed draft letter to 

SCAG members an1 agree that it would be useful to send such a letter. 

The onl¥ suggestion we have is that in the penultimate paragraph t.ie following be inserted after the secotd sentence: 

11In t..lte light ot: the def'in1 tion gi.Ten tor eolutlon,, 

1'hich 1.m.pliee success on a .tull.y c\4"l"8?lt baai.8, 

a:ra we ju:sti..tied in stating unequivoeal.17 that 

1bere is a clear-cut promise at saccees or do we 

mean rather that there is sufficient promise to 

ll&U'rant ccmdderable augmentation ai'li extension 

of t.be present eff'ort?" 

It you agree to this insertion, 1 t wuld be desirable to insert 

"on this point" in the pos1t1.an shom on your dratt. 

We shall be glad to produce the necessary numer or copies and 

to mail them if' 70u v.Ul send over a Jllimeo,v.lph or ditto naste.r ldth 

70ur a.igna ture. 

Th:mk you ver7 much tor your cooperation. 

eclassifi ed and a roved for release b NSA on 04-15-2014 ursuantto E .0. 1352 

~ liiILLDu'tlJ F. P'RIEDMAH 

Consultant 

l Enclosure 

Dra.tt l tr to SCAG JIOd>cra 

.trom H.T.f.nastro:m. dt4 19 Jun S2 

W.F.Friedman/eby/30 June 52 

Consultant 

Copies furnished; 

AG (3) 

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SECRET 

MEMO FOR RECORD: Self-explanatoriJ. Reference 

SCAG 1 tr to SCAG members from H. T. Engstom ( draftcopy) 5 dtd 19 June 52. • vf';""'•t.;.,• ,.. . .._ .. - ~ -t=;(.1Ht 1,1{ Pe;• &'t· •e ~~- a • 0 , 4 .. ,_ •• 

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19 June 1952 

To: Members of Special Communications Advisory Group (SGAG) 

From: H. T. Engstrom 

The SCAG report dated 12 March 19 52 has been studied with interest, The 

director of AFSA is most interested in establishing the revised organization 

proposed therein on a soun:i basis as soon a.s possible. This includes establishing a separate research organization (Office of Research within AFSA) and a 

position of Senior Civilian Technical Director. 

There were two major points in the report of 12 March which were not 

completely clear. A statement in the report implied that the proposed Senior 

Civilian Technical Director have un:ier his cognizance research, development, 

ard operations. Upon being questioned about this matter, I stated that it 

was my opinion that the :members of SCAG intended the Technica:J.. Director to be 

responsible for research and development only. This was concurred in by Mr • 

.ye 

Speakman. Members of the SCAG cornJl1ittee hep- expressed themselves on various 

occasions that the large scale operations of AFSA should remain um.er military 

control. In onier that there be no doubt aoout this point, I would appreciate 

an expression .from you moncerning it. 

The other matter which AFSA questioned vra.s the statement concerning the 

solution of the main problem. Most AFSA personnel feel that the statement in the 

report was overly optimistic. ~I think therefore that an indiVidual expressio~ {;V\11 

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from each SCAG :member would be valuable. 

In establishing the proposed Office of Research, it l·10uld also be useful 

to AFSA to have an indication from SCAG members of the technical nature of 

research programs which AFSA should sponsor or undertake. If you have any 

thoughts along these lines, I would appreciate hearing f'rom you. 

H. T. Engstrom