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111CHI>IR/PROD ll Jan 55 

J.. '!'bl• report; cover• "11e higbly eOQ.tl'Oftlr1ial Yis1'k -49 b7 J)r. lJ:Uka ~o OCllf;l, 

lbere. bave been extremely t.ntorwJ.l reaction.• l'ee.Cb1!!8 PROD on a personal ba.81• f'rom. 

GCBq, augges-tSq 'tba" Dr. Wil.ka' 'TI.•1 t ft8 mn looked lJPX1 vi th tavor at GCBQ1 amd that. 

Dr .. Wil.ka 1n hi• queatioo!ngunocen\l;y and accidentall7 s>t onto aam.e enremel:r 

4el.1cate ground. 

a. ~ ftllOrl reflect•. ·~ UDdertoae ot clillemtraval tor the preseiR; 70•90 oi-ganJ. f&a1a1on, llbich :ls not a new cone Gp'\ but ia interesting coming tro.m l'fS.llSAB • 

le eccun.tely portii~ Britiah teeltnge on .the subJect, 

3• A.IS e pe.ragreph 8 <ll1 eeleotion ot pe.r1onnel. 'b7 teat1, I per•onall.7 eamsoi; 

-.sre• vtth hill. 'lb.1• •ubject ot 'testing bu been 1a.ve•t1ptea. ten: ;years. 'l'b.e •Y.Y 

bl 'Wle wt. var\had a large number of paychol.og1ata WhQ were fucinated by i;he 

p;robles. 9.i.e only te•1> which ve have seen 1D irecen:\ )'e&ra 1n which we had arq ~ .. 

;trec1able eca.f'icJA!mce we in the IN1Del" ot three :vear• ago 'When all our most prca2.•ing 

.fuuior •th<m.t1ciu qplicents tlunked poln;raph lm4. the ia.a• pl"Jm:l.•~ pueed Yi"b t~ col.en... I c~ egree v1th the concf:P' 1111plle4 in "111• ~h e.nd 1n Ditch 

or tbe 1111S' b1riog ot 'b1• Agency th.a-ts people tor T/A are essentiall)" diftereut traa 

people tor crnt tm4 \need not be u good. 'l'b.l• 1• a blunder we aJ"e »fQ'ine; a '\erritic 

price to Vl:pe ou.~. 

i... Jta;ragrapb 12 intplie• 1Jhat t:b.m-e ill no coa.iiac" at proeent between the I I I I a'\ GCBQ and SlO JI tbi• 1• obVioualy absurd. hn.graph l~ on further ass 

repreiiili'£at.1on. 1• clearly policy but I ID apposed. All klerieana 1n GCHQ at Cbelten• 

l:aam mta't be under one cQl'ilfltVld. 1.Dle idea or apec1al .AFSS representation WQU.ld create 

chaoe. l'of'lai'bl)' ass 1• no\ 8fttinS ~hing it sboul.4. fra;t the delegation at 

c:helteahan. .• but 'there 1• cft'taj.nl.7 ede1,uato Air !'arce :re,preaentat1m in the 'Wl1'\. 

5. ..n'llgl"apll l.6 vould have been 'the cne pa:raa:rapl1 1n the p&pel' 1n wbich I 

»UIOnallY would want tull 4ei;ails. Arter a recitation 1n Which tb.e n.U?rl>er ot sherrtea 

of im.e Whole .1Unket is g:f.ven ill 4etail11 vhm D.r. Wilks gets to °'1l'!t mca.\ he ca.wally 

report• 11A• ilhese problma are all rather "tec!m1eal,. 'I 8haU. no• d1ecu11a them here.*' 

Where will het ~ previoua ~ he apparentl.7 cona1de'l's ot JJIOX'e interest and 

•oo.cem to us. 

6. M. iso h!.• reccmaen<iai. on.I I c~ng over, we ahoul4 be del1gb1;ed1 

"bu' the ii••ue 1• large;r. :Because at llbOrta&e• ot tunaa, high c:oat or trairel. ar.4 

4olle.r 41tticul.1;1ee1 "'ffr7 tw OCBQ per•onnel cOl.tle to EA Q11. rtsit11. '1511• is pa.rticu• 

larly ccruspicuows wen ve aee tbe :aumbe:t' of .Amerieans, including W1U., going "the 

nber w:t• Dii• 1A 1-Uelt 111 probably 1J'r1111t1ng to 11a1e :Britiah. It woul.d cl-.rly 

l:ze to our -4.'Y8Atage 1:o grea1;3.11nerease the tt81'ils at llr1~11Shera O'lf!!r here, ot wb.cm I I 1• a llh1n112g uample, but the lia't 1• long. tt the RSA Staf'f' can d.1plo-

-t1eally work out a program w aeccmpl18b 1;h1a 1\ would be vorl.bwhUe. One JO&•ib1l1'7 wul.4 'be to get '1lem Mt\TS transportation. '.17 i:b.ts w vouli!n't. embarrua iahem 

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StJBJEC!1 Cc:mmenta an "":tp ltepon b1' PJ'Qfeaaor Wilka 

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bf directly handins the14 the cash. Bo:ret.bing or this 1ox-t iA bigbly desirable. 

Ve wou.14 much ra'Wher haw I lhere tor • Y1a1t than W:Sil\cs at CCllQ and that 

~· au underate.~t. 1 .. 

7. Ii; is obvioua tha.t I personal 1 y consider Willet '\rip to have been an 

untortunate Junket which discovered no new inf'orll8t1on. and created some ill Will. 

tt .'IJ'&Y be argued t.t:iat. this 1& ottset• •. by the 1ho:bi.in the arit 'to Wilks perlK>IU(Ll.y. 

this 18 in turn. ott'ae"t a, the J.oas ot' morale by p!rsonnel on bee.rd • 

Inclosu:r~ 

$ubJ Trip Re,port 

.., • A.. RA.VElt 

Ac~1n~ Technical Director 

P:rod.-qction 

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STANDARD ·~ FORM NO. t54 wea·z. t::af:MF~8948 EIDER 

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

TO 

FROM 

'i'OP OEleRE!'i' BIBER 

S/ 11.SST (Mr. Friedman) 

P/I' 

DATE: 7 Jan 55 

SUBJECT: Con.ment on Wilks' Trip Report to GCHQ 

1. I ar.1 informed that comments on Professor Wilks' report were also solicited 

from Col. Marcy, Col. Herrelko, Dr. Kullback, and possibly others. No attempt was 

made, therefore, to staff this paper with other elements of the Agency. 

2. The basic questions treated and suggestions and observations contained in 

the Wilks report may be reduced to the following general headings: 

a. Recruitment Procedures. 

b. Testing Methods for Selection of Personnel• 

c. Development and Presentation of Ini;elligence Indices. 

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d. Rotation of Naval Personnel fr0m the I ... _________ .... I to NSA. 

e. Liaison Between .. l _....,.. _______ ___.I and Analogous NSA Activities. 

f. Greater Lias ion Between GCHQ and AFSS. 

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h. 

Liaison ;Between GCHQ and NSA on Mathematical and Statistical Problems. 

...___ .... ~Leibler Relation). 

Greater Integration of the T/A and C/A Effort at GCHQ. 

3. Specific comments on these items follows: 

a. Although Professor Wilks makes no comparison between the recruitment 

procedures followed by GCHQ and NSA, it seems apparent he is impressed by "the 

thoroughness of' GCHQ's selection procedures - " (para 7). The success of this 

Agency in recruiting larger numbers of personnel and the excellent relations PERS 

has establ.ished with many col.leges, despite occasional. breaches of faith caused 

by governmen~al actions, seem to indicate that only in the engineering field is 

this Agency lacking. 

It is r~comm.ended that PERS be given an opportunity to comment on this 

paragraph. 

b. Paragraph 8 makes reference to a series of tests developed by GCHQ to 

improve personnel selections for C/A and T/A tasks. This Agency conducts a battery 

of' tests to determine aptitudes in various fields, and uses an "empl.oyee utilization" 

group presumably to assure optimum exploitation of available talent. It is not 

known here how effective these tests may be, or how capably the EU group is administered. 

It is reco:mmen~ that :aERS be given an opportunity to comment on this item. 

EIDER 
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c. Pr.ofessor Wilks was "very much impressed 11 by \a. graphical method 

for presenting ivtel H gene: :s a fun:fion of time···.. This :tne· .. thod·· .. · ... is .be .. i··. ng. developed by thel .. _ _ _¥ Professor Wilks doesn't know if 

similar work is going on w t respec tol • \ l but presumes 

that US Navsl personnel in the Combined Party w:Lll bring back to\NSA so:tne 

ft e iaeas. e recormnends t t erso 

be provjded an opportunity to contact since 

'--....... e .... present~~tion problems are similar. 

It is recommended that (a) SUSLO (L) andhis staff be given an opportunity 

to cOOiillCiit on these observations. One of the fun.ctions of liaison would seem 

to be to assure the provision of information regarding new and valuable developments to ~ome headquarters. (b) PERS be asked :to comment on the possibility 

of rotating military personnel from liaison assigrunents overseas \.back to NSA 

Headquarters. One notable loss in this respect, it is rumored, will be the 

ass'ignment of the incumbent SUSLO to a positionmt in Washington. This sort 

of ;thing has ha.ppe_ned before, and. the potential benefits to be der:Lved from 

an of£icer's re::..a.ssigni:nent to NSA HQS have not been realized. (c) DD/PROD 

be asked to comment op wbether· he baa neritted or encouraged contac.t .. s between I _ and whether more can be done along 

t"his line·. 

. ' cl. Proi'efisor Wil.ks suggests, -in paragraph 13, serious consideration 

of° .morE:f coptact .between _GCH'\ ~nd AFSS. It is assumed he refers to the \COMINT 

:f.'ield, rather than ELINT, because of'.:b,is ref'erence to the 11 similarity of out-

·look on the qUa.ntif'icaj:;ion probl.em b.etween Mr. MillwE::.rd of' GCHQ and some. of 

the Staff ..nembers of .AFSS. " ._ 

It is recommended that contacts between the COMINT agencies of the U~ 

and US continue to be maintained _through SUSLO staff. It may be advisable, 

however, to consider seriously the problem of more contact between AFSS and 

NSA. -It is therefore further recommended that DD/PROD be asked to determine 

the adViSability of stationing an NSA liaison office at Kelly AFB. 

e. Professor Wilks considers it advisable in para 16 to have L-_ _,of GCHQ spend some time with Dr. Leibler's group at NSA. He does not 

suggest in what capacity. It is remembered that Dr. Leibler spent some time 

in London with GCHQ. 

It is recoIIL.~ended tbat DD/R/D be asked to comment on the advisability 

of this suggestion, perhaps as· a gesture of reciprocity. 

f. In paragraphs 9 and 1.7, Professor Wil.ks seems impressed by the 

"focussirig of T/A, C/A and other skills" and the "integration of T/Pi. and C/J .... effort" at GCHQ, apparently to a larger degree than is practiced at NSA. 
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(cont'd) 

The development of fusion practices at GCHQ is believed to antedate those at 

NSA. The extent to which this practice can be conducted at NSA under the 

present organization is debatable. 

It is recommended that DD/PROD address himself to this point in an 

effort to determine whether more 11 focussing 11 or 11 integration11 of skills is 

practicable dnd desirable, and whether a re-organization of PROD to accomplish 

this end wouli be necessary. 

g. Finally, it is assumed that Professor Wilks' "technical" 

discussions with various individuals in GCHQ will be described in another 

report, and referred to appropriate technical.people o~ this itgency for 

consideration. 

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