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11 Februar1 1946 

; · / ~ Dear Mr. Shu1-n: 

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, . In response to 7our letter of 25 Januar7 1946, since 

7ou prepared yolll" glossary betore entering the.Signal Corps. I see no reason vb1' 7ou should not present 7our work . to the American Crntogram Association it 7ou wish. However• 

it 7ou were going to revise the glpssar7 1n an7 va7, as 

a result or your var service, you would naturally have to 

be careful not to include a.n7th1ng or a conf'1dent1al nature. 

learned while .in Ser.v1~e. 

Reciprocating 7our good vishes. I am 

Sincerely 7ours,. 

WILLIAM P. PRDDllAI 

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1468 .?ark l?lacr 

Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Jan. 25, 1946 

At th~-pr~sont timo I am at my hom,,. 

addross on a 45 day l~avo. 

·I ha.VP just loarn"'d that thP Am"'rican Cryptogram Association is planning to publish a glossary of crypt-

) ographic t"'rms. A~ you may roCELll, I ha.d-propar.-d my 

owm g'losaa.ry with tho collaboration of G"'orgo V/,..intraub b~foro ,..ntoring tho Signal Corps, a copy of which I 

sont you. 

If th,..- -ACA d,.si-rPB to publish- -such a glossary, it 

Spoms to mp that I should pr~sont my work to tho Association if I may haVP your p,,.rmission to do so, th"' 

procoods to go to tho Association? 

, liiith bost wishPS, 

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P.te. Dt.TI.d Sbnl•D 

3225 ASTU Co.. G Ila 1560 Allaterdaa An. 

Bev York C1t7. N.Y. 

Deal- Shulman: 

SPSIS-3 

Receipt ot 7011r letter or Jlareh 15 1.n.elosiJ:lg a 

e&rbon ceP}" of J'O'Clr ma.auaer1pt •A Gloasar,- or CrJ'pto- gr&phie 'l'e:Mtstt 1.a ack:D.evledged. 

r ban not bad a.n oppei-bniq- ae 7et to exa•i•• 

7our work, but I th1nk it lligbt be useful 1n cewet.ioa 

vith a aim.l&r tn>e o~ work ~ha~ bas bee11 Ulldert.&ken 

here and eleevher.. 

At the }rnlM».t tim.• rr ovn teelillg vould be tb&t 

pub1ieat1on or aueh 81.teri&l t'o:I! publ1e d1etr1but1en 

would not be adviM.ble. I thiJU: 7ft will ll!idtt?Ttaad 

11° I say that tbe &uthariti .. &M &ilXiC>U. to keep 111-

toi-atlon eoneel'Jdng tb1a subjMt •t or the prtat cv;~ 

.to~ the d.1U'&t1on. 

I ute vbat J'OUa&J &bell~ ti.aiahillg 7011? PNtHllt 

l&ngm.g9 course &Jld alao l'O~ eoati.Wd. inteHst in 

cryptograJhJ. I &JR going to tl'J 'o &ff it &rqthing 

ea.n be done to .t'urthel" 7our de-81H for work in thia 

t"1el4. 

" 'WilliaJI 1. l'riedm.n 

Director of Commm:1 ca. tions. 

Research 
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4000 Lee Blvd. 

Washington, D.C. 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

REF ID: A69943 ·-· 

3225 ASTU Co. G ll:a 

1560-' Amsterdam AYe. 

New York City, N.Y. 

Marchl5, 1944 

I am enclosing a carbon copy ot the manuscript ot "A 

Glossary of Cryptographic Terms" which waw written by me in 

collaboration with Joseph Weintraub. You may keep this copy 

it you wish and any comments you care to make will be sin;-

cerely appreciated. 

It is our belief that such a glossary would be very 

usef'Ul as part of a textbook. Since we have not written 

nor do we contemplate writing such a text, we are seriously 

considering publishing the glossary so that it will be 

available to interested cryptographers. Before taking any 

such action I would naturally submit the manuscript to 11q 

Public Relations Officer tor clearance. However, it you 

feel that it could be utilized by the Arrrq in any phase of 

its training program, we should be very happy to forego any 

idea or publishing and turn the manuscript over to the Army 

to be utilized as it sees tit. 

At the present time, I am finishing my nine months language course in Russian. We have received notice at our post 

ot the curtailment of the A:rrrq Specialized Training Program 

by April lst. I do not know what my assignment is going to 

be in the near tuture, but I am as keenly as ever interested 

1n cryptography. 

V/1 th best w1 shes and hoping to . hear from you, 

Y~dn~ 

Pfc. David Shulman 

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HEADQUARTERS, ARMY SERVICE FORCES • 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFIC~ 

WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 

SPSIS-481 

DaTid Shulman, Pfc. 

111.at Signal Radio Intellisence Co~ 

APO 9.U 

c/o Poatmaater .. Seattle, Washington 

Dear Private Shulan: 

17 JuJ.7 1945 

Ya11r article on the 1olutlon ot the Double Pl~rair Cipher 

:iaa been received and at 'Oresent ia being enl~ted. It •ill be 

retained tor file~ · · · 

. As Mr. Friedman i• absent .from. the Post, and will continue 

to be for an extended ~eriod, it ia au;ge~ted that future articles be 

tonrarded thrcugh off'ioial channels to this ot~1ce. !he Chiet Signal 

Officer. 1'he Penta£on, Washington 25 .. D.c., Attention: Signal Security 

Ai;eney, SPSIS-4Bl'. Action llill 1:ie taken to inaure that all interested 

o.fticaa have the op·.ortunity to examine your work. 

Care muat be taken to aai'eguani material which i• submitted 

fororaluation. !he uae of ordinary mail should be avoided. Your 

Commanding Officer will attach an appropriate tentative cla.aaification 

to any work which he lll&7 torwrard for ;you thro~gh Sienal Intelligence 

channels. 

Sincerely yours, 

'?U1'.E:R K. BOSOO 

lat Lt.. Signal Corps 

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HEADQUARTERS, ARMY SERVICE FORCES • 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER 

WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 

PYt. David Shulman, 32880000~ 

Compall)" A, 

V1nt Hill Fal'JIS Station, 

Warrenton, Virginia. 

Dear Shulman: 

20 November 1944. 

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I bad meant to answer 7our letter or 24 October much 

sooner. but I think you can understand that there is a good deal ot pressure here. 

I was, _of cou~a~, ver7 glad.to hear r~oni you and to 

learn Of yo~ progress~ I hope that you nave ba.d the oppor- tunity to finish Part IV, and I will be ver7 glad to re~e1ve 

a copy of a~ essays which you m&J' produce. Som~ day I hope 

to have the time to go on with the series, and, 1n ract, I 

now have Part V in manuscript form., though not completed. When 

ne,, ideas are deemed vorthwh1le incorporating in rev1.s1ons or 

previous texts, credit is usua.117 given to the originator. 

. I was particularly pleased vi th your remarks about Vint 

H1ll 1 aa·v$re also certain people high up here on the post; 

It is good to. knov that the men sent to Vint Hill for tra1nh1g 

get so much out or it as 7ou indicate. 

With ve'r7 beet regards. I am, 

Sincerel7 your$-. 

W1ll1&1 F. Frie~n. 

Director or Comaun1cat1ons 

Research. 

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UNITED SER VICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC. 

WILl .. .IAM T. BAKER 

DIRECTOR 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

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Mcmbc1· Agcnc11 

Tirn YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIOK 

P. 0. BOX 957 

WARRENTON. VIRGINIA 

October 24, 1944 

I hope you will pardon the stationery ---it was 

the onl;y kind available at the moment together with this typewriter 

thereby making possible this letter. I seldom write even to rrq 

closest friends for among several reasons one is that I detest longhand. 1q' calligraphy is no better than the proverbial hen tracks of 

Horace Greeley. M oreover, after many ;years on correspondence and 

writing with a typewriter, I find that I am more nuent and faster 

---and time is an important factor. 

No opportunity to pay you a visit has yet arisen. We are now on 

a more accelerated schedule and I can get no time off during the 

d.a;y while I am in school. However, I feel that 1111' progress has been 

satisfactory. I am now on Part IY of your textbook aD.d no other 

student in 1111' class is that far advanced in cryptanalysis, in fact, 

no one bl:\s even reached Part III. 9f course, I have been slowed 

down considerably by a great mmiber of other subjects which I have 

taken or am now tald.ng. I have had ~ Organization, Security, 

Systems and the Quickie course. At present, I am taking Traffic 

Analysis and Jap language. 

I am finding the problems in Part IV instructive and interesting - ·and· !"hope I have -the opporturii ty to finish the set. Since we have 

no more stuey classes at night, I try to utilize every spare minute 

I can snatch in the claseroan to do some additional work on the 

problems and have completed the first two lessons &nd now p&rt of 

the third lesson. In addition, I have indulged in some research on 

certain cryptanalytic points which I hope to type shortly in the 

form of ess~s and send to you. One is on solution of plaintext autokey encipherment and another is on the recovery of literal keys. I 

have also conceived of some experimental work involving for example, 

the analysis of a combined irregular columnar transposition with a 

grille encipherment, but so far have had no time to develop any ot 

this research • I have never seen aey example of this type of cipher 

nor 81\f explanation, and yet because of the relationship between the 

square used in the grille and the irregular matrix of the columnar, I 

believe messages in such a system can be broken down, extending a 

new line of thought into the field of complex ciphers. 
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UNITED SER VICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC. 

WILLIAM T. BAKER 

DIRECTOR 

I usn I 

llfembcr Aycncy 

THE YOC"XG ::Ui;;:>r-'s CHRISTTAS Assoc1A1'10:>r 

P. 0. BOX 957 

WARRENTON. VIRGINIA 

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.And now, if I may digress a moment from academic studies, I still 

find Vint Hill an idyllic spot in Virginia and the boys in this camp 

good buddies illtellectuall.y. l have discovered that the son of the 

radio commentator lraltenborn is in ~ class and plays a good game of 

chess. !e has beat6n me in rapid transit chess, but I have come out 

ahead in straight play. Then, the training program is never as boring 

or strenuous as what I endured in the infantry and combat engi:ceers. 

'!he high esteem I have for Vint Hill is an opinion that is co!Illlonl.7 

shared here by the rest of the men, particularly those who have to 

ship out with regrets at leaving for they have lee.med mu.ch while at 

Vint Bill and are better trained to perform their future assignments. 

Hop1Dg you are in the best of health and with the best regards, 

Yours sincerely, 

Pvt. 

~JMVJ David ~~ Shuin.n 
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PTt. David Shulm&n, 

Coape.ny A (ProT.), Vint Hill Farms Station, 

Warrenton, Virginia. 

Dear Shul.Jl&n: 

19 Augw.at 1944. 

I vas ver7 glad to r•o•i•e 7our letter ot 6 August and 

to learn that you are getting along Quite vell. It is a 

pleasure to •• to have eucb good report• or the camp and the 

tr&1Ji1.q, and I hope that 7ou a.re continUing to find both 

stiaul&ting and 1ntere1t1ng. 

l\ ia true tbat I am rarel7 at Arlington after the day'• vork, but aoaetiaee 7ou :might find it poeaible to come 1n 

during th• d&J in vbieh ~ee I vould be glad to chat vith 7ou 

tor a tew a1nutee. · 

With best regard•, I am, 

Sinoerel7 yours, 

William F. Frie6man, . Director or Co11m.unicatlons 

Research. 
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BATTALION 

Co.· A (Prov.) 

Vint Hill Farms Sta. 

Warrenton, Va. 

Aug. 6, 1944 

Dear Mr. Friedman, 

I wish to thank you for the opportunity I have had to study at this camp. The classroom 

work has been interesting s.o far. At present, 

I am finishing the second part of cryptanalysis. All of the problems are new ones, but I 

have found them excellent for renewing my knowledge of cryptanalysis which had been neglected 

in the long time I spent away from it. 

The camp and the training here at Vint 

Hill Farms is far superior in my estimation to 

the Combat Engineers at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. I never did enjoy marching with a full 

field pack under a hot sun and I'm glad that's 

over. 

I have been thinking of seeing you again, 

but forgive me for not having done :am:mc so. 

The schedule here does not allow me any time 

off except in the evening and I presume that 

you ~re at Arlington only during the day. 

Hence, this kJa: letter which I am trying to 

extract from this portable typewriter to let 

you know of the progress I am making. 

With best wishes, 

Pvt. ~~~ David Shulman 
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HEADQUARTERS, A~MY SERVICE FORCES 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER ~"'" WASHINGTON 25, D. C. L,.".;-/' . 

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- Pvt. De.vid Shulmen,; 

l262nd Engineers, C Battalion,, 

C&mp 5h:elb7~ 111sa1as1pp1. 

Dear Slnllman: 

I have two or three letters i"rom you the substance 

of which ha.s lead me to make 1nqu1ry-f'rom our Personnel 

Office in your bebalf. I am told that it wou1d be consistent for me to advise you informall7 and 1n a personal 

way th.st the thing fol' 7ou to do is to .as.ke application 

ror a t:ranste~ to the Signal Coi-ps. This request vould 

have to be initiated b7 you and paas through channels. 

We have been told t.bat the 'War Dep&rtllent baa set up their ovn routine as to th9 disposition of ASTP students 

and they will not accept any recommendations from War 

Departmen:t agencies on bebal!" ~ an:r apeut1-•lly named 

man. Thus you see om- b&n.ds ve tied. , 

1·vould peraonall7, or eolD."se, like to see you in 

my field o~ vork and hope that ~our efforts to obtain a 

transfer are successful~ You might 1n 701U9 letter state 

that 7ou had crn>togr&phic tr&1n1ng and would like to be 

aaa1gne4 to the Signa.l Corps CrJ1>tograpb1c Sc~ool. 

With eordi&l greetings, I am 

s1ncerel7 yo-cu-a# 

William F. Fri•dmaa1 

Director or Comnnieations_ 

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11'1YS.te Da'f'id 8buJan 

10,rd. 'l'. G,. ,. Plight A 

Atlantic Cit7, w.~. 

Dear Print• lhwi.an: 

SP25IB-7 

April eo~ 1943 

In reapon .. to rour lttte~ ~ece1Ted tod&J# I 

repet to ha.Ye ~o adrtee JOU that there i• ao W&.J' 

in vhicb I cu u.ke ~ •pec1t1c arrangement tor Jouzt tran•t•~ to II)' otriae •. Ii' 7ou g•t a cb&nee to go .to 

the crJPtopaphic school, tb&t would be at least a 

a"tep'in ths.t d.1l'ect1on., but.ag&1.n there vould be no 

guai-&ntoe vb&taoeYar ot 111.D.d.ing up h~e. You might, 

upon completion ot tra:f nH2g in th& t school, be •ent 

to ant one ot a n'llliber of- tJt&tione: vheH J'Olll'" traia1J:lg vould be uaetul. In view ot the foregoing I do not 

th1Dk that it would. be adY1eable tor 7ou to t17 to 

obta11'1 a t~lougb for th• p\U"J)ote of diacuaaiJlg the 

m&tter. Moreover, I a.a leaViJ:l.8 the cit7 to be gone to~ aeTeral veeka. 

In closing I o&J1 01'11 a4Y1ee tba.t 7ou tl-f to 

point 7ourself 1J1 the directiOA ot th• CrJPtographic •ehool and take what comea a.long, doing the ~at 1ou 

know hov .. 

l'tth beat Yi•h••• I am 

Sincerelt 7oure, 

William P. hied.man 

Pir•ctor ot Oomm:waicatioDe 

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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR F'CRCES 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

703rd T.G., Flight A 

Atlantic City, N.J. 

This is the first op9ortunity I have had 

to wrtte to you. I was classified for the Signal Corps at the reception center at Camp Upton· where I stayed about a week. Then I was sent 

to this eity where- I was informed that men from 

the Signal Corps are being attached here for 

ba.sic training. Tomorrow will be my third day of processing and I understand that there are 

28 days of basic training during which time or 

any time af ter\'rard I may be transferred to another C&mP or remain here is a permanent party 

man. 

On the fourth day of processing I expect 

to be interviewed and classified for a partic- ular branch of the Signal Corps. Lt. Fenrose 

told us that some of us may go to the Crypto- graphic School. I have not asked for any kind 

of assignments so far as I do not wish to 

hinder any arrangements that you may be able 

to make for rrry t*ansf er to your office. 

Before I left for indu~tion I received 

a telegram from Olmstead signed Smith asking for my serial numeer which I immediately sent. 

However, I have had no further information so 

I am not aware of any arrangements for my par- t_icular assignment. 

CApt. Rayborn is in charge of the Signal Office here. His assistant, Sgt. Russell Black, 

has just asked me if I would li~e to becorae a 

permanent party man and help him with the work 

as he has not been ~ble to find anybody so far 

who could do the work and because he expects a 

transfer shortly. I told ~im that I would accept 

only on condition that my services would still 

be available to your office and that I would 
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give him an answer later this week. 

This gives me time, therefore, to write to 

you ~nd to inform you of my situation. I should lik~~roceed according to whatever advice you 

can· give me rather than to try to do anything myself when I know too little about the official 

routine here. In fact, I can arrange to see you if you deem it advisable on a furlough pass. 

I think that your answer to this mat~ter 

will lllXLltR:k1~~ng greatly facilitate my assignment and clarify some of the problems that 

ordinarily prove pitfalls for a person just adjusting himself to Army life. 

May I have the pleasure of hearing from 

you aa soo~ as possible? 

With my best wishes, 

Pvt. David Shulman