REF ID:A44198 

. . - SE€RE'f 

HEADQUAllTl!:Rll . 

UNITED. STATES' ARMY SECURITY AGENCY 

ARLINGTON HALL 8TA110N 

ARLINGTON 12, VIRGINIA 

SUBJEar: tJS Army' Securit:r Agenc7 Data Proceaaing 1 IAR 19&1 

'1'0: Director 

National Securit:r.Agenc:r Fort Meade, Maryland . 

1. Reference is made to ;your letter Serial N3614, subJect: •p~iDS 

Guide tor Field Data P.roceasing (U) '', dated 22 September 196(). 

. . 2. Thia Agency baa conducted a prel:1minar,y ll'tudy of. cur.rent data 

bandling procedures in the US Arrrq Securi t7 Agency. The StUdii° disclosed 

a need tor recoverable data storage facilities, considerable duplication 

of effort at various echelons of processing, human errors, and the need 

tor a capability- to corroborate and correlate SIGIBT info:mation on a 

t:lmel:r basis. The above indicates that current Traffic Analysis, OryptanaJ.:rais, · 

and data handling procedures must be revised so .that available manpower, 

mone7, and machine processing capabilities ~ efficientl7 utilized:• 

3. This .Agency has established a Data Processing program which has 

as its iDDediate obJective a system study to determine the best possible.· 

course.- of action to alleviate these problems. A 1401 Automatic Data 

PI"Ocessing System will be :J,nstalled at Frankfurt, GermBDY' during the latter 

part of FI62. The US Army Security Agency baa incorporated the 140J. 

Automatic Data Processing S:rstem requirements· into OPllS 10 for n63. J:n. · 

addition, preliminary budgeting action bas been taken to provide a 14m. 

system for Cb,1.ef, US Arsq Becurit:r Agency, Pacific and one fOr tbe US Arrq 

Security Agency Trainine; Center and School ·during n63. contract~ 

assistance in the field of methods and anal.7sis and computer programming will 

be acquired to assist in the achievement of thia program. 

. 4. The •Planning Considerations" (incloaure l .ot referenced letter) 

was utilized as .the basic guide in fOrmulating our course ot action. In. 

addition, coordination has been accomplished with GENS-1 tor the purpose 

of' detemining the applicabilit:r of the.AFSAV D311 on thel I 

Generally, the US Arfl13 Security .Agency plan is as follows: 

ffAftDtf VIA C6M1Nf CHANN~ ONLY. SE<JRE'f 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

EO 3.3(h)(2) 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 10-21-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
REF ID:A44198 

. . . SEeRET 

IADEV 

SUBJECT: UB .Arlq' Security .Agency Data Processing 1 IAR 1911 

a. Implement an over&U system study ot t8 .Arm7 Security Agency 

smIRr production facilities to determine the scope of redundancy, and 

to document current methods and procecbires. · 

b. Install a 1401 Data Processing Sy.item, to include ·a ll,.o5 Model 

II magnetic 'disc storage unit, at ~adqua:rters US Anq Seburity- Agency, 

BuroPe on or about Bovember 1961. Thia system will be used as t~ basic 

equipment configuration to insure compatibility with the Rational Security 

.Agency machine aid requirements, • 

c. Develop tbe mcessary procedures and programs to correct 

noted deficiencies. 

d. Develop and teat new data bandl.ing programs which Yill meet 

the tuture re<i¥irement8 ot the National Security Agency and US ArllIT Security 

.Agency collection systems. · · 

e. Evaluate the reaulta' ot our findings and present them to 

the Rational Security Agency for consideration. · 

5. Actu&l "live" operatio~ problems will be teated on the ll&ol 

System a.f'ter the completion of. the system stud1' 1 and procedures relative 

to field collection, processing and dissemination are resolved. Foll.owing 

com,pl.etion of'. this stud7, a statement ·Of the problem and proposed solutions 

·will be forwarded to the Director, Rational Security .Agency for evaluation 

and guid&.nce. 

6. Your comments on this plan are solicited. 

HANDLE VI~ COMINT 

61 IANNELS 6NLV · · 

(,I. 

W. M. BRECKINRIDGE 

MaJor General, UB , . Chief 1 US Arrq Security .Agenc7 

SECRE'F 
REF ID:A44198 

SEeRET 

SEeMT 

(Basic Ltr: UBASA ltr, File IADEV, SubJ: tJB Army Security Agency 

Data Processing, dtd 1 Mar 61) 

lat Ind 

Rational Se~ty Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 

Serial: N · 0970 

·a 0 MAR 1981 

'l'O: Chief, United States Army Se.curity Agency, Arlington Hall Station, 

Arlington 12, Virginia 

~'1... _This Agency concurs in procurement and installation of IBM 

lltOl Em1M Systems in certain geographical areas for the'Purpose of 

providing more up-to-date data processing facilities to·replace 

currently operational EAM systems. In ~neral, such installations 

vould be capable of canbining data processing· tasks now being performed at several different si tea tn Euro»e and the Far Bast. . . . 

2. Vi th respect. to the features of the U. S. Army Security Agency 

(USASA) plan presented in paragraph 41 subparagraphs a through e, of the 

basic correspondence, it is ~ccmnended that tJSASA concentrate on studies 

to determine possible revisions and improvements to those data process- , ing systems in operation at USASA si tea. UBASA is encouraged to revie¥ 

the techniques and .methods applie~·to machine processing on specific 

problems, revising and updating these aa desirable. The BationaJ. 

Security Agency has al.ready instituted and is currently performing longrBZlge studies to develop and test new data processing systems to meet 

the -future requirements of tJSASA and the other Service Ceyptologic 

Agencies. EA interida to continue these studies and will lCeep USASA 

informed of results therefran on a continuing basis. 

3. On the assumption that· the schedule for the procurement of IBM 

lltol system~ is as stated in paragraph 3 of the basic letter, this 

Agency recamnends revision of the tJBASA plan for IBM 11&0,i installations 

With respect to the priority and location given tot~ installation at 

Frankturt, Germany. The Joint SIGINT. Processing Center (JSPC) Sobe, 

Old.nawa is ex;pected to car:mence operation on 1 January 1962. It is 

therefore required that an IBM lltol system. be installed aa a 1,11&tter of 

first priority and ready for operational application on that date. 

In &UH>ort of this requirement ,NBA has now canpl.eted a detailed analysis 

and st'1dY of c;rarrentl.1' operational machine processing tasks which are 

expected to be performed at JSPC. The pertinent results of this study 

have been published and are being made available to the representati vea 

of the pla.nning group tor the Sobe Center. 

3 

SE~RET 
REF ID:A44198 

SE€HE'f 

(Basic Ltr: tJSASA ltr, File: IADSV, SubJ: US Army Security .Agency 

Data Processing, dtd l Mar 61) 

lat Ind (Cont'd) Serial: N. OS70 

4. Current 

pro emsso p e qua:e ~r.-:us=..--=c=al:T":on~ar.o=r=-=an=--::'T':"e=r=:r.c::--::11r::r.:"a processing installation in 

Europe. Prior to proceeding with the establishment of a center in 

Europe, EA in conJunction with tSASA will prepare an operational plan 

for this center. A listing of operational.. tasks, similar to that 

which NBA has al.re~ prepared for the Sobe Center should be provide~ 

to insure effective utilization of the increased. EDP capabilities 

of the center and to support SIGIIT program and budget Justifications. 

In addition, such items as availability and adequacy ot camrnmice.tions 

and courier facilities from collection sites to the proposed centra- li~ed EDPM site for tim~J.y process~ng and reporting must be considered. 

5. With respec~ to the proposed llaol installation at tm!/ U. S. 

Army Security Agency Training Center and School, it is the opinion of 

this .Agency that a considerable econanic advantage could be reali~ed 

if the facilities and resources of the IBM Corporation were used.for 

1401 traiQing purposes. Thii view is not to be considered restrict! ve 

if USASA deems it necessary a.ud·otherwise justifiable to directly 

replace the present IBM 650 system at Fort Devens, Massac1μ1setts. 

6. Tb.is correspondence is upgraded to SEC 

content of. this indorsement. 

Copy furnished: 

Asst to the Chief', USASA (FM) 

SEeRE'f 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

EO 3.3(h)(2) 
. . 

cc: DIR iii C 

.AG 

Reading File 

OPS 

PROD-001 

PROD-03 

PROD-04 

MPRO 

ACOM-03 

Cf J 

REF ID:A44198 

SECRET 

Serial: N 0970 

I' 

M/R: The basic letter, tBASA IADEV, Subj: US Aney Security Agency 

Data Processing, dated 1 March 1961, outlines USASA plans for procurement and instaJ.lation of IBM lliol computer systems, in addition to 

proposed "systems studies". Tb.is ;f.ndorsement constitutes NBA views 

toward the USASA plan and qualifies differences of opinions based on 

current and projected operational ;tasks and requirements • This reply 

has been concurred in bl MPRO (Mr. T. S. McLauren) 1 ACCl.f-03 (Mr. J. Groat) 1 

GENS-04 (Mr. R. Stewart 1 PROD-03 1(Mr, B. Peters) and read by 

CUSASA (PM) (coi. Rolle • ' 

SECRET