REF ID:A64885 

Mr. 

~ 

John v. llodge 

1.ditor 

lncyclopaedie. Bt1tann1ca 

1+25 North Michigan Avenue 

Chicago 111 Xllinoi& 

~ ffr. Dodge• 

Soon atter v:-iting my lotter ot 2 ~ 19;;>.., accepting the .. signment to \l"e'VUe ~ U'tiel.$ 00Dl1!S & C~, I vaa 

<#dered. a'brortd tt.n" teneoraq duty ;rhieh t thou&ht would.~ 

'but tVQ weeks. lMtead1 it took •ix1 and l have Juat returxied therefrQQ. 

lotμ,g again that the revieion llllit be in your band.a by 

'I# 'bei"ore i5 September, Yhieh 1• not Ve:J:"7 tar off 1 I baatened. 

Umied.1ateq ut>On m:r :ti:fturn to the- task ot revia.ton and. I began~ rev1ev1tlg the preDent article in the Ught ot the 

1t-n.gth ~cified. in rour let~ of 9 ~' •well ... in Kr. ~t'• letter ot fl!j June. l ~t to have to ~ that I aeon 

toimd JqBel.:t in doubt aa to the amount of s;pa.ca you have 

l"ttterved tor the revi#ed article 1 but this !oubt can be resolved. 

W!'l!Y 4uickl:y b;y 10\tt' ~t aMWl" to th1a Q.Ueitiont no you 

U!:tcnd the x-evioed arti~ ill the nav printing to occupy &;ppl"OJCi .. 

lJ8.'t;ely the~ M1Punt ,,r IJPe.CO U U OCC'U;Pied Dy the article in 

'1Je present ed1tion'l' 

X th~ it appi-opriate w tuagest that the }tt'eilent. article 

~' 'Wbich ~ ~ly With the hiator:f ot the auhject, 

u badly in need.~ nv1•1on. 1t not only eontaine teveral in-

-.c~ciee and. eould. very wll ~ ~ze.tion, but a.1Jto it 

contains mtter Which ia duplicated. to ~ U't.4mt t.n4. 'Which more 

lo&!cally belongs in '111¥ article, iince the latt$1" i• technical 

nt.the:r tha.n bUtorical in content. This load# • t¢ •uue"t that 

the tvo article& oould wU be combi.Md into one, un4el" the title 

Qlt:P'l'OUXJY • 8ueh ail a;"tiol& COUl4 be -.&l to OCCl.\l?)' about the ~ uount ot tpat:e Dt:1V occupied. 'bt the tvo ~te art1clea1 

but itt pe.rta ~be lOgicall,y iutegrated,, the N1;;1ele u • 

whole YOUl4 tbel'dore better oover a ti.old. or technology vhieh 

be..e ~ nn:r •ter~ in ms.tions.l &n4 international. 

iiq;torl.anc• aince the 14th ~tion ve.s printed, and. it VQUl.t1 be a.a 

@'pproved for Release by NSA on 07-17-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
u;i-to-dAte N Yill ~ permuusibl.l':t ~ l.Wta.tions illposed h)' 

ito.tutaJ7 laY au4 Goverxmienta.l regulations in the iu1;.ereat ot 

na.tiona.l ncuri tyr. 

~ la.et cla.Ule 1uggesta the ad.vaibil1ty or Jiti' inM.eat:lng 

to you that 'lf1¥' nvillion 'Will ba.~ to bel epproved bf the appropriate: 

au.thOl"ities 'bdore 1t can be fQnt to 10u1 ~, I 4o ):l,()t 

-.ntic1pate ~ dltticulty- on that ~~, 1n vi.eY ot the tact that 

l occu;py an official position which -.Ji:ea 1t possible tar me to 

be quite tNlliliar vitb the requiremente and llndtations illW®ed 

W na.tional security. 

1hwU,r1 l YOUl.d l.1lw to c.dd tba.t nt1' .-u.gge&tion that there 

'b4 a -~ good. article undc:r the b.eacUng QiYP'J.10100Y is motiVQ.ted 

'b¥ a desire to see to it tne.t, 1t PQS!liblei the IJ:i~ea. article 

Yill ret"leqt the •ta.tua ot ceyptQJ.ogic tAclmology as a.ccura.tely and. .- t'JXten.aivaly u 1- peraisaible. I be..8tAn to add that l vou:td be 

glad to uecuttt thR ne~e.Elea:q revu:ton Vitbout ~ .b.oJ.lorarium, it' 

that u a conaideration in the prem.ioes. 

&incerely, 

'WllWJt ., • ittliIMAN 

lpec1.al Aasiate.nt to the DU'ector 

l.a. ID rep:cy ;you 1lJ$Y use either the ddrese on th1.e letterhead 

or 'l1tl' home ~if {u -.. used. in p:teVicua oorreapOlldence). 

The latter ~ be a bit ~ opeditious.