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IA tho early pan ot 1843, I•• on duty wlth llgnal Soourity Agonoy, ,-.'""""-'If''" 

OJltio• ot the Chiet ligaal ottloer. 

A1 CJdet or tbo Seourlv lraao:ta, It.pal Beouri v Agency, l had the n1pOm1lbll1 ty tor all .. ntognph1o 1eavity. 'he •king ot Noordinga tor 

Projeot 181761 .... a Ol"JPtograpldo aeeul"1t7 f'unotlm ud., theretwe, 1t aa 

"I' ra1poulbili ty to uaertain that pertimnt 11111t&r7 •eouri:\y replatlom 

ccmtrin« the hudling ot H')'Ptographia •terial in all aapaeta wn oampliecl 

111 th bT all contractor• tor this tn• • tarial. · 

lJl aon.jwlo'tion with ••ourit,r 1nnat1gationa, I iupeoted the lell.La'tloratoriea, «orld 9roa.d.out1D; C~, and a6laak Trwod.pUona, Ino., approsia tely •emimoDtbl.7, l>ogimd.:ag l Pebru.aly UDtil April 19'1, at whleb UM tM 

•k1ng ot th.11•• imspeatiou ... ~•rrod to L't. Colonel CbArle• B. liaer, 

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from aonTeraaUou with Bell Labon.tori~-it engineora, pdnalpall7 Kr. Idea 

Ioarnoy; and w1 th af.tloer1 ot the 80&th Slpal Berrie• Oomp&DT • a'bcNt the middle 

ot lfaroh 1943. I got the 1.mpre•aion and UDdltl"•tand.1ng that at auah time• u tile 

reaordi»g equipun~ aa mad• .. ftilable to tho ~. i,t would be operated entire]¥ 

by ?•r•mmel ot tho 80ftb Signal Semo• detaohmen.'t, who wra to bo tra1aed la th• 

uae ot the equipment durinc the aotual operatiou at World Broadoa1'0iag aDd lfuu 

%n.z:aor1pt1ou. l>m'iug the operatlo.u at the liorld ad ».aaat 1DatallatloZU1, the 

probla ot def'erMnta tor reaording and operat.iDg poraOJmGl omple7J9d by thoa• 

organ11at1ou •• rei'etted to•· I, ln turn. referred this matter to Anq Ccamunicatlom Senico, OCSS.gO. tJuuaceHtul a"81.lpta to aeoure dater.nu ot this 

peracmnel and 1mbll1ty ~t the oompamea oonaermd to proou.re 1uitable reoordiDg 

englneel'"I not 1Nb.jeot 'to the drat't were two cllttioultiea ODOGUD.terod ahmltazaeQQal1 

with a d1reot1vo tor a greatly i:no:oeaaed produotlon rate tor the•• reoOl"'da. 

In. vt.n ot the military n.eoaaai't:J' tor thia iDor .. •4 reoord. procl\&otton. it 

•• av bipreaa1on that the deoi11 .'ID waa mad• to ut111.. '118 per•cnm.el -ot the 80&11h 

Sliml S.nio• detaobllent u the only mana ot aoaG111Pll•b.1:ag tU taek. 

IJaaoing ~ t1ma nool"da wn pracluoed under the aperiuatal (tirat) o•traot, 

it waa rq impns•:lon that no voop labor was uaed tor o'ller tbaD 10CNriv purpoa••· I 

It la deatred to point out herein that the respouib1U.tr at the Sigml leourity Agco7 in th.la •'tter •• entirely with •eow1.v, and not with deelaiau u 

to the aplopant of peraonnel ot the 801tb. Signal leourit.y ct.taabaent. It w.1 

abou.t tha llidcll• ot ._,,.b 1941 that I h&nae4 that penmmel ot tile IO&tlt. llgm.1 

Semo• det&ohmllt nre aowall.J to 1te ue4 on reaorcl produot1on. 

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In late April 19431 I beoam AoUJlg Chief ot the Seour11JJ 

lranah. ot 'the Slg:aal Seourl t7 Ac•nc7 111 antialpatlan ot the 4eparture ot Colaael larle P. Cook tor tampora17 duty O'l'9r••· 

In add1ti.on to ST other dut1••• I "All 1ATolftd 1n the produo· tion ot 'aJ'j rooorda tor the DlTU pro,jeot. Jiff reap1>u1bUltlea in 

ocmneotion with th!• croJeot wore tQ 1mnare that 1eouritf regulationa 

wn properly obaerncl in the produoti.on ot projeet reooru. 

I1s waa 9'Y' blpr•••ion fJ"OJB ecm:ronationa with pR'ilQIU'l.91 ot the 

Dell '1'alepho.ae 1.&bo!atorie• and the SOfth Sipal Sel"'Yioe Ccmpan;y that 

a deoi•ion bad been r•csh•d in the ott1oe ot the Chiet Signal ottioer 

that nd.litary peracmnel wauld be uaed 1n the produot1on o.t the kaying 

reoorda bJ' aaa ot the Ji0·2 50Tl •<tuipaat iu talled cm the prel'ld.1•• ot 

World and Jlla&k. It•• turther rq impr .. alon that thi• d.eoi•1oa waa 

reaohed dtle to the h.ot that there was & llhoriage ot trained oldliaza. 

paraomM1l a"n\11.a.bl•• that ditt1oult1•• wero enooun'\ered 1n. obtaining 

draf't determent. tor uutt.ng per10D1118l. Uld that the requ1HM11ta tor 

reoord produotiOD were gr•atl7 1Doreued. 

A.t &!)out tbia tm I w:uier•tood tbat the Bell Teleph01W L&boratoriea 

wer~ to undertak• reaearob neoeeaa17 to perteot a d1reot 1"8oor:1.ng proa••• wh1ab would. aUainate the requirement tar wax reaord1ng &D.d prooe•liDC 

a't Worlcl &ad lla&ak. The direct reoordl:ag •Clulpaent •• to 'be inatallecl in 

Yfaahingioon azad to 'be operated by •mbon ot the 805th SS.pal Serri.oe Cea-

~· lt 1• S.f illpr•••1oza that the deo1a1on to iDTeatigate th• Cl.ireo'IJ 

reoard.bg proo•••• inoluding tha "•• ot 806th per1oaml 1D flaah1Dgton. intlueDOad th9 deoiaion to uae troap labor on the RC·ISO!l equipmau"• tor 

training pu:rpo•••• at World and liasalc. 

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