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Ur. Julian Hast 

1.1. llarsh & Son. Inc. 

'iJheelinc, ~·;est Virginia 

Dear Juliana 

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?Jarch 2. 1943 

I havo yours of Februaiy 23. I received a conplotod 

questionnaire froo John and sent it immediately to qur. 

porsonnel division. They call attention to the fact that 

inasmuch as he is in the enlisted reserve, a.~d, is. lil::.ely 

to be called at any mor.iont, it looked doubtful tho.t anythinc · 

could be done. However, they e.ro Going to write to him 

direct, and it tho situation permits will try to enroll him 

in the extension courses. 

Tho questions that you ra.iee with regard to what ha 

would do ir he were called up. lef't oe also at ~ loss. I 

imagine. however. that ho rrny be able to indicate his pro• 

foranco and i£ he wishes to £:0 into cryptographic work, he 

should chooeo the Siznal Corps ~nd e~ato that he would like 

to co into that field. · It is posaiblo that ho would bo sent 

to our school at :;;"arronton. Vir~inia ultil:latoly, artor soing 

throu{;h the usual processing of induotees. . ( 

In ease you my cone. 'b'J this wo.y do?! 1 t .f'o.il t~' zet 

in to~ch with me. 

~incerely your3. 

··iilliat'l F. Fried!!Bll 

Dirootor or COT.1TI1unications 

RosF-aroh 

pproved for Release by NSA on 07-16-2014 pursuant to E.O. 

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M.MARSH & SON 

INCORF='OR.ATED 

cMallers of th Original 

WHEELING 

Col. Wm. F. Friedman, 

cMa:rsh 11Jhe8/Jng StogilS 

WEIT VIRGINIA 

February 23, 1943. 

Director, Communications Research, 

Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 

Washington, D. c. 

Dear Bill: 

Found your very kind letter and enclosed question- aire waiting for me when I returned from a trip today. I am sending it to John immediately and 

you will no doubt receive it from him by the end 

of this week. As I wrote you, he is in the Enlisted 

Reserve. In case he is called up within the next 

few days as expected, how will this affect his 

taking the extension course? Will he take his 

basic training first? Also is it advisable that 

he choose the Signal Corps as his branch of the 

Service when he is called up or can he do that 

later? I am completely at a loss as to the 

proper procedure. 

I naturally appreciate the interest you have taken 

in this matter and know that this interest will 

increase if he proves himself qualified for your line of work. 

Hoping to be able to see you one of these days, 

I am 

Cordially yours, 
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Llr. Julian ~. Hast 

ll. Llaroh c Son, Inc. · U1ooling,, ·.:·ost Vir r;inia 

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?ebruar3 16, 194~ 

In _ro&?On&C to your lotter of :Cobruary 11,, ! thin~~ it -rrould 

be o. good idea. if your boy, John,, would onroll in- our extonaion 

cources in cr:1:;1to~ro.:1hy. If ho ho.s sono abili~· in 'i;llc vcrk 

I thin!: there woulcl bo fl ~;oo~. chnnce 0£. hio bcdnr, selocte<i !'or 

EC?V~.co in tl~o.t field nm! I could ra.cilita;t;o tha.t. . '.:':.1is ~ork 

•.rould not ta!;:o too mu.ch o:f :i11s spare tiue at school an" proBably 

uoulcl bG into re st inc to hi::i in nny co.so. Sc;:i.U. hin the enclosed 

qucstionna.iro t..nd as2: hin to rotum it to 1;ie after he haa oom-

'91etod the de.ta. I -.111 t:1.c-.a. ·~kc tho necoss~ry stops to have 

hi:1 eni-o lled. · 

I am voI"'J clad to lea.rn a.bout the older boy ancl ir.i:L.~ine 

ho is .fi?1din.; tee <•or~ vc?:J in;terestinr;. 

:.:e a.re both well desydte hard work. !'.a.rba.ra is a.·t; 

Radcliffe and John is still in hi:;h school. ~;ith vot-y best 

rogards to you o.nd !1ra. Ee.ct, I llm 

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Very oince:-ely yours, 

\'alliam F. 7riedrnan 

Dirootor, Ccmmunications I~esoa.rch 
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M.MARSH & SON 

INCORl=OF=lATEO 

cMallers of IN Original 

WHEELING 

Col. Wm. F. Friedman, 

3912 Military Rd., 

Washington, D. c. 

Dear Bill: 

cMarsh 11J/1881JngSmg/IS 

WEIT VIRGINIA 

February 11, 1943. 

Here is another request for advice. My younger 

son, John, now aged 18, is at Cornell, majoring in Chemistry as I did. He is in the Enlisted 

Reserve and expects to be called up soon. Last 

summer one of his friends was taking a course 

in Cryptanalysis and John helped him with it 

and became interested. He had an elective 

open this semester and decided to take this 

course. He seems to enjoy it immensely and 

says he is quite good at it. 

As there doesn't seem much possibility of his 

using his Chemistry in the Army, it ooourred 

to me that he might want to follow this line 

of work. I have of course talked a lot about 

you in the past and I think this got him 

interested in it in the first place. 

The question I would like you to answer if you 

can is whether, if John designates the Signal Corps as his branch of the Service when he is 

called up, there is any way of being fairly certain that he could get into oode work. Is 

there anything you could do from your end to 

help without compromising yourself in any way? 

Our older boy, David, went through the course 

at Chanute Field successfully and has been a 

2nd Lieutenant in the Air Corps since November. 

He· is at present an Engineer Officer in a 

bomber repair squadron stationed at Myrtle Beach, S. c. and has been doing good work. He 

expects to be transferred soon, we don't know 
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Col. Friedman 

where of course. 

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2. Feb. 11, 1943. 

I hope things have been going well for you and 

your family. Imagine you are working very hard 

at a most interesting job. Will be happy to 

hear from you and about you if you have time. 

My best to you and yours. 

Cordially yours,