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HEADQUARTERS 

AIR CO}IMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE 

Communications Division 

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

Special Assistant 

National Security Agency 

Washington 25, D. C._ 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

2 November 1954 

! seem to be es'tablishing a unique pattern in the.t each time 

I write to you I want less. I now find that our library has the 

three documents by Flicke that you mentioned, so we nee~ not get 

additional copies. 

Thanks again ror your interest and cooperation. 

Sincerely, 

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S C. MOORE, JR. 

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;you would like to have the 1tlforat:S.oo I me.nt1oned in 'lfl¥ . preceding letter, de•pite cancellation ot jour lecture~ I -. 

aUgge$t that youYrite a letter addreeeed to the D1rectorj 

lational· Security Ageuc:t req,utatiDg, tor Qfticiai UH in 

your acbool libraey, a cow• or a document entitled ."Var .. Secrete 1n the. Etller-; II 1-rt• I, n, and III, b)" Wilhelm , • . .· Fllcke. You may, u 7ou v:tan, 111&.rk the letter tor rJJY · . · 

attention. Tl1e c~s1f'ica:t1on ot the document· 11 ''P<I\ . OFflCIAL USB OILY" but it 1• replete nth intonation which 

-JOU. could use, if nac:e1R17, in a ·non·c::laaaitied l.e¢t.ure. 

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HEADQUARTERS 

AIR OOMMAND AND STAFF SCHOOL 

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 

Mr. William F • Friedman 

National Security Agency 

Wasld!ngton 25, D. c. 

Dear Mr. Friedman: 

12 October 1954 

Your assumption was valid when you decided that my silence 

was due to the lecture being cancelled. You DDlSt have accurately 

gauged the nervous condition of the instructors in the Air Command 

and Starr School. 

After a trip to Kelly, where I had great difficulty shaking 

loose my inf'ormation for an unclassified lecture, I recommended 

that it be cancelled and it was. Nevertheless, we would like to 

have the information you mentioned for use in our confidential 

lectures to the Squadron Officer Course •. 

It may be that I will no longer be associated with your subject, since I have taken over Lt Colonel Milt Frank's duties in 

the administration of the Div.:l.sion and will do less lecturing than 

before. However, I still hope to v.:Lsit your organization and to 

see you again. 

Sincerely, 

fJr.~ /Sfo C. MOORE, JR .. 

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NATIONAL $ECURITY AGENCY 

WASHINGTON 25, 0. C. 

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6 October -1954 _ 

MaJor Jamel c. Koore1 -Jr. 

Headqua:ttera 

Air Command and Start Sehool 

COllQIUJlicationa Division 

Maxwell A1r Force Bue, Alabam 

. Dear *Jor Moore: 

I tboUght that bj this time. you. would· have came back· at 

me to keep the pranise made 1D ~ letter ot 20 AUpat 1 ·but· 

since I. 've not heazod traa 7ou l am vcmdering U' your pi"opo-4. lecture ta art • 

. In any case I WOUld like to tell you that a tranalation · ·· recently put out by NBA ot a treatise by a German Cryptanalyst 

ot acme atand1J28 might be _usetul to you •. The work i• cl&esitied 

"For otticial Use OJll.y." .tt you'd· like to borrow ii. copy, please let me kn~. . · 

WILLIAM r. · P'RIBIIWl : 

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Maxwell Air force· Base, .Alabaua 

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HEADQUARTERS • 

AIR C0£.ftWID AND STAFF SCHOOL 

Communications DiVision 

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 

Mr. William F. Friedman 

National Security Agency 

Washington 25, D. c. 

Dear i.'1r. Friedman: 

13 August 1954 

I have been given a rather difficult assignment, I think, and 

hope you will be able to help me. The problem is to make an interesting and worthwhile talk on "Communications Security" to five hundred 

field grade officers without going higher than "Unclassified." I 

believe I have heard you discuss haVing had similar problems. 

The new nine-month CoI:IIDalld and Staff Course has replaced all 

other courses here, including the Communications-Electronics Sta:f'f 

Officer Course. The majority of students will get the classified 

treatment on "Communications Security" late in the Course. However, 

the first uortion of the Course can contain no classified material ...,......_. because of a number of foreign students, and it has fallen my lot to 

give this group a comprehensive lecture. 

I am thinking of stealing some of your stuff and using the "T:iJile 

Magazine" approach. The use of such sources not only prevents compromise, but also provides good attention getting "cause's celebre 11 if 

one can carry it off as well as you do. So--I would be most appreciative if you could give me either references or examples of commsec 

successes or violations which are now unclassified either as a result 

of official disclosure or Time-Black Chamber types of foul-ups. (Have 

you read "London Calling Northpole"! It's a rather fascinating account 

of how German SIS "played back" a British agent's radio with teITible 

results for the British. The key to the whole mess was failure to 

authenticate.) 

Am going to Kelly Air Force Base next week to discuss this with 

the boys down there and to look for more unclassified examples. 

It seems very strange around here without a Communications Course 

running. Our strength has been considerably reduced. Colonel Griffin 

has moved up to a higher position in the Staff, Milt Frank has gone to 

Portugal for an attache 1 assignment, and George Walborn is now Chief. 

I trust this finds you in good health. 

Sincerely