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DISPOSITION FORM 

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SUBJECT 

Categories of NBA Specialties 

S/AS!Jr (Mr. Friedman) FROM PERS DATE 27 Vay 54 COMMENT NO. 1 

Reference: Memo of Mr. Frieaman 25 Jun 53 to c/s, Subj: Categories of' BSA 

Specialties and Personnel Skill.edTherein 

1. The technical. and e.aministrative special.ties of interest to NBA have 

been determined and pl.aced in categories as the resul.t of two conferences of 

representatives of the Offices and Staff Divisions of this Ager1cy. The categories determined are as shown in Inclosure 1 1 which is submitted for your 

approval and/or comment. -

2. The Personnel Division will, upon approval., request and consolidate lists 

ot names of personnel., GS-10 and above, skilled in or recommended for cross training in the special.ties listed in Inclosure i, from Offices and Ste.ff Divisions of 

the Agency. Consol.idated l.ists will be forwarded to the safe depository and will 

be revised semi-BDnuall.y as out1ined above by the Personnel Division. 

~ Col.onel, USA 

Chief, Personnel Division 

Incl.: 

Categories of NBA Specialties 

cc: P/P 

TO: PERS FROM: S/ABST (Mr. Friedman) 24 June 54 Comment #2 

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1. The rirst paragraph of the reference cited in Comment No. l specif'ica~ 

relates the project of listing the various specialties of interest to NBA and the 

personnel to fill those epeci.e.1.ties with the NBA Emergency War Plan and the NSA 

Disaster Plan. 

2. PERS distributed a preliminary list of categories as an inclosure to a 

D/F dated 22 December 1953. In commenting on that list (D/F dated ll January 1954), 

it was susgested that: · 
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"(b) The suggested list be expanded into a more con:plete list of 

critical NBA functions and that it be made more specific so 

that ul:~:μia.tely the names of personnel can be i.risertcd into 

the l~st d~ to t~ level required for the successful 

execution or the Agep.cy's War and Disaster PJ.ans. 11 

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.... 3. Upon re~eipt of the revised 11Categories. o£ NSA Specialtie·s 11 as an 

inclosure to your D7F of 27 May 1954, NSA's Emergency War and Disaster Plans were 

reviewed and a comparison was nade oetween the basic tasks enlllllerated in each 

plan and the listed categories of NSA specialties. This comparison reveals that 

'it would be difficult to carry out either plan utilizing only the categories 

of specialties listed. It is my thought that the "Categories of ~1SA Specialties 11 

paper should be drawn up with careful regard to the NSA Emergency War Plan and 

the NSA Disaster Plan, since the value of a detailed breakdown of NSA specialties 

and/or personnel is in its ability to help NSA perf'orm its mission as well and 

as conpletely as possible under emergency, war, or disaster conditions. 

4. It is with some regret, therefore, that I am not able to accept the 

present version of the "Categories of NSA Specialtiea 11 , and recommend a further 

revision to make the document better reflect the purpose behind its production. 

5. If such revision is undertaken, I will be glad to assist in whatever 

way possible. 

LJ}:azih..i 7w~ F. FRIEmw'i a~ 

Special Assistant 

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Categories of NSA Specialties 

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REF ID: A71 781 e 

8 June 1951+ 

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. FRIEW.AN 

Subject: Categories of NSA Specialties 

l. The following is a pertinent chronology: 

25 June 195~ - Memo from S/ABST to C/S 

[Since we have an NSA Emergency War Plan and a 

Disaster Plan, it is recommended that a list of technical and 

administrative specialties be developed with a list of personnel (above GS-9) skilled in those specialties~7 

Z7 November 1953 - D/F from P /P, Subj: Schedule of Major Events. 

LPERS to convene series of meetings to' determine 

critical agency specialty fields -- to be used to develop lists 

of personnel skilled in critical fields for use in connection 

with the Emergency War Plan and the Disaster Plan~7 

15 December 1953 - First meeting convened by PERS. 

22 December 1 53 - D/F from PERS 

Inclqsed list; stated "the purpose of this breakdown is ultimately to provide lists of people (GS-10 and above) 

who could be cross detailed to replace casualties in event of 

emergency.'2 

Then Lt •. McDona.ld and Capt Schestopol (PERS) 

discussed the project and the list in detail, once with Lt. Col. 

Booth (P/P War Plans). Lt McDonald took the position that 11 The proposed list includes many critical NSA functions, but that 

it o~its many general, as well as specific, functions necessary 

to implement the Agency's Disaster and War Plans." 

Ill January 1954 - D/F from S/ASST to PERS 

LCritical of specific items and some general items. 11Some broad functions necessary to execute the Emergency War and 

Disaster Plans and to sustain the Agency under emergency conditions 

are omitted." 

**** "The next group who meet to discuss this problem, .. include 

personnel who are familiar with the over-all NSA mission• and the 

Agency's War and Disaster Plans.:_7 
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27 May 1954 - D/F from PERS 

Zfnclosed modified version of December's list.:7' 

2. The same general criticisms still apply to the 27 May list. 

In the light of the intent of this project as originally suggested 

by Mr. Fried.man, the first list, the subsequent criticisms, NSA's 

Emergency War Plans and Disaster Plans, and the mission of NSA, 

I fail to see either the basic philosophy or the logic of the 

list presented by PERS .. 

3. The basic philosophy should be: Enable NSA to accomplish 

its mission as well and as completely as possible und.er emergency, 

war or disaster conditions. There are other things currently 

reflecting, at least in part, this philosophy: 

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b. 

c. 

d. 

e. 

NSA Emergency War Plan 

NSA Disaster Plan 

NSA Reg 30-4, dated 18 May 1 54, providin~ for files 

of "Data Sheets for NSA Key Personnel11 fForm 1179 - applicable, in general to 0-5's and GS-lt~s and above.:7' 

The periodically published 11!1SA Key List." 

The subject project. 

4. There is an obvious need for only one such project. This 

one should be a personnel and job specialty extension of the NSA 

Emergency War and Disaster Plans. The Plans, without such extensions, 

could not be efficiently executed, if at all. Any 11 critical" or 

"key" personnel lists not related to the War and Disaster Plans 

would have very limited value, if any. 

~/iJ~JJ I. T. McDONALD 

Captain USAF