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1. I attended the meeting with Colonel 

.Tef'f'erson of JCS Staf'f, Ooloml. 9iav, 17, 

Canrnander Grening, AFSA-42, Messrs. Tasker and 

MoK'ean, 17, end llL". Tordel.la, n EDP. 

2. I indicated probable delivery date of 

ATLAS II, August 1953 or earlier, suggested this 

be brought to 02 attention, and said that decision 

to ask JOS to obta:f.n highest pr1or1tT was atrictq 

an 02 matter. 17 indicated that earliest possible 

dat..¥1th highest possible priorit)"would be 

l~cli 1953. 

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lo Identiticat4on ot Trip: 

8 Sept S2 

(a) International. Business Macb1nes. LaboratarJ' Annex. 

(b) Pougbkeepe:t.e. New Ycrk 

(c) 2S to 29 August l9S2 

(d) Familiarisation with Electronic Data Processing 

Machine,, Type 701. 

2. nexresentatives: 

AFSA: Mr. W. Eo Ma_v-• 3S1 

Mr. w. J. Lawless. 22 

Mro J. P. I\Yduke,, 221 

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Mr. Mq/YJ.9 

Purpose of the tri.p was to attend IB-1 Custanor :education Class H7fh. the • 

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ot a aeries designed to familiarise custaner representatives with new equipaentso 

fiw hours ~ tar tour dlJ.ySwere devoted to tarmal classrocm sessions, 

at 1id.ch eng,nMring constzouction• irogrgnnrlng a1ds1 matbematica1 i"armulation and 

allied topics were discussed. Mos'ti ot the papers discussed 1iJeZ'e reproduced ad given 

to 'the class at the opening session. The last class session was devoted to the presentaticm ot sneral papers t:v custcmier representatives frCID Atard.c Energy Ccmrd.ssion, 

Genera1 Electric aDl Boeing Airci-af't. on data processing and shorthand coding. This was 

.toll.owed ~ a general discussion on auxil:iar:r equiprient,. such 11s card-to-tape and tapeto-proin'ter devices which seem to be desirable fr<lll the point at view ot most customers. 

The machine •e availabl.e fer cuatanEr opEration each evening until midnight,• and was 1D 

operation all night long on Thul-sdq • since most ot those iresent wre scheduled to 

1ea'Ve OD Fridqe 

(b) Observations: 

~ (1) Cl.assrom sessions were 1(ell prepar.fd and conducted,, thanks to the 

"' efforts ot Dr. c. c. Hurd• Head ot the Applied Science Croup. Each custcmer gl"Oup was 

~ :van an operator's manual.• install.ation manual.,, a working notebook• and a set at all I utiliilr' pl"Ogl"ans so ttll! --· ftlese :l.nclude prq!rans tor comrarsi<m, omput 

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~ng,. tracing,. loading• and othett functions. They' are especialJ¥ usef'ul. 

because punched cards are the on'l1' type ot mput tor which proviaicm 1a made. 

This ia not; entireJ¥ sa'liisfactCll.71 u becarie quite ev14ent, when card-teed t.roubl.e 

cauae"the schedu'le or macb:lne opEratian b.9' the cuatmers to be thrown almost cm- ~~out or gear. Far example, the APSA reireseatatives were scheduled fer 

S1b0 pa. 'J.'h'arsdq, but were not able to operate the ma.chim uatU 1130 •the 

1."all.ow1ng dq. 

(2) The mach1ne u a 1ihol.e seems to be tustloniJJg ftll'J' ..n. There 

appeea to be little trouble 1n the e1ectrostatic atcrage ( 'i1hich is 10a Wl'da in 

tibe engineoring model.),. and the four magmt.1.c tape uni'ta operate aat4st'actcri.~. 

Thell-e is aame question as tot.he med far othm:' CZ'Clers. such u an edraah <rd.er, 

whose function can onq be accaupliahed 1:v a canbimt;:ion of several. other C&"ders. 

BOE" is tl'd.s need restricted 'to our om opm.-at.iom, as evidenced in :lnformal. disaussiom With other cuatcmer representatives. :mt would probabJ.1' be willing to 

1nclude special. features. fir a price, bat just mat they would be and hOlf much 

theJ" would coat ranains an open. questicm. 

(3) Sane int.ere~ ccmments wre made cOl'lCCirl'd.ng p-ograriing. 

Mazw ot the installations pJ.am1Dg to rent the 701 are at pl"eaenii US1Dg aae al!' 

more 

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60h. er CPC •amitilages. Fer example, the .ABC at Los Alamos has llO people 

problems tor tbe 60h.. and i8 adding to its staff at the rate ar tw ar 

three each wek. A. maber o£ t.be repriesentat1vea 1ndicated that they e1 thezo had 

er 'lftrE! in the process or b1r1rg sizabl.e atatf's to do the coding. In most, caaes,, 

this means that a rel.ati.vel;r ana11 group p:eparea iihe problem.a in s:111bolic er 

sb.artband coding,, and a separate gr-oop perf'G1"118 the actual. detailed coding 

:necessar.v to irepare the progr:-ans fer the machines. This irocedure aeems to be 

sa't1af'acta&T tar those whose problau are mat.hEmatical throughout., since the 1nd1v.l.dual. irocrans wsuaJ.q 1nvol.ve mnerical. soluti.ons Of equations or various 

ld.nda. HOlleVm"• i.t is DW' personal opinion that it would be ~ dift1.cul.t, 

il' t'easible at all,, to code s.vml:o11can.r a p-obl.em in cryptm:aaqsis am t.o expect 

saneo.ne else with pm-haps oJ11¥ a 1111atterlng or ~ trainlr>g to complete 

the job. This,, plus the uauaJ. ditticulties in h.tring,, is the main reason why 

acquir1r1g and training good pi-OgE'anmera tor cryptoJ.ogic pi-oblEms is a difficult 

one. 

(b) A basic quesi;iOll which has arisen deserves sane thousht. If' 

the ?Ol is being considered as an interim device perrling tbe cmpletion ot 

ATLAS II,, the delivery date at both equipnents becanea a matter ot sane concern, 

aa does the rental. figure. On the basis Of present intCll'Dlaticn,, it appears that 

both equipuents are schedu:Led fcr delivery 1n August l9S3o Imof'ar as the 701 

is concerned,, th1s date is subject to change perD!ng repi-esentations qr aSA 

befcire the Mats.anal Production Authar1tq. There are a number Of aircratt 

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canpazd.es preceding .AFSA on the deliveq list• which was arranged presumabll' on 

a f:lrst-caae-i'irswerved basis. !he beat estimate tor an es:ped:l.ted delift17 

date would pro~ be Fe'truary' or March 19S3. leav.tng an 1D-ter1m period or. six 

er snen mantba. Assmning onJ1' one shUt operation,, which would not be the case 

acccrdiqJ to •• six months' operat4cm wuld cost abou1# $1.0S.,600. baaed cm the m~ nntal. rate or $17 .600. · Thia seana like a sisabls sum of D10DELV' for 

interim opm-at4.on. part1cu1a-l.1' wben am considers that the ~ has one canpu.ter operating .tu1l. t.1me and another almost read;J" for operational use. 

CS) I do not knOWfl what, the attritude ~ tbe o.t'~1ce ot Opera'tions \ 

mq be on this question; hollever• it 1s notew.:rt}V' that Mr. LaWJ.ess b:oaohed 

the eub3ect to me duri.rJ« the week at IB-11 ~§.ged .conaider@'.l~ -~ as 

to the adv.lsabilitr of :groceeding with t.be current arrangement. 

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