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IU&l!CTs Report on Visit to OCIQ, September 9-11, 19:.;4. 

l. t arrived in l.ondon about lOsOO a.11. on Ser.ember 8 an! went 

41rectJ.T to Colonel. Barton a. l'lllliag1 • ott1ce to 4 •cu.a• arrangemtnta 

vbiah be had •de ror 'llI1" propoaed vi•it to GCHQ September 9 .. 11. Ke 

auae•ted r18ht &Wlq that it idght be Juat •• well to ao to Cheltenbara M.2:"~ the moro.112g or September 9 aa the -.tternoon or evening of September 8. X accepted the auggeation and 4.uriZJS the hour before lunch 

~ with the a11ia'\iance ot Colonel PW.ling'• •tcretary I m.d.e hotel 

re••:rvat1oms to •'te.7 in london the night• ~ September 8 and 11. She 

&110 handled 1f¥' hotel re•enationa at Cheltenham., p:'OVid.ed me vi.th 

1n1'orJation concernillg &ahedU.le• o'f train ••n1c•• between ~ndon am 

Chelt•1nham, anc!l Jiii.de & plane reterva:Uon tor me to Paris on September 

11 to catch • MA.TS plane leavina Pari• on th• 12th tor Washington, C::Olonel Pulling and I went out to lunch at one ~ the Clu.ba near 

Oronenor lq,uare. 

1. After lUll.Ch X talked With Colonel Pulling tor more than two 

'boura abou.t the purpoae ot '111¥ vu1t1 the u.s. military and civilian 

-riereomiel •t..tioned at CICKQ1 the extent of interchange between BSA and 

ClCHQ per1onne1, the orp.niu.tion or OCKQ, and other •1m1lar sttera. 

I tOl.lDd hia to be vary alert, •nergetio and •nthuaiaat1c throughout 

the more than tour boure- ot timl! I •pent Vi th hi.a that Cla1'. . - J.. I left ?.ondon in the morl11ng or September ~ and arrived in Chel.te~ •hortly after noon 'Where I vaa met by one ot i.t. Colonttl 

tell.er'• asaiatanta vho took ma atraight to Colonel Zeller'• ottice. 

% apent the entil'9 afternoon vi th Lt.. Col.one1 Zeller and l>r. llutleqe 

41aa.uaa1ng the organiation o't OCRQ. 'l'ba7 vent into considerable 

4etct.:tl concerning the re-orp.nica.tion at GCHQ which bad been announced 

on 9 Auguat, reterrina me to his mmorandUJJl at ll ~t.on the allbJeot. 

%n brietiag ma on the organisation of GCHQ Lt. Colonel. teller took up the w.rioua 41v1•1ona and top people in a campletel.J thorough manner 

0Ji* .. by .. ozae1 1ndicating how the ••1at1.!lg 1et~up 'WOUl4 be C!hanged UD.t!er 

the re-organi&&tion. Lt, Colonel Zeller &J.10 pve •an. excellent 

briefing on the u.s. mil1tarf and civilian pe:t1onnel atat1oned at OCBQ. 

la., With thi• baakground ot ird'ormtion 1n band concerning OCHQ 

I oxpla:l.JJed in •ome deta.11 tba't I •• x.erlicularq intereated in talkin3 

to the appropriate OCHQ peraonnel. on tho tollov1ug •ubJectas 

(a) '1'l1e orp.n1sa.t1on ot 't/A e:ttort and bow closely it wa.9 

integrated with C/A etf'ort. 

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(b) Problems ot personnel recrUi.tllsnt am •lection. 

( o) Problems ot gn•p1;it1cat1on •P4 m:::sr:: we•entation !' 

intellipnee conceminsl __ i _ \ J 

( d) llathenatical and •tatietical prob1-nt8 e.ria1ng 1n CJA and T/ A· 

% expla~ that being a athea'tieal •tat:tatican. b;Y pro.te••1on X bad a 

atural irLteraat in (d), but that.•• a member ot ISAIA:I and u a member ot 

the :Robert1on It~ Group l bad &Jveloped. rather 1troDg intere$ta in (a), 

(b) u4 (o). 

5, Vlth thia ~out ot int.ereata betQre ~, i.t. Colontil. Ze:U.r and 

l)r, Jtutle4ge proceeded to aet up a ":riea ot aPJ?Qintmenta for • ~<)r 

.. ptember 10. 

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6. laving apent the entire afternoon witl.l Colonel Zeller am l>r., 

'lutledge :t •• ta.ken by l)r. But.ledge to a little lbel"l7 iarly at hill ho• 

at 5 o'c..i.ock at vhich Lt. Colonel Zeller &Bl the f'olloving OCJIQ •tatt 

member• wre p:tOaent 1 Me••r•. ad l. 'llltman. ,___--.....--.....------,---------..... 

who i• in charge ot ~rsotUltJl. at OCJlQ. I •• accompm1ed by 

Dr. JN l.edp, Mt only on this rlait but all 'the othera. Be outlined 

the gent·ra.l policy tor recru1tiDS 7oung men fl'C11l the univerait1ea :ror 

the profeaaional gradea. Ke Po1n.ted out aecurit1 ditt1oul.t1ea •imilar 

to thoaE1 u.11ting at EA 1n prov141ng able )"Oung •n eJ:IOUlb. intorma.tion 

about t~• work ot OCHQ to enable/ "them to •ke •uttioientl.7 Hlt-convinc1ng 4ec1aio~ a• to whether to ao into /the WQrk or not. He believed that 

• p&nial &118wr to the probl•111 va.e to 1"Jrk through un1versit7 p.r~e•eore 

Vho bad bad GOHQ experience and 1a vho•e advice atudent• could b&Te 

cont14en.ce. 'lhe ma.in problai hen •• to persuade more 1U11ver111 t;y 

FOfe111.ors "to apend aame time at GCH'Q to work on it& prOblema and acquire 

uougb bll.c~ to enable /them to give aound ad.Tic• to atudents whom 

they luMr11 wll. I t vent into ••(11111 &It.ail u to how t~ lr1 tiah 

Civil Service •Y•tem operates./ I can ••1~ •• from the thoroughneaa ~ the:Lr •~tion procedures~ the Britieb C1v1l S.rvan.te, as a claaa, 

are ao coapetent. I gained~ :lmpr•••1on that •l\Y ot the peraonnel ot 

GCJIQ h!l.4 •pent lll1Ch 11' not moa't ot their careers 1n that work. 

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a. :ID re~ to W¥ inquiry cone•rning teats azid. examinations f:or the 

•elect.ion CJr tJ/ A and 'I!/ A peraonnel be llt&ted that tbl7 bad begun aoma 

~tai teat; Vitj .. • aerie• ct teats lalQvn aa 1?;'9&r•••1ve lfat,r1cea IP¥l. nt1'erred 

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•• * i tor details concerning tbe reauJ:ta ot 

theae teata. ahowd ma •oma results lrhicb he had obtained 

by pving tM te• a to l)9r•onnel at GCHQ u well aa new applicants. Re 

•• ir.11.te opt1Jllis1;1c about the poea1billtie• at ua1~ the prqgreaa1ve atric•• to iaprove their eelection prceedurea tor "t/A. and C/A persoimeJ. • 

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Jn :IQ' own opinion J8A do well to do some ex rimlmtal teat 11ith 

~.tne ot 'te•'t· It thta a1; • •ODll9 tJ or aelection o A iii!'""?/A paraonml or tt 1 t can be ~r 4-v•l.ope4 to have autticient ftl.1di~, 1ta uae could, t beline, eventuall¥ contribute a grta.t deal. 

to 1m.pravtna C/A and T/A ettectivene1• &t ISA.. 

t• lly •c:Olld "fialt wa• to teal I. A••oc1ate Director, 

who imprea1ed me al a mat capa.bl.e DBl1· Ke 1a the •. n perl:laps most reapcnaible 

tor d.,..lopitJS the philosophy on vh1t?h the re .. orpnization ot CJCKQ 1• based. 

X. nnt U\to eonaidera'ble detail concerning the reasons tor the changes. t 4on't think l need."° into a fUll statement~ ~ \;rtaaona to"I: im.k:lng 

the aba:D&e and the prino1:ple• which vere toUoved •in.Ce they have been aet 

forth in Lt. Colonel Zeller'• excellent memora.ndum ot\ll Auaust 19.$1f.. 

I hUd empbaaize ho""ver the particular importance o~ the new 

X>ivilion 11J" (devoted 'o the T l\P'. o'blu). He w.1\ atronalY' convinced 

that by tocu.tinc the '1!/A., C/A, and other •kill.a on tbal ~problem 

OOBQ• 1 ettectiveneas in deaiiDg with tba.t problem vou.14 be con81dei"ab1y 

1nqrea•ed. le rererr•d •peciticall.1' to\the auccua with which tbe""""I __ ___, 

I lvae ba:· · with reaP41ct to the development Qr inte.U.igence 

::·r:!:e!~lot I \Ile looked to~ to •bdlar approaohaa to 

lO. Jly tbir4 vi•i t waa to the ottice otl . . L Deput;y Director, rlth whom I U•cws•ed Tal"19U! aeneral teaturea ot•tm OC'KQ 

orpn:lsation. t e.lao di•euaaed•itbL ktbe role\ of, IS.MAB &nd. 

he •~d a good 4eal. ot :l.ntere•t in the idea ot ,uch a Joa.rd ~ outs14e 

•cient111aJ a1ld vondered whetO..r th1• 1• 10.meth:J.rig CCB:Q ehouid. comii!er. 

Ke rd'er:red to an 1ntern&l a.dy1ao£Y c0Jrr4 ttee at \QCl{Q. I •hQul.d 11&1' 

that l aleo talked. v1tiC : ]about .llA8A1S, :!:ta\ :tunctlone 1 hov it 

:=t;441f4 ~o .:·to ir:e:r ahowe•l ~. ~~~~;:i\~~· r~~ 

ll. Xn the afternoon, rq t1rat v1•1t ••<wl:thl . .. . .. 1 Head 

ot the aeport~ Division. :t Upl&tned to hiJlt tbat I wa..a pu-ticularly 

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able l)l'()greae on it. Be immedi;telv armnged tOX' ·············.to·..... 'till&t 1roup. &:tor(1 •k1D& the visit however,! laave ma an nt briet~.og cm their reporting procedurea, including d.eaariptio and 

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l,2., lMv'pfl ./ /~• ott1:ce 'Jlr• Rutledge and I went ove:r to 

visit thel 1Whir$ ve a:ptt11t tlearly an hour. I w.s Vtll"Y niloh 

bpret:.sed by a graphical •thod tbe7 were developing ~or presenting I I ot e.ll kinda ae a tu.nation ot time. Xt aeems to 

• ihe.t thie developMnt not only baa posaibilities t9r gin:· : :: 

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SI t i:.:h that mup, •ince the preeenta·· .. $ion p:'O···· ... bl.a····... for irtt:r have sq poizrte ot aimilarit;y. 

13. AB a mtter ot fact,, &tter ~ v1eit at (fdtQ ···ana. remembering the 

artat. iI•titrest '1?l the ;,ork ot OCBQ on the part ot .Ans vbich l di•cove:red in 

'lll!J' v1s1t to AJ'B81n the sumn.er ~ 1953 in con?lection with the work at tba 

lobertson Study Group I have been WOnderina wbetbtir ti.re 1• enough l,,._i•on 

'between ArSS and GCBQ. I·. found • good- deal Cf\ •imD.. J.ar·. 1.ty ar outlook .·OD the ~i1titie11tion problem betweenc= \ lor OCJIQ and •a.ma ot the 

•ta.ft m.'lnfbera at ms. l "°Ul.d. •y.g••t aerioua conaileration ot,,more 

SQt11'~.£t between "thf;tBe two It®~, than BeelD8 't~ !d1•t *It \,F' .... •_•_n_:t_. ----. 

1~. Aft.er 1ll'j "V"iait with thel Ix ret~a. tol l•a 

ottice tor :turther d19cusaion aboutthi probleJJlS o1' pre•entation. He .1a 

'"'Z'Y n.wh interested in the Fobl.em ot developing •oum \ind.ices ot 

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arJd at the necessity tor developing the in4,i.~s tbrou,gh cl.Qle cooperation betveen tboee :re1ponsible tor developing theintorm.t1on throuab. amlyaia 

and those responsible tor reporting. 

15. At 'this Juncture it' was 5 6·'olock. l wllthQme Y!tb. t.t. Colonel 

leiler at1d bad an excellent dinner and delighti'ul evenipg Y.i,tb./Lt. Colonctl 

and Mra- Zeller. kmne: other thinga we 41scovenid that al.l\'tbree ot wt 

•:re e:ra&Jate studanta ot the Tlniverait;y ot low., lihd ot ~fie w bad 

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16. Op the marn1ne qt S.,.pteuber U (Ba.t~).· I •pe.nt neuJ,y·.·. three 

hours rltt{_ ltalldng about JDELey ot the •"thenat1cal•and 

statistical probl.ema which have arisen in the work o~ ~a group •. AJJ 

these }J2'0blems are all rather technical I 111al.l. not &ttempt to discu•• them. 

)lere. ? am V.ey mch !mpreaeod b;r • ability. In 1'fl3" opinion tt 

p1cl 'be '\f6r. u-..f'Ul. 'for him to • & av JllQ.llths at BSA with Dr. \Leiblert• 

~.· Untottunatel)", d. not eee lie waa pl.qing \chess ~tournament 11'1 Amsterdam at the ti•. 

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1ntegm.tion of 'r/A/ anA C/A ett'ort at GCJIQ than a~ JilA., and that in the 

nev OCitQ, •et-up thsra will be even more 1a:tegration. 

l&. l Wt Cheltenham in the early afternoon ~ September ll, and. 

after o.n avernight stay in ~ndon I :tlev to 1a:ria vbere l caught a KA.ts 

plane at 4a00 p.m. on September 12, arriving back 1n Washington, D.Q. 

the D&Ot'ning a! september 13. 

J.9, J'!Mlly, I •hould. menti011 tbat I actuall1 lert 'Washington on Auguat 

Jl by lfl'l'S, a:rriving in Par1a on September l. l vent to Amsterdam. on 

September 2 a.nd apent t"ive da.yB at ths InternatiomJ. Consreaa ot Mathemat1cia.na 

before making "1113' v1•1t to OCHQ. I had originally planned to mke the GCHQ 

Visit :t'irat but tound that at that time an even larger n~r d 1;lle •te.tt :p..~aOtlnel at OCllQ would have been a't<ay. 

QO, tn closing this memorandum ! want to take thie opportunity 

to ex1n-eaa '1JJi' appreciation to e~pta.1n McDonald cm thi• fiide atlA to 

Colonel PullJ.ng, Lt. Colonel Zeller and Dr. ltutledge for naking the 

arre.ni;ementa required in making the trip. ~ arrqements were excellent 

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1. % •• in:to.nMd that co:maenta an P:roteaaO.l" Wil.U' re:port uro al#o sol1oite4 

tr01:I col. •.ra1,, Col. llerrelko,. :nr. &'tlll'back, an4 poaa1bl.Jother•. Ho attempt wu.a 

u.Ae, therefore, to atatt 1ihia :pa.per vith other element1or tbe .... ncy. 

2 • ~E baaic questions tl'entad alJil n.ae&tion& and ObaetvatiOJ\8 OC>llta.1S1e4 f.n 

the wt:uc., re:port ma:r be reduced to the follovins ;eneral bea'1lna•• 

a • aeeru.1 t:nent Procedure• • 

'ti. 'feating Metho<!• tor Selecticm of Personnel. 

e. 1'ev•lo:v=ent U»d Presentation ot tntell:l.gence IiacU.cea. 

4. ltotation ot Jf.<lval i'eraormel t:r-m thel to IS.A. 

a, tiabon '.8etveenj raztd .Ane.logoua ISA Aa1iiv1tie•• 

'f. Cree. ter Liaeiou Jet"een CCltQ and A1SS. 

I• Liaiecm lletveen OCBQ and llS.A tm Me.theuiat1cal and st~tiatice.1 Probi..ma .. 

L:rte1bler Bele.ttcn). 

b. GreLLtes- Xntepi-ation ~\be !/A and C/A lttort at~· 

s. lpee!1t1c c:CC!l.ents cm 'hcse ltema tollowaa 

a. Altbou.gb Professor Wilb .Us no coz:werl•on 'betveen tho recndtm.ont 

»l'Oee4wr•• foUowe4 'b7 QCBQ and l'.SA, 11- •eema a,.-1.rent be u izlpro•1ed b7 "the ~·• ot GCBQ •a •election J>l"OCe4ures - ,. (pua 7). 'J!he aucc••• or ~ht1111 

AC*IJ07 in rec:ruitiil& larger n.Ul.lber• ot pe:t""•olUlel u4 the excellent relat1ona ms 

Ua eetabl:S.abed vitb any- colleges, cleeptte occe.a1on:."l.l breach-ta of te.ith aauae4 

lq' pve.'L"m.ental act:lona, •eeill to irldicate that ~ in 'the a.;1near1q field i• 

tbJ.e Actm.CJ l.ackiDg. 

11 ~I EU2!eended that .!'IRS be gl ven on oppartw.d:\7 to c:or,imont o.u thle 

Jll!'acr•P ~ 

'b.. r.n.,ra.ph 8 skea reterellCe to a •~1•• ot testa developed 'tt,y' GCIQ to 

tGrove peraonnel aelectiana tor C/A and T/t. tuka. "l'hi• Acenc:r coiidu.cta a M.ttel"Y 

ol te1ta to l!etermine aptituelcs in various fiel.da, and l.18•• an 8eG1o;ree utilisation" 

poup p:eswz:a'bl.1 to uoure optimum exploitation o! avaU.ablo talent. It it JJQt 

aown here Ji.ow effective these testa my 'be, or '.bcrtir' cepab1.y the IU aroup h ad.adn11tered.. 

It, 1,• r.ec2!E!:S~ 'tbet PllS be atven an o,ppcrtuni._,. to cosr.ment m tllia S.tea. 

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• P:roteaitor Wilk.$ doe1!!11 't knov it ~r.:::-;:;;;;--:;:;~;;--;..,~11=' t , but prequme& 

wtll bring back to.·"'r" .wg ........ ~ 

be provided an opportunity to contact the 

.........,...--0 :preae:ritaticm :probl4rli8 are 11i:s1l&r. ,___ _______ __, 

l& ;l~ r~om:nen~ed that {a) SUSLO {L) 11.124/ his statt be givell &n opportunity 

to aatnlllent on \bese obeervatiOJlll.. one of the :tunct:lona of 11a1aon voul.d seem 

to be to usure the urovi•1cn o't 1nt'ar-.wat1on/ regarding nev u.d valuab!.\. 4evelopmcmta to home hecdqwu:>tera.. (b) PERS be asked to cOQt.ieht on the pos.;:t'bili ty 

of :rotating military personnel from UaieOD:' ua1gm:ten.ta overseas ~ck to BSA 

leadque.rter•. One ootable loss ln thi• ra•pect, tt i• rumored. v1U be the .... 1.gmner.t ot the in<narabent 8f.1SUl to a positionmt in V•1h1ngton. Tb.ti sort 

ot th1na bas :bappened bef'ore, and the 10tent1a1 'benefit• to 'be 4er1-ved trom 

al.l offlcor '• re-assignment to BSA tlQS mv• nQt been realized • ( c) JJ1J/PROD 

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ulr.ed to cODm'lent on whether he baa pr.=~==. :S:!n c:t:::. :r:n 

ts m~. 

4. Protessor Wilks •uae•ts 1 111 paragra:ph 13, ••ious consideration 

ot more aontact between OCHQ and .AJ'SS. It i• aaa'UCled he re:ters to the COMilfl' 

t'iela, r.ather tban ILIN'J.'~ because of hi• :reference to the "•imilarity Of'\OUt• 

look on the quant1t1cation problem betweeul IOf' GCBQ. e.nd aome Qt 

the Staff mem~ers ot .AJSS.• 

n... ia reeom:nended that contacts between the COM:Dft' e.pnciea ot the UK 

an4 llJC'ontinue to be .maintained thraup SUSLO atatt. It IJP.1' be e.av1aa'ble1 

hOWErVer, to aons1Cler eer1oualy the problem ot more cont~et 'betveen Al'SS aJ:ld 

ISA. i ia theretore further recommended 'tbat 00/"PROD be uked to d.etermirio 

the a4v~8:t>i1!ty~cf atation1~'a:n JSA 118.i•on otf'ic• at Kelly .Al'». 

~ GCBQ •PGd •ome time vith Dr. Le1'ble'r 11 group at ISA. ae doea not L.:.~::::teat 1D vbat ~po.city. It i• remembered. tbat :nr. teibler •l'lfJnt aome "time 

ln :Lcmdon v1tb OCBQ. 

P. ,if ,rec~ded 'tho.t TIJ/R/D be aeke4 to COlnr.ltnt cm the adv1aab1ltt7 Of th • iruggeation, :perbape u a pature of reciproc5:ty. 

t. ln parD,8t'&plus 9 &rid 17, Prof'•••= Wilks aeema impreaaed by the 

llfocua11ng of !/.&..) C/A and other •ld.ll•" and 1;]Je "integration of T/A e.nd C/A 

ettort • at CCBQ, apparent~ to • larger 4earee than ts wz-actieed at ISA. 

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The develoi=ent o'f t'usion practices at GCBQ is believed to antedate those at 

ISA. The extent to 'Which this :pra~tice ean be eondu.cte<t at ISA under the 

itteaent or89l11zat1on is debatab1e. 

~recommended that DD/PROD address himself' to thia point in an 

etfort"t'OCtetermine vfiether more "focussing" or "integrationH of skills is 

pre.ctica.blo and desirable, Blld whether a re-organization ot l'!lOD to accomplish 

this end vc>uld. be necessary. 

g. J'inally, 11: ia assumed that Proteaaor Wilks' ntechnical" 

41scuse1onn with various individuals in GCllQ v:tll be 4escr1bed in another 

l"ep0rt, anc'\ re:ren·ed to appropriate technical people of thie Agenoy to:: conG1derat~.on. 

JOJnf J. DA\tlS 

Colonel.J Art;y