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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER 

WASHINGTON ZS, O. C. 

Rear Admiral Earl E. Stone, Director 

Armed Forces Securtty ... gcncy Council 

J801 Nebraska Avenue 

Washington, D. C. 

Dear ]!]arl: 

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I ain inclosinB a lotter fron1 General Coryut and a i:rospectus 

concerning a cry)Jto;:;raphic d.evice •·;ilich apparently is capable of 

a hit:h d.ee;ree of secu.ri ty ~ 

It is consi{ered that l!FSl~ may 'be interested in obtc::.ining 

ter.;t eQ_ui1~ments i:•nd might even consider proprietary rights. If 

tee :iiUCOJ.l Signal Division can be of any a,ssistance, I i'Till be 

pleased to act D.a intermediary. 

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l Jun 51 

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Sincerely, 

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G1h:s•r 

Tirigadier General, US.h 

Chier·, Signal l 1 lans J: Cpcrations DiviGion 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 11-19-2014 pursuant to E .0. 1352a 

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HEADQ,U.AR'.rERS 

EUROPEAN COM.MA.ND 

Signal Division 

Brigadier General VI. T. Guest 

Chief, Signal Plans & Operations Division 

Signal Corps Intelligence Agency 

Department of The Army 

Washington 25, D. C. 

Deer Wes: 

APO 403 

1 JUN 1951 

·We are enclosing some information on a teletype and crypto~raphic 

system that has recently been released for public sale in Switzerland. 

We feel that this machine is of great interest and doubly so because it 

is available for sale to any person who wishes to purchase. I would 

suggest calling it to the attention of the ASA boys and naturally passing it on to Colonel 5Prankle's group. 

You will note in the enclosed correspondence that we have obtained 

figures on the purchase of these machines. We feel that sufficient 

machines should be purchased and shipped to our labs to enable a study, 

of the teletype equipment, the encryptographer and related gadgets, to 

be made. The boys in the counte~asures business should, by all means, 

become familiar with th~ electrical emission form both from the audio 

and visual point of view. If you wish to allot us funds for purchasing 

of these gadgets, we shall be happy to handle the yurchasing and shipment from my office. I believe it will be somewnat more convenient and 

more rapi.d than through regular procurement channels. 

My ver~ best regards. 

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R. v.~HPOT, rR. 

Brigadier Gene.ral, US Army 

Chief, Signal Division 

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RE: TrtlCTED 

THE FOREIGN SERVICE 

OF THE 

UNITED ST A TES OF AMERICA 

OFfICE OF THE ARMY AT.TACHE 

AMERICAN IEGATION 

M-36-61 Bern, Switzerland 

16 May 1951 

SUBJECT.a Products manufactured by Dr. Edgar Gretener A.G. 

T01 Chief Signal. Officer 

EUCOM, .Heidelberg 

Attentions Captain Wallace, Security Section 

l. Forwarded herewith is information from Dr. Edgar Gretener 

A.G. requested by you on 2 May 1951 •. 

2. No word has been receiTed as yet. from Albl.swerk. 

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Gretener .AG w/2 inclss 

a-General .conditio~s of 

Tender & Sale 

b-:Sooklet of data on 

Gre.tener products 

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MILES A. COV'ILES 

Colonel, GSC 

Arn1if AttaQhe 

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,. DR. EDGAR G.RETENER A.G. 

ELEKTROMECHANIK tlN'D UCHTTECHNIK 

Tolegrammadroaao : 

Grollng-ZOrlch 

Telephon 1 

(061) 32 70 74 

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Oomlzll.i 

Ottonweg 26 

Postcheck :· VIII 38 -790 

Bank,: Schwelz. Bunkveroln ZOrlch 

The Foreign Service o:f the 

United States o:f America 

Office of the Air Attach~ 

American Legation, 

Attenti.on Lt.Col.M. Williams. B e r n 

lhro Zo1c~on lhre Nachrlcht vom Unsore Zolchen zO ... 1 CH, Postfaoh NeumDn11ter 

Fy/lh/4000 

Gegonetand: Offer No. 454 / ETK-Apparatus. 

4th 1i~ay, 1951. 

I ~ ·_.. 1-4000 · 3. 61 JHWZ 

Dear Sirs, 

Referring to your visit in our factory we haV.e 

the pleasure of quoting you our pric.es and conditions 

for a trial order for the following equipments 

1) 4 Portable ETK Telewriter equipments 

!~~ writer 

according to data sheet GR tg 050 

Sw.frs. 4'830.- each 

2) 4 Portable ETK Telewri ter eq_uipments 

~ pr"inteT 

similar to data sheet G'R tg 050 

Sw. frs .12 '200. - each 

3') 4 Stationary ETK Tele:writer equipments 

consisting each of 

a) ETK Tape Teleprinter for 

carrier :frequency 

according to (!at.a sheet GR t.g 001 

Sw.frs. 2'400.- each 

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b) Carrier frequency attachment 

with automatic service 

according to data sheet Gll. tg 030 

Hw.frs. 980.- each 

c) Switch box with normal cable _s_·w_._f_.··_r_s_. __ 1_2_0_._-_e_a_c_h 

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The Foreign ,3ervice · ·· or ~ t: ·h e -u.ni·ted ,~ta.tes _, of ~merica 

uf'fice 0.f the ~-ii:F .t>.ttache' "'-merican Legation, Datum 

Empfifoger Bia ti 

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4) 4 Transmitter-cenve~te~s for the automatic 

transnii ssion by use Gf a punched strip of the 

5-code t-ype 

according to dat:a sheet No. 149 

Sw.frs, 7'0CC.- each 

5) 4 Tele.crypto Apparatus for the automatically 

ciphered transmiss.ion of messages working 

'::i th either the normal tel.ewri ter of the 

5-code t-y-pe or the E·TK-Telewri t.er 

according to our description He. 16}e 

Sw .. f'rs .10' 320. - e ac;b 

Deliv~terms .. 

.f os. 1) and 3) ........ 

OL once, f:rorr, st OCk. 

.t'OS. 2.) and 4) in about 8 m.onths . 

:tios. 5) in ab::mt 5 months. 

firm 

The terms be.gin ru1ming after rece.ipt of your order and 

after the licenses necessary in 3witzer1and. 

General condit~ons : 

The general conditions applying to these quotations s.nd. 

any order place-d hereunder are to be in accordan~e with form 

0948/15 attached unless otherwise specified above. 

General remarks : 

The apparatus acc:ording to ?os. 2), 4) and 5) are not yet 

manufactured. in series, they have to be. manuf;:tctured specio.l ly 

for your o:r-der in a very few number. .Ther2fore tbe price$ are 

relatively high; they could be considerably redueed for series. 

As we already told you we are mam1fucturing just np'.'-' samples 

of these i terns for :rnur friends Gf the air f'orce and it would be 

de,sirable to manufacture your order with same. But this is only 

possible if we get your oFder ~n a very short time, that is in a 

few weeks. 

' 11. 50 2000 H, 

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DR. EDGAR GRETENER A.G. 

Emplanger T~~ .. },ore~gn Ser:ric·e of t~e Uni t~d 3tates ?f ArnerJa?u~ Blatt 

01 rice or the 1·nr ..t!..tt .... chc.,. !:uneri.can Legation, 

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'iie $incerely hope tL.at our present ofter a~1d the information 

contained in our data sheets will enable you to proceed with 

the order. · 

For any further techDical information we are alv.iays at your 

disposal and remain 

Yours truly, 

-:R. EDGAR GRETENER A.G. 

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l!,OTili 0948 ( 

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Z U E R I C M 

Gene.ral Conditions of Tenoer and Sale . 

.Y§:_lidi!L.Qi_~~Qde.r~ 

Unless other-wise s.pec·'.Lfied, our tenders are wi tho.ut .engagement and 

valid provided the li.censes necessary in Swi t zerlahd are gran:ted. 

Li mi ts <JI c.ontract. --~-~-----~~~--

'I'he contract inc luq:es only the ma.te.rial and w0rk specified· in our 

acknowledgment of or~eF4 Any @aterial or work not referred to 

therein will be charged for ext:ra. 

The \teights o.f the ,goods and packings are a'pproximate .. 

P·tices. 

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'l'he prices quotated.; which apply to unpacked goods ex works ZUrich, 

are net and payable in e~ffe.c'iive· Swiss francs at ZUrich without 

any 'de.ductions whatsoever. 

Our tender is based on t:he present costs of production. If our 

basic ca1cula,tions., i.e .. prices 0n materials,, wages, rates, etc . change essentially, we reserve for us the ri,ght to adapt the 

prices c·orrespondingly" ~uch a rise of }?rice d.oe·.s n0t entitle to 

any cancellation of orders if any. 

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to be paid at our free disposal when ordering with the 

Schwe izeFischen BankveFein ( Swis.s Ba,nk C'orpor.:i.t_ion" ) ZUrich ~ 

o:f the. invoice amount and all riaGking ex-grenses are to be 

guaranted at onc,e when orde.ring by: 

op·ening of a irrevocable., divisible, and transferable letter 

of credit in our favour ~vith the Swiss Bank Corporation, ZUric:: 

valid for the time agreed upon, to be paid by t'he bank agains-i<. 

handing in 

a) acknowledgment of receipt of the forwarding agent i.n 

Zlirich of the apparatus har:ided over ·to him, and• their 

Swiss export docume;nts. 

b) our invoice wit'h signature·' 

Tim~ for _Q~ 1 iver1.!. 

The time for delivery given by us ·refer to the completion of manufacture in our works and are nbt binding unless othe:rriise agree.d 

upon. The time of deli very is re.ckone.d from the. day on which complete agreement on t'he subject of the order is reached between thP. 

purchaser and us ih writing and upon receipt of the. first paymen-t, 

i:f it has been agreed that such bee omes due when the order is 

placed. 

PackiQ&.:_ 

form 0948 

Packin·g wi 11 be charged up extra and i.s not returnable, u_nle.ss the 

stipulation is made that it remains our p:r:opeFty, in which case 

it must be returned to u:s carriage paid. 
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.L"or normal _packing in our special boxes we· charge: l~~ of tbe valu-e of t!'ie article plus fu '.'t.her ~% in case 

seewortliy pac'kin,g, is necessary. 

Q!:!,ar;otn~~,~:.:. 

·,,e a:re re:sJ?onsible for our products in suc.h a way that possible 

defects, due to f~ulty material or workmanship, which cduld 

not be seen by delivery, will be compensated for either by 

repairs in .our factory or on the spot or by replacement deliveries,, as we may choose. This guarante'e is valid f'or a full 

year after the. delivery date. ·:.e are no~ Fesponsible for 

further repayments of freight a.pd expe·nses etc. or c·omp,en-

•sat ion fb,:r .claims of damage of an,i)' kind. 

·We have no· re-sp9nsibil:hty for damages, wliich are results 

o'f' undue treatment, ex:a.ggerat.ed loc1.d or nalura:i ·wear. 

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The g.oods SUJ.Dplie.J by us remain our propert'y until full payment 

has been. made . 

Q~ne.ra1_1:~£~~,__g . .£ d.el i~~!'..Y..!. 

Provided no other conditions a:re ·stated a:hove, the usual ter~s of delivery of the μ¥erein Gchweizerischer· MaschinenInaustriei ie:r" are to be fol lowed . 

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Ou.r· tendeFs and contracts shall in all respec.ts be construed 

ana ope.rate ip .c.:0nformi ty with $v;iss Law. -Tribu·na~ .for b.oth 

is ZUri,cJL. 

}'.g}l:Qi~.Y __ o f_.ggn e:E§:l:_~QQd i 1 i o ~§_.of_ t e Qi}e t ~~EQ....l'!.§ 1 e..:. 

Unless ©therwise· agre.e.·d upon ih writing these· general c::onditions 0f tend'e.t· and ·sale are bj_nding in all respeGts·. op~cial 

c.on_ditions of the purchaser •vhi.ch a,re c.orit:ra:cy to t'.hese gene.ral 

conch t.ions of tender and sale can only be held t,o apply whe.n 

we have d·efini.t.el_y expresse'd our agree:ment the.reto. 

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