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1. AS-23 iS·80 1'1 le'b 48 ~Aieiaent1 to Blave the Department ot State 

laintain 1111 tary 1t.tache SIGRC· D llachinea 

1.. Through intormal contects with llr. R. v • .Anderson, DiVt:lon ot Cryptosrapr.)', Department ot State1 it has been det~rmin'4 tlurt tlte State Department. has 

•htenenee personnel located hl ten uJor em.'bl!lasiee throughout the world troa 

which cipher •chines located in cit1ee near t.boae eabe••i•• are •intained OD 

regula:r schedules. These tecbniciane tranl on 41ploaatic paaaports and are accord~ d1ploaa'.t1c prirllegee. Coneequentl-1, ~81' eu moYe ho• one country to 

tl'.e next w1th coaparati"Ye eaae. In diacuas1oll8 with Lt.. Colonel Henry tiller, 

A1aiatant E:ncuti'\'e f'or A.cbdnietration, Department ot the Ant;J, he baa etated 

i"'J)e&tedly that it would be atremelJ' difficult to illcrea1e the Tables ot Orga11i1ation or 81J1 M111tarr Attach• office 1D order to acco1111110date a maintenance man 

and tbat, owing to the 1mall 111• ot attache ottices, it would work a hardship 

to •end personnel back to the Statea tor nine weeks of trainillg. 

2. h attempt ••• made in a teleconference, 21 Noveaber 1947, to haYe ti!• 

United States .lrllJ1, Car1bbean provide uintenance tor the IU.litar;)' Attacl'es 1n 

Central and South .berica. !owe•er1 the United S"tatee ArllJ, Caribbean stated ~t 1n order ~ •l!!UD tbi• l2\lrdG 'ttll.7 would ban to htcreaae tt..eir Tables ot 

Organization and also secure tl'e qualified aaintenance personnel to fill t:he 

'f11canc;r. 'l'hll)· have no qulllied personnel at the pre1ex:.t. ti•. llothing further 

has bean teard tro• the United State• J.rar, Caribbean on thi• problem 'bnt an 1llqu11'7 aa to its atatua haa been forwarded. Colonel l.iller atated that it ie 

poaaible that tte Director ot Intelli&ence would be able to brillg pressure on the 

Per11onnel and .lchd.nistraUon Division to approve the United States Arno", Caribbean 

request tor an increase. 11 t.h the uception ot. tile western bemiaphere, the ArJ11 

1• not in a poaition to contribute auch to the maintenance or atteche SIGRCD 

macbinea. In Europe tl:e d:lfficulV of' travel in tbe Iron Curtain area mke1 it 

almost mandatorr that t.l:.e State Department pertor• the aenice. Ira the Far Ea1t 

the laelt ot Jnor in•J.allation1 in India, China, and Australia, and tbe distance• 

1nvo1Ted make ~ maintenance im.i;ractical. t-', _. . .. ' 

j. Thllffl~l-,, the best •olution tor tt:e pre1ent ia to utilize the State 

Depai-tment ulnt~ance personnel. Howe"Yer, thia Agency ehould aeti~ parne 

the ~-~!_abl~~t '.6f ~~tenance t'acUi tiee et t.I:a; United State• Jn,J-, Caribbean. 

4,. Inclo'ied 11 draft or a letter to the State Department requesting that 

•111iar, Attaches cipher machiI!es be included on the regular State Departaent ma1ntenanee~ toure. It 1• reque1ted that thia letter be appro'Yed and forwarded 

to the state Departaen t.. by the Director of Intelligence• e classified and 

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