. . - (j,--t__ .<... C.f -/ REF ID : A59.111 ~ , !(-rt'(, 

. DEPARiUISUT OF DEFENSE: ~ ~ ARMED FORCES SECURITY: AGENCI ~ ~ 

Washington 25~ Do Oo "2". 

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AFSA ~JISTRA.TIVE llEitoRJ\1IDUM ?!,O• ~ 

Subjects Sate Combinations and Saf'e Secur.Lt,yo 

pEC 1 1949 

lo The procedure below shall govern safe secur.i. ty and the custod;y 

o£ sate combinations for AFSA activit:Les located at llavy Cor:munications 

Station. Instructions governing provisions 0£ this memorandum forAFSA 

activities at .Arlington IJall Station w.Ul be puhl.ished in a subs13quent 

memorandmJ.a 

a. Service regulations require that combinations or vaults., 

sates, and sate-type file cabinets shall be changed: 

{l) At least ever:1 six monthso 

(2) 'Whenever mwone knmT.Lng the cor.ibination is relieved of 

assignment. 

(.3) Whenever caabinations become known to anyone other than 

those so authorized. 

2o Personnel responsible for supervising the changing of vault or 

sate or safe-type cabinet canbinations w.tthin their respective of'fices or 

organisations must either draw the vault or sa.:fe key (combination key), 

or request assistance frora the Security Oi'fice (Room QD 104) in the changing 

of combinations, regardl.ess of type. 

3o ~1e keys to regular key locked cabinets or improvised locking 

arra.ne;em.ents on ordinary safe cabinets will be secured in a thr~ 

combination locked safe or £!le cabinet '\7hen not in uaeo 

4o Branch Heads shall appoint sufficient qualified personnel TI'i thin 

each o£fice of the branch to be responsible for the proper securing of al1 

classified material. in suitable stm1age n.nd that al1 sa.:t:es,, saf'e-tqpe 

cabinets, and locked cabinets are secured as follows: 

ao In loa.1.cing a dial J.ock the dial will be t~d in but one 

direction at least four comp1ete revolutions. Do not turn first to the 

left and then to the right, or vice versa, and do not spin the diaJ.o 

ba After closing the drawers and turning the dial_, test each 

separate drmver by depressing the latch and attempting vigorously to open it~ especiall,y by shaking in short, quick,, up-and-down movements as wll 

as an outward pullo 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 12-20-2013 pursuant to E. 0. 1352B 
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AFSA .A.DU:mISTRA.TIVE UEilORA!IDUU rro. 38-49 

Subjects Sate Combinations and Safe Security (Cont'd) 

Co Keep loose papers end paper clips from becoming wedged behind 

draers oi cabinetso 

do Repo1at de£eotive lock mechanism to the security Of£icel' 

(QD 104) at onceo Do not use the container for classified papers until 

the tleChan:i.em has been repaired. 

e. When locking cabinet with bar, be sure bar is put through 

each inolosureo 

!). A log sheet will be posted on each cor.ibination-locked sa:f'e am 

on all other safes storing classified raaterlal •vh.i.ch are used in liou of 

such combination safes by the offices concernedo A record uill thus be ' 

maintained as to the date1 ti.'00 arrl signature of th.e person opening,, 

locking, and ohecld.ng the locking of the sate. These log sheets will be 

signed by Bl•anch Heads and turned in each week to the Security Of.rice ' 

(QD 104) fot• review. 'Jhese log sheets 'aJB3' be drawn from tho Security 

0£.f'ice or the Secretariat (Room 19-126) o 

60 \'Vhm open and in use1 all lockable sates and cabinets tdll bear 

red cards p:t'inted "OPEN'.n When the sa.£es are cJ.osed and looked these 

j cards shall be reversed so as to read, n CLOSED." 'lhese cards mey- be 

obtained from the Security OC.fice (QD 104)0 

1. Cot?binations 0£ safes, vaults and combination .f'ile oabinots shs.llbe fu1'b1shed the Security Officer in a sealed envel.ope for stmmge by the 

Security Officer £01'" use in emergencies. On tlie outside 0£ each envelope 

containing a combination there shall ba listed the names and badge numbers 

o:t all persons to whom the envelope may be issuedo 1.he Security Officer _ shall maintain a check-off Ezy"Stem £or the periodic changes 0£ cor.ibinati..onso 

8., Fach sate, vault• and file cabinet ahal.1 have posted in a conspicuous place the names, homo addresses and horae telephone numbers of a)J -o~ 

personnel. n.ut..horizod access to the cor.ibinations of (sates containing l::eys. 

LockGd.-i;ypo file cabinets containing imclassi.fied material shall have a 

conapicious sign to that affect placed thereono Such notices shall be 

signc>..d by chiefs of Ofi':i.cos, Divisions or Jlt'a.ncheso 

9o During holidays, week-ends, or in eJ:J.ergencies in which none of the 

P<"..l"sons ha'Ving access to the ooobination can be reached, call the Communication Watch Of !:teer (Ext. 414) i,vho vd.ll obtain the desired combination from 

the Security Ofi'icor's sa:t:o £or delivery only- to personnel. vmose name 

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. ···- AFSA AD:!:GlISTRATIVE !·~-~ORA:IDUll 110. ;J&:.49 

Subject: Sai"e Combinations and Sate Secu:ci.ty (Con'J:,1d) 

appears on the envelope containing the combination. In ea.ch case v1he1""e 

this action becomes necessar,r ~ a report 0£ t.he oircm:lSt.ances sh.a.lJ. be 

made to the Security Officer. Each tiz=ie such action is taken, the 

oom.bination shaJ.1 be changedo 

FOR THE DIRECTOR, AFSA1 

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