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Office Memorandum . UNITED sTATEs GovERNMENT 

TO Dm 'l'NG DATE: 14 Feb 58 

P.R.OM TNG-01 

StraJEcT: Proposed Friedman Contract 

l. The topics proposed as a lecture series should be valuable as an 

or+entation media. The series will certainly provide a historical reference 

not now available. But, if the series is to be used as a teaching tool, many 

things must be considered that are not apparent in the contract proposal. 

2. The support required of NSA for photography and recording could cost 

as much as $3,000 per lecture. This is especially true of the first three 

lectures. Unless .Mr. Friedman has a wealth of pictorial or equipment available 

for photographic reproduction, the cost of art work alone will run high. 

3. From a teaching aspect, three aspects of the slide-illustrated/lecture 

must be considered. First, the time factor alone, ie; 50 minutes, is extremely 

long. The average student will not be able to maintain sufficient interest or 

attention for this period. Second, is Mr. Friedman's personal narration of 

the text. It is far more difficult to present a dynamic talk through the media 

:e:f- of' tape than.. through a "live" presentation. If' Mr. Friedman presented each 

lecture in person, his own personality and character might "carry the show". 

Moat ~ the audience will be new to this field of work. They will not have a 

built:enthusiasm or respect for Mr. Friedman and his work (this is objective I 

hope, not here~). It will take an extremely dynamic speaker to carry the 

audience for a 50 minute lecture. Third, slides are a static media of visual 

presentation. To create the illusion of movement and to constantly restimulate 

audience attention, it will be necessary to use 30-50 slides. Ea.ch slide will 

have to bear relationship to preceding and following slides. Great skill will 

have to be used in selecting 1designing 1artistically producing~and photographing 

each slide. This can be done, but as a support item it will be costly. 

4. These comments are not to be taken as reasons "why not to do". The 

project is feasible and undoubtedly worth while, but considering the material, 

the method of' presenting and the potential audience, I would recommend that 

slide/tape lectures be of 20-30~~:t.uutes in length. -· ~-~ ----

5. I understand that the Navy can make all 6 lectures in motion pictures 

for approximately $20,000. If' the lectures are to be used in a series during 

a course (Orientation) covering 30 hours or less, filmed lectures would l'Un the 

same risk of' losing the audience as would the slide-tape lectures. 

6. Motion pictures are undoubtedly the best medium for orientation or 

documentary purpose. Less than professional quality in production, direction, 

art work, narration and scripting should not be considered. The six lectures 

would cost about $300,ooo. Tb.is would include all costs to the Government, 

roved for Release b NSA on 11-18-2013 ursuantto E .0. 1352 
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SUBJECT: Proposed Friedman Contract (Cont'd) 

including any photography and processing furnished by either NSA or the Navy. 

In addition to the costs, it would require about 6 months for the art work, 

filming, editing and recordingr .,,~ ~ • 

7. If this project is accepted, I recommend that the slide-tape be used. 

Even with this medium, the length of each lecture should be no longer than 

20-30 minutes. 

~#'_,/ Chief, Administrative Group 

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