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OU'l'SD>E COM'ACT RIPOllT 

Subjeata Subet1tution of JC>S 801 tor ll>S 239 in ZI Commallda 

Date: 26 September 1949 

?ersonnel Presentr Ma.1or Barnaby 

Captain Brownchweig 

Capt,aiD Brom 

Mr. Houtz 

Mr. Chit.temen 

ll:r. WoUand 

"G-. Scott 

Captain Israel 

Lt. Johnson 

Lt, BezJian 

CSGAS-22 

CSGAS-22 

CSGAS-22 

CSlAS-22 

CSGAS-81 

CSOAS-81 

CSOAS-81 

CSGAB-81 

CSGAS-81 

CSGAs-81 

1. The problem appeared to be as toll.on 1 

a. C1".7Ptoma1ntenanae is inadequate at .most ZI installations. 

b. There is a HV8re shortage of quaUfied cryptomaintenance personnel. 

c. There is a lack ot understanding of the qualitications 

neceaaar.r tor an a>s 801. 

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2. A draft ot an AGO letter was prepared b7 ~ stating that ZI 

comams be authorized to substitute one ~.!OS 801 tor an UOS 239 to remecl7 the 

inadequac7 of crJPtomaintuance. There appears to be no objection to this 

providing the man 'llho holds the KOS 80l is fl1ll7 qualified. From their own 

tigures it is clear that all the Al"ftW' Areas have sutf1c1ent KOS 239 personnel 

to be able to spare at least one tor training by ASA. All Al'!IW' cmmuands have 

al.so been authorized to send c1"f111ans to the ASA school tor training. The 

chief dUf1culQ' appears to be a atter ot flmda for travel. The Amr commands 

must PIJ7 the travel apanaea ot their perscmnal. to and from the ASA school. 

It is also erident that the beat ft7 to handle cr.YPto•tntenanca in UV ZI ArJqr 

Area is to allow one or two man to travel tbl'oughout tha area and perform 

routine aaintanance. This the Ant' commands 81'8 umt.Ullng to do because it 

would involve a:penditure of tunda tor travel. Hanever, there is no solution 

that doaa not require expenditure ot fund.a tor travel and the reaponaibilitJ' 

ilea direc~ with the Arrq cOlllllDda. 

3. Under the present. ll>S a7ata a COPMader .mat requisition an llOS 

801 and deaisnate the tJP8 of equipment on 1lld.oh the man should be triined, 

'that ia tne c-11 c-21 or C-3. Bequeata ccae 1n without th.la equ1pmnt 

designation and it ia apparent that cOlll!!8nctera are untamUiar with, or 

confuaed bf 1 tbf.a requiremn.t. 

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Oataide Contact Report., 26 September 1949, ConUrmad 

4. ActioD can and llhould be taken .s IDldiateq to intom all ZI oomams 

'bJ' letter that tllq are reapomible tor maintenance ot all c~pDenta 1n 

their hands and the7 w:Ul be held accountable tor seeing tbat proper .ma1ntenanoe 

is pertormd. It is their N•pomd.bil! t7 t.o plan ahead to pnni.de tunds and 

perlOllDal ao that tJieir cr,pto-equipment can be properl.7 maintained. 

5. The a1ngle ai.at.iDg llOS 801 tor cryptorepairmn 18 illadaqaate enn 

tor existing equ1p1MDt. It is neceasa17 to hue aDT mre llCS nwnbera available 

U all tba n• equipmnts aaadlq out are to be adequateJ.7 covered. A seriea ot 

rmmbvs tor eacb equipmnt am/or certain oamb1nationa of equipmnts 1ftNld be 

helphl 1n two wap; it WOIJl.d permlt a co,..ncter to positJ.ftl.T 1dent1f7 and 

request the tJP• ot repa.lrun he ~eds and it 1rOUld assist in setting up a 

career guidance plan.. Arq 8J8t811L wt allow tor addi tioMJ ms numbers to COV'er 

the mw equipments. • 

6. a. 1'he Signal Corpe has criticized the length of the ASA maintenance 

course. Their objection is baaed on a contention that the maint.enance of 

crn>to-aquipnent ia a seconda.17 dutq tor their t.elet.J'Pll repa1rmen. 'nw Signal 

Corps also believes that a c17P't0repa1rman should be trained o~ 1n one 1i'pe 

of equipment so as to shorten the length ot time he is in school. 'l'hq also 

suggested the adoption of a short course tor prnentive or third echelon 

:naintenanca. It was agreed bJ' those present that the length ot the ASA scbaol 

courses wre perhaps excaaaln and the number ot hours coald be reduced. APSA 

intends to revia all courses some time in the future. However, 1t was pointed 

out that the length ot the ASA C-1 aintenanae eourse could be decreased 

considarab.1.7 it all the D. c. theo17 and taletJpa instruction could be eHmtnated. 

However, the men sent. to the ASA acbool, b7 the Signal Corps, were known to be 

deficient in these ver.v subjects. 

b. It is not tne that the .maintenance ot crnto-equipment 11 a 

secomar.r du't7. In point o:t t1M it does not ~quire JJDre than a 1111811 part; ot 

the total t1me devoted to ma1ntenanca at 8JfT one inatallation because the md>er 

ot cr,pto-equipmanta is few bllt it is as mch a reapoaaibillt.7 ot the .-n to 

maintain cr;ypto-equipmnts aa to •intain. telet1P8 aquipants. It it is talt 

that a pr1mar;r dutr lhould be maaured by the number ot hours spent on that 

duti" the solution 1s to 1et the crntorepairmn spend all his tim on the Cl7Ptoma1Dtenance and travel around the Anq Area to malntain all the cznto-equipmnt. 

Som· crntorepalzmen will be tninecl in all ~pant and aom iD on.a. 

It onl.1' a few .-n are anilable it is be~ to bave th• trained 1n all c17Ptoeq1d.pmmt. It au.tticiem ma are nailable to aaaip one ma to all ot one tna 

of ornto-equ!plllllnt soma can be trailled on~ one tne of cr,pto-equipmnt. bat 

it 8bould. be l'9ll8lllllNd that it a an wi8he• to aclnnc• .ln his caner tl.eld he 

Jlll8t "811tu~ becCll8 tralmd :Sn mn tbaD OM orJPto-equipnent. With tJle 

pNMD't ~ a mn 1a eit.ber tu11' qaalUied to repair the whole 

mcJd.ae or ha la qaalitied to do onl.T prnent.ift matntammce and at present 

it 1a required that the operator be trained 1n PK. '1'bel'e la no int819diate 

etap of tralD1Dg. If a man 1lho la mt~ t•ad11ar wltb 1\ attu¢a t.o 

repair a al"Jpl;amachille be _, pat it 1n 81ICh a condition tbat it operate• but 

la 1nMove. 'l'bia teatve la pecu11ar to oz:nstograpbic acid.Dea and clou not 

ain in -, other aonmmtcatiom lq1d.pmant.. !bat 1a 1'IV' orntomJ.ntenwe mn 
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Ollt.a:lde Contact, Report, 26 September 1949, Continued 

. mat be of such high quallt7 and so thoroughq trained. This will mt be 

tl'Qe of the new aqulpmnta now in procua ot dnelopnent. They are bemg 

deaigned so that intel'Md1ate echelons of repair will be poaaible. 

7. It was f1nal17 qreed thats 

a. A letter ahould be written to all Arqr cOJ111Bm1 intormlng them 

of the1r reapana1b111t1ea 1d.th respect to c17Pto-aquipmant.. 

b. An attempt 110uld be .made to have additional .l40S D\ldJIZ'a 

aaaigned to cl7J)torepail"IEft. 

c. The cl')'ptorepalrmn courses 1lill be ravined b.f APSA to see if 

the number of hours required can be reduced. 

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ROBERT !!. SCOTT 

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