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DISPOSITION FORM 

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FILE NO. I sueJEC1Nat.ional Mid-Range OOMSI!.C Program 

TO OtSTRI TION FRO 

1,, Forwn.rded herewith tor your intormation and retention is the National Mi.dRange C"·:~ssc Program which was prepared b.f this Office tor submission by the 

Oirect.or. NSA to the United St.ates CO'.iSi'iC Board (USCJB). Thia program wes forwarded 

to the 1181bera ot the USCSB tor preliminary review prior to formal presentation to 

the Board. Corrections, additions or deletions sugge:Jted b.r the members ot the 

usc:;i; will be renected in this program. 

2. This correspondence :nay be downgraded to CONFI!lEt~TIAL upon remval ot the 

inclosure{s). 

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NATIONAL 

MID· RANGE 

COMSEC PROGRAM 

1954 

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NATIONAL 

MID - RANGE 

COMSEC PROGRAM 

MARCH 1954 

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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE SECRETARY OF STATE 

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 

9 March 1954 

THE DIRECTOR~ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 

THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 

THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 

THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 

SUBJECT: The National Mid-Range COMSEC Program 

The Director, National Security Agency, has the responsibility for formulating, 

for consideration by the Board, integrated programs for the research, development, 

production, and procurement necessary to meet the requirements of the departments and agencies for crypto-equipments and materials. 

In accordance with this responsibility, the program contained herein has been 

compiled. For practical reasons, this initial statement is the current NSA program 

and may not reflect all of the special requirements of the civil agencies. Future 

statements of the program will be more comprehensive. 

Comments and suggestions on the program content and presentation will be 

welcomed. 

RALPH J. CANINE 

Lieutenant General, US Army 

Director, National Security Agency 

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INTRODUCTION 

1. This program, prepared by NSA, shows the principal requirements of the 

government for communication security materials and the NSA production available 

to meet them, and outlines the equipments available or under development to fulfill 

new needs. The program consists of three parts as follows: 

I. Current Equipments and Mid- Range Development ( 1954 - 1959) 

II. Current Cryptomaterial Production ( 1954 - 1956) 

III. Long Range Research ( 1954 - 1964) 

2. The portion presented here consists of Parts I and II. Part III is in preparation and will be submitted when completed. 

3. The program is based upon an assumption that peacetime conditions will 

prevail, that the government will continue its present high level of international 

activity, support of international forces, and assistance to those countries opposed 

to communism, and that no significant change will be required in operations to 

absorb the initial impact of war. 

4. The objectives of the program are: 

a. To assure the production of the cryptomaterial required: 

( 1 ) By all departments and agencies for operating their communication security programs. 

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( 2) To meet the U. S. share of international communication security 

requirements (NATO, U. K. ~ etc.). 

b. To build a reserve of both produced material and production capacity 

sufficient to meet the impact of full mobilization. 

c. To develop or initiate the development of a minimum of one communication security equipment for each of the important methods of communication. 

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PART I - CURRENT EQUIPMENTS AND MID - RANGE DEVELOPMENT 

1. Communication security equipments are, of course, basic to NSA' s program for providing overall support to the national communication security effort. 

The types of equipment currently in use and the extent of that usage determine 

directly the type and volume of keying material which must be produced. Similarly, 

the types of equipment currently under development determine the trend which that 

production will take in the future. 

2. The current equipment and mid-range development program is shown in the 

following Chart I. It covers the principal equipments now in use and under development. It has been limited to equipments conceivably of use to both Civil and military Federal agencies. The chart is organized on the basis of the major communication fields in which security is needed and shows the equipment available or under 

development to fill the need; the principal types of using agencies; the echelons of 

usage, and its status during the 5-year period. 

3. The detail of a typical program, and one of the principal current ones, for 

getting new equipment into use is shown in Chart II. This shows the planned rates 

for the production and distribution of new literal electro - mechanical cryptoequipment for all echelons ( AFSAM 7 and AF SAM 47B) and the rotors used in them. 

Similar detailed charts will be added to the program as equipments progress from 

development to production. 

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PART II - CURRENT CRYPTOMATERIAL PRODUCTION 

1. PRODUCTION - The production of cryptomaterial to support the government's communication security activities constitutes a major segment of this 

program. The types of cryptomaterial which constitute the bulk of the production 

activity are one-time tapes (Chart III), one-time pads (Chart IV), rotors (Chart 

V), key lists (Chart VI), codes (Chart VII), and instructional documents (Chart 

VIII). The total requirements of the government for the principal types of material 

and the NSA production planned to meet them are shown in the following charts. 

2. Summarized, the situation is: 

a. All operating requirements are met from production capacity currently existing in the various government agencies ( NSA, State, FBI, CIA, and 

AEC). 

b. Mobilization reserve requirements are being produced by NSA and 

will be maintained during the 5 - year period to meet varying requirements. Increases in production capacity are planned mainly by improvements in methods and 

production equipment. 

3. These charts cover only the NSA production capacity. However, a detailed 

survey of production capacity and techniques of other agencies which are producing 

cryptomaterial will be made in the near future and a system for effectively utilizing 

any capacity which is in excess of an agency's internal requirements will be 

established. 

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ESTIMATED TOT.AL REQ.UIREMENTS AND PLANNED NSA PRODUCTION 

OF ON".Ii:-TIME TAPES (311 ) 

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Note: The operatin~ requirement include1 25,000 rolls 

pel' ;"Fo<Jr needed by the State Department. Since 

thP State De:partment produces their C1Wn tape, the 

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ESTIMA.TED TOTAL REQUIHEMENTS ArID FLMJNED NSA PRODUCTION 

OF ONE-TIME FADS (ALL TYFSS) 

CHART IV A 

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1. The downward trend in on~-time -pad requirements 1.s ~.UP to completion of the mobiliz~tion res~rve. 

2. The ;rearl7 onernting requirement includes 2400 !Jads for Stote :!Je-

:partment .?Jld 100 riadi:: frir FBI. Since et:ich i:iroduces this c:.uantity for 

itself, the ,1anned production line does not reflect this production. 

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ESTIMATED TOTAL REQUIREMENTS AND PLANNED NSA PRODUCTION 

OF ROTORS (ALL TYPES) 

CHAnT VA 

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ESTIMATED TOTAL REQUIRl1.l.GNTS AND FLANNED NSA PRODUCTION OF v.EY IISTS 

(Expressed in Terms of 3 Page Documents) 

CHART VI A 

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NOTE: 

The yearly operating requirement includefll 13,500 dncuments for 

State Department and c. very minor amount for FBI. Since these are 

produced by these agencies, th~ planned production line doe~ not include it. 

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PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF 1954 NSA FRODUCTION 

OF KEY LISTS 

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ESTIMATED TOTAL REQUIREMENTS AND PLANNED NSA PRODUCTION OF CODES 

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........... Planned production 

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• • • • • Operating requirements 

OOTES: 1954 1955 

l. The mobilization requirement is made up lareely or frequently changing 

tactical oodes. 

2. The upward trend in operating requirements is caused by the introduc• 

t1on into aotive uaage ot some of the tact1oal codes required for COMBINED, 

UK/US, and NATO low level 0011111unications. 

3. The inorea•• in production capacity ts due to: a. Aotivation in 1954 ot an additional and diapersed unit to compile 

and prepare doouments by IBM methods. 

b. Availability or new high speed (700 doo/min) press. 

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PERCI:J\r'AGE DISTRIBUTION OF 1954 NSA PRODUCTION 

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ESTIMATED TarAL RE~UIREMENTS PJID PLANN.:.:D NSA FRODUCTION 

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