Mr. A. B. Clark 22 N°"11lber 1954 

Dr. H. Campa1ane 

Sm.e Project.a Whioh Need t.o be Und.erWken t,o Improve Camt.r 

Att.8%' our CO?lftn&tion about possible prograu I Jot.t.ed down these notes 

an direot.ions ldlich we ehould 1nveetigat.e, but in Wich w are new doing llttJ.e 

/ or notJU.ng. Same of the ideas put, doam here w diacusaed, and othera haw oome 

to rq attention since then. -

l. Recant trends have made the radio spect.l"WJl above 20 megacycles more 

important tor COMIHl'. Not only are the higher trequenciee being used more \:I' 

foreign states, but 1~ has been found that under some conditions the ranges ot 

propagat.ion are mob greater than p......viousl;r t.hought, ma.ld.Dg intercept. more feasible. 

For t.hese reasons more intercept ot these bands must be made. 

Since the receivabilit7 of these signals depends critically on locat.ion, 

t.his operation will be partly 1 even lar~ 1 exploration. This can be done by 

mobile or semi-mobile teams ot .5 men each~ 2 scientists and 3 technicians. These 

teams will. vary their techniques to 1'1t. t.he locale and frequency band in 'Wich 

t.bq are working. The,- will explore only, and do no operational intercept. 

Operational plans will be based on t.he tindinga. 

These teas should be in addit,ion t.o the present pl.ans ror developing 

equipnent 1n these ra.'lges, which of course, will be the main suppo!'t. tir. the 

teams. PL86-36/50 USC 3605 

// EO 3.3\ty~) 2. The interception ot teleph0D7 and 'Ml;eira.Pb7 from wi:re *' end cable:s 

is tar f'rom impossible, even men the1.nte.l-Hpt.or is not. able to phjsica..l.l.7 at>Proach 

t.he--wire. Zquipnent. for this ob.j~ct should be developed, keeping in mind that. it. 

mq need to be usable I ~/The engineering problem is not. ditficult and 

gguld be hmdl.ed br 5 engineers in a suitable laoorat.ol",Y'. key ) J 

3. It. is !DJ' Understanding that 80% of the CCMml' et.fort is neat expended in 

1ntercept.1ng and rot.unW:Jg foreign radio trattio, leaving o1'lly 20% ot the ettort, 

tor processing at NSA. This indicates that. a strenuous at.tempt should be made 

to "mechanize the collect.ion and ntUl'll ~ t,ratfic. In the last eiO'lt ,.ears, most 

of R & D•s e.t;~~ion bAfl been given .t.o ~a, leaving the collection to lag. 

Tb.e"'tore an ~rintental int,ercept. et.au.on. (perhaps a mock up?}~ 

should ~ devoted to deWloping sfir98111""1.1ned procedures and eq,uipnent tor m.i.n-

~sd.ng handl.ing, oxpedi\!ng t.he return. and 1mptov.lng ~· reJ.iaM u t.7 of the ~!'\, The ~s should be carried u tar as t.he 1riit1al prooeaatng 

(sortJ.ng_. l.oggln&" rite.). A. major requiremen' is that \he prooedures dfMllopecl .~ ociapa\!bl• td.\h data hand.Ung equi~ to·be developed tor RSA. i ~ ' ' 

eclassified and approved for release by NSA on 08-15-2013 pursuant to E.O .. 

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/PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

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Thia propoaed program could be oarr1-1 on/'tv ten experienced people at. 

the 11Sercopt. atat.ian and tan engineers to llUpport it. by ~ and developl."1g. 

4. The mecllanization ot trattio anilysis is lagging far behi.."'i.d that of ~s. In order t.o bring this lagging/ field up to the other, the following program should be toll.owed. 

A tee ot ten reeea..""Ch M&l~s shOUld be !Ql".!:Ued, to epend one 19ar 

working on T.A. At the end of tho794r a goup ot engtneera ah.ould be formed 

to a~ the procedures prcduoed b,y the first team. The size ot t.he etfcri 

of this group shoul1 depend <m/the niJsul'ts ot the tea::l, but. it. QOUld well be 

a t.hree million dollar a year. progran, if' in tact. T .A. is S'.lsceptible t,o being 

mechanized to the ext,ent C.A. has been. 

;. We mow that some ot our eq.dpaents t lgl"&tJuitoualy. A~ t.hat. roreigp equiμnerits do/the ·same, we StiOU1d maRI a a6ru:orted effort. to ...__ ______ .,.......___.~ This can be done in three phasco. 

a. Fir&t design and dn\\lop a set. ot receivers tor this special purpose, 

keeping in mind the pomdble need, to t.ake them surrep\itioiJ.~ into sane areas. 

wit.b d/ Send ou1# te&'l\S to exporiment, and su..-wy-~- Thia is to be coordinated 

o •. Send. out OPtration&l teams tto the most. productive places. This is 

probabJ.1' al L 

Thie prognlm reeemblee program 2 above somewhat. 

6. The big improvements in eanputera in the next. few ,ears will be in dat,a 

band.ling. It. looks as though then will bt1'l o~ available machinea1 8Uch 

as \l:e IBM 7021 BISMAa, and RAYOOM1 which will be useful. It is also apparent, 

that. the specifications ae~ b:I' CCMINT needs v1ll not. be met 1:u these OQ'l!llerc:lal. 

devices, because the Mrket is not. wilUng t,o PBZl' tor 'ldhat. the7 CODSid.er l.wmJ'iowa 

oapacit7. 

We nved. t.o prees tor dewl.opaent. to meet. the FARME&-i10MAD epeci.t1cat4one. 

This '4ll be expens1:ve 1 but wo~ it. OOMm neea call for ,speeds and capao1\J' 

exoeading the m« 702 u.r a factor ot 16. The M'ltal on \ihe 102 v11l be one Dd.llicm 

dallans a 19ar. !bis indioa\ea that. a ten Id ll i an 4c:U lar program t.o aatd.ew the 

goal 1rrOUl4 be wrt.h i~. . -

?. At the preMnt. \!me & pea\ deal of usel.eea intoniatJon 1a 1ntel'Oep\e4 

and recorded. It, "°'11.4 be ponlbl.e-.,. rel.aUftl1' simple meobanioal t;eotmiqllee 

\o reoognUe and d:.S.eeard mob ot tlds on 8<1118 o11'0uita. Tbe \eohniciues 
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«rri.aloned reoemb' e those nov being \ried tor RtJ.ash• \rammd.ssion, and thOM 

being tried tor PALLY. A rel&Uftl.7 cheap program 00\Jld expe~ -..bliah the wfulnese Of \he \echr.d.qtle. Thia might, be a phase of prcgnm .3 @off. 

8. Of all ~e teobniquee U8et\a1 io COMDfl I ~ techniquee pa;t' Oft 

the 'but.1 Jet w are 4oing not.lW:lg t.o 1aprove or expsnd ~h-.. ! pro~e thati 

w ee\ up a branch ot tive p$Ople1 under Dr. John wat.eon if he cm b9 had tor 

t.hat. pu-pose, t.o improve lanauage teohl:d.que1s. This would includ$ statist.ioal 

st.udJ ~f lansuages, lltlch aa par.1.t,7 l:d.a11, and mecbanioal aids to ~e and 

t.ranelation, but would not include diO\ianar;r ocopi ling nor training or linguist.cs. 

fhia 18 a long l"8tl&e ~, no~ intended t.o l\Dl'nisb 1Mlm8d.1ate results. 

The p.reced1ns suggesU.ons tor projects have been considered onlT supel"-

fiaially. -1 do not now believe that aey or these deserve more prlori~y than the 

preaent program, Wt tur\her st..udJ might. wall show that, sa.ie of them are e'VC 

more important than those n~~ under wa;r. ftie orcl.f!r in Wich they' &.""'O listed 

does not. retl.eot 81r:f prlority order, Heme of thaa has been diac:useOO. with 

cognizant people. No sedo;as thought. bu )'et been given to t,be proper people 

and rao:Uit.ies. 

H. CA.~AIGNE 

Aa1d.~tant Chief tor Research