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:NUMBER 126 

NATION/\!. SECURITY AGENCY 

Wo.ohin~rton 2~ J Jl. C • , 2 May 1955 

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GEC'.rION I - T/\OlC NLliJ·U..:NT 

327th Communico.tiono Reconnnir;snncc Compo.ny I ____ .... SECTIOU II - MIGSTON 

l. Provide, operate, and cont;rol dca:i (';rmt.cd intercept ro.cilities 

and conduct such processing as rno.y be directed in aupport or tho ovorall Rational. C<l4INT ertort. 

2. Provide, operate 1 and control dcsigno.~cd intercept fo.cilities 

and conduct such processing as may be reriuired to produce COMI:tn' in 

direct support or U.S. Camnond.s in the Formosa a.rna.. !nitio.lly these 

include: 

U.S. Seventh Fleet. 

3. Provide, operate, and control designated intercept fo.cilities 

and conduct such processing o.s mo.y bo required to produce CCllIN'l' in 

general support or U.S. Command.a in the Far Fast and Pacific area. 

SECTION III - OPERATIONAL CON'!ROL 

l. Init1olly1 the Director, NSA, will exercise opero.tional con= 

trol over the 327th CRC • As tn.oks of' o. close SltI>:POrt nature develop 

o.nd bccaue ncccssa.ry, or a.a target communica.tions which contribute to 

C<J.fINT to.sl:::s decentralized to other Army Security Agency headquarters 

in the Fo.r Ea.st arc 1oolated, operational control or facilities ollo· 

cated for such close support or contributory taoka will be deleanted 

to the ASA Heo.dquarters concerned. 

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2. Routine operational instruct~ons will normally be issued directly to the 327th CRC by the Director, NSA. Non-routine operational 

instructions, including changes to this order, will be issued by the 

Director, NSA, through the Chief, ASA. 

3. The control of intercept facilities will be exercised in 

accordance with NSA Circular 51-10. 

SECTION IV - TECHNICAL CON'lllOL AND SUPPORT 

1. Technical control will be exercised by the Director, NSA. 

2. Technical control instructions will be issued directly to the 

327th CRC by the Director, NSA. 

3. Technical support will be provided by the Director, NSA, by 

ASAFE, by F'S 8603 DU, and by other sources as designated. 

SECTION V - TASKS AND RESPONSIBIJ.,I'llIES 

1. Intercept 

a. Intercept and perform D/F of designated! I 

communications targets at all levels of command invo!_V1 __ n-g"""'t ..... h-e--fo"""'ll ...... OW1---ng ..... 

type o:f transmission: 

(1) Manual Morse 

(2) Radiotelephone 

: • : b. Record and forward all intercepted traffic to NSA and such 

:•:•• other headquarters as may be designated • . . . 

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2. Traffic Analysis 

a. Perform traffic analysis and maintain TEXTA data for all 

intercepted traffic as required for local· intercept control purposes. 

b. Perform traffic analysis of those communications susceptible to field exploitation to produce timely CCliIIUT in satisfaction 

of consumer requirements. 

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NBA OPEHATion.; OJ1DE:H Illil·inl:n t~I') .2 Ma.1 1955 

a. P1n·1'01i1, vlthln cnpnlJllit.ica, lov-leVC'l cryptanA.l.yGls 

on o.ssif'1Crl l.n r ~c f,n • 

b. Pr>t"f'f)n,1 'lccryption or/mo.tcrioJ. from nar.ir,ned to.l'gcta 

tbrour~h tlm nppl j 1:n.tlun oJ' l~cy o.nd code reco.J-erien rurnished l.W ?JSA 

or other ln tmin.Pclln.te hcnd1111artcro in t.hc Fn.r F.n.ot n.reo.. 

c. Forwn1'd nn:r cr.·lllc nncl. key recoveries in the form specii"ied 

to IISA and nnch other hmul•1unrtura ns n10.y "be dcair,no.ted. 

Ji. - Gco.n, and trwi~lo.to o.o nccessa.ry, oJ.l exploitable t.ro.l'fic for extraction or sic;ni.ficant clnta. for 

incl.HG on n reports, or ror full translo.tion or indJ.viduo.l texts. 

Exploitn.ulc tJ"Jfric ])J'OVJdcd to th~ 327th enc by I I 

sou1•cco wlll be ocluu1ccl 11.nrl 1.rr1nol1J.ted o.o co."{la.b!Iltleo pcrmtt. 

5 . Hcpor t.lnr; 

n.. Tcchni.cnl. Reports - Prepnre and forward periodic nnd 

opeci. 1t 1.echn Lco.J. re11ort.s :l.n nccor,lance vi th ?1SA Circulo.rs ( !>O-seriee) 

01• o.s ol.hcrwloe i·equirccl. 

b. Rnd-Product Report.a - l'rcpnrc 1 in nccord.Luice w:I. th o.ppropria tc If.'JJ\ Clrcul:1ra ( '13-scrics) 1 J>CJ'iodl c, ophciol sr1ot, nncl other 

end-product reports, ir1cludin1~ trn.nola..tions. InitioJ.ly, end-product 

rcrortin•1 v111 tolce the fonn of opot 1·cports or items of unusua..t 

oie;ni1'ico.n.ce. Dnily sunimo.rieo or nctivity mo.y be isaued later, if the 

observed communico.tiona o.ctlvity wnrro.nta ouch cl.o.lly report1118, or in 

rea11onoe to local intelligence rc'lu:l rMnr.nto. No:t'll\Dl.ly, nll CCJ.fINT 

reportfnr, will be done i'rom ma..tcrlo.l. no more tbnn 24 hours old. 

G. Opero.tiona.l Li o.inou 

o.. Liaison with U.S. ca.trilT units in t.hc area as required 

tor succeos:tUl o.ccomplishmcnt of this mission.is o.uthorizcd. Raw traffic o.ud technicol. inronnation mo.y be f'urniohed or cxcho.11.::;i:ood w1 th these 

activities whenever desirable. The Chiefs, USJ\.FE, o.nd I13APAC will be 

l:ept infonn.ed o.a to the nature and scope or this excb..'Ul~. 

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b. Liaison with non-u.s. CQ.UNT centers will be conducted 

as authorized by NSA. Initia.Lly, no iiaison is authorized. Problems 

involving non-U.s. COMINT centers will be referred to Chief, NSAFE 

(info: Chief, NSAPAC, Chief, ASAFE and Chief, ASAPAC) for resolution· 

or assistance. 

c. Liaison wit~ !representatives 

to obtain collateraJ. support a.s required for success:f'ul. accomplishment 

of this mission is authorized. The 327th CRC will keep the Director, 

NBA, Chief, ASA, Chief, ASAFE and Chief, ASP.PAC, informed as to the 

scope and the nature of this collaboration. 

7. Intelligence Requirements - Specific CCMINT support requirements received from commanders in the field wiil be relayed to NSA, 

ASA, and ASA.FE on a current basis in order that a rev.Lew of the 

allocation of resources to meet requirements can be accomplished. 

8. Distribution 

a. End-products will be distributed as appropriate to the 

following authorized recipients throuBh established channels as determined by the Director, NSA and Chief', ASA: 

AEMY 

SSO, AFFE/8th Army 

SSO, USARPAC 

NAVY 

CCMNAVFE 

CINCPACFLT 

COMSEVENTHFLT 

Am FORCE 

SSO FF.AF 

SSO PACAF 

SSO 5th AF (MAIN) 

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SSR CINCPAC (to include such 

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established) 

b. End-products will be forwarded to Navy and Air Force 

recipients listed in paragraph 8.a. o.bove in accordance with HSA 

Circular 53-5 (Procedures for the Conduct of Cross-Servicing of CCMINT 

End-Products) and MSA Circular 53-2 (Reporting or Significant Activity 

Under Conditions of Alert). 

c. All spot reports, other than those concerned with recurrlnB 

developments within a local area, or repetitive ond predicted communications changes, will be addressed to SSO, Head.c1uarters, Strategic Air 

ConJI11.a.nd and SSO, Headquarters, Air Defense Command in ad.di tion to regular recipients. The channel to be used in pa.using this informo.tion is 

via the nearest Air Force COMINT unit in the area, with appropriate 

passing instructions. 

d. End-products received elcctrica1ly or by pouch from NSA 

as technical support information will be automatically distributed to 

the coimnand being supported. 

e. Technical data will not be included in COMINT end-product 

reports without prior approval or the Director, USA. No such approval. 

is granted by terms of' this order. 

SECTION VI - SOURCE OF RAW 1·11\TERIAL AND COMINT IrTFORMATIOM 

The sources or raw material and COMINT information are as follows: 

a. Raw material and semi-processed material produced by 

the facilities assi~ed for CQ?.lINT purposes to the 327th CRC. 

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b. Rnw materteJ. provided byf 

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c. COMINT infonna.tion provided by the Director, NSA, 01· by 

other desiBfl.ated headquo.rters. 

BY C0~1> OF MAJOR GENERAL ACKERMAN'S 

DIS'I'RIBUTION 

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~~·~ Colonel, US Army 

Deputy Director 

Production 

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