. .. .t .1 _e .. eh...R-~:P-~..A.-1::. -i BTANDARD~M.; .. 1 .NirJ:ll!JGk'W~611Jb 

·~_~,.~.Office· Memorandum . uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT 

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' . T~ ¥.r} wiili~ ~ • F:ri~ $/ASST 

DATE: 30 December 1954 

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n9M Chief I Traiiling niv:t sion 

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SUBJECT: C~ntere~ce_ on Series of N_SA ccyptanalyt.ic Texts and Courses 

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} . ,1. You are personally requested to participate in a conference 

·:·.which is to be beld in the Director's Con:f'erence Roam (Rm. 19-244, NSS) 

-. at 0900 .On 12 January 1955. In this conference you will be asked to 

consider and evaluate plans for coopleting the series of NSA basic 

- t~s aiid .. ~ourses · whi~h are to cover the entire f'..ield. of cryptanalytics. 

' ..... . ~ 2 •. , The. conference will open ~ith a review of the .details of the 

-f'irst t.e,ict &rid oourse which have been completed in this series. Then 

tlie'presently ':Projected plan for the remaining 'texts and courses will be 

OU.tlined, followed by a brief' presentation ot the general philosophy 

tinde:r::J,.ving tb?-s-series. T~e Agenda is attached as an Inclosure. 

·.' · ": 3~ Foriow~ng the formal ~erring presentati~n, your views will be 

···/elicited c~ncerning the _.scope of this project and the value of continuing 

, the preparation of this series of texts and courses, both from the stand-

. point of enhancing the professional stature of Agency personnel and of 

. insur:l.ng the preparation of adequate training materials which would be 

. badly needed in case of disaster. The views presented in this conference 

will become a matter .of record, and wi;IJ. be taken into consideration in 

the establisl_unent of Agency J?Olicy. 

. . ., 4. It it is the consensus of the group participating in this conferenct;1 that the project shouid be continued and completed in the shortest 

-. possible time, a plan tor acconplishing this desired end will subsequently 

-be1"ormulated .f¥ld presented to the Director for approval. 

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. 5. Mr. William F. Friedmari, S/ASST, will be Chairman of the conference, with t.he following participating members: 

. _Mr. W. F •. Friedman 

'or. s. Kullback 

t'Dr. H. H. Canpaigne 

Dr. R. A. Leibler 

<'Dr. H. J. Stukey ?Mz.. L; D. Callima.hos 

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v"' Col. R. E. Schukraf't 

ilnr. L. w. Tordella 

Mr .. F. A. Raven 

~Mr. A. J. Levenson 

,..,·· Dr,. R. H. Shaw 

,,, Mr. F. W. Lewis . v Mr .. M. E. Waltz 

. '. Incl: O .!if I . Agenda -. - 1r •• ,_ 

- -. - .-... ~~> .. :. eclassified and a roved for release b NSA on 01-08-2014 ursuantto E.O. 1352 
Sobedulet 

AGENDA 

OF 

COlO'ERBlfCZ OH NSA 

amTANALmc mTS AND COORS&CJ 

(12 January 19S5) 

0900 - 0902 

0902 - 0910 

0910 - 0920 

0920 - 0930 

l'rlt;roduot!on 

BP!ef!ng on "Mllit&IT Cryptanal)'tica 

Part I" tat am. oource I 

Briefing an Pan n-VI texts and 

OCUl"8Gtl 

stat61i\91\\ ot the pbiloaop~ undsrlying 

tbia aarioa ot taxte and COlll'Si;S 

Dimmaeicn 

Ccnclwd.ms ar3d reccmmendatime 

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SCOPES OF PROJECTED NSA smms or TEXTS AND COURSES 

ON CR!PTANALTlICS 

CONFIDENTIAL 
CON FI DENT IAL 
!X2tf1'1!!1!m!L 

l!PMm.Cs:etMa!ltiao, PrtI (SmBY). Cryptography and 01'7Ptanalyaia ot code and enolpheHd aode ~. SolutiOQ. ot one--part and 

two-part code ~J repaginatiOftBJ 111nd..iunit. oodHJ literal eM 

DUIU'r!.aal wpermCZ")'ption syatftla. Mdit1ve An:! .ubtractive qsteaa, 

1mol;dng noral and mod 10 uithl:etiCJ U191! Of diff'er.109 tah1.eaf converaion 

8Cp\ft syat.eaas literal ~ion 91et.a1 transpond code 8J'et«1St 

1Mioator 1t79tns. Sol.utian ot mlliphRGd oode ~ hwol.nng urumown 

eodn al tmknow. encipherments; ditt .... cing and other teclmictUes involved 

1n rectuct1m to 11 'buia coder epo~ sol.uticns baeed on 1sologs m1 

crn>togaphio erron1 atatietical. lll!ltboda and applicatione ~ analyt.ioal 

mactd:Ma in e11c1pheHd oode aolution. (~Bit~l Military Ceypt- analytica, Parts I and II). 

l!tU:tarY ~t.&nalntc!t Pro VI (SBeRBT). er,ptogzoapbT and crn>tanal7sia 0£c1P m:illilchiuea m1 enceyptl'5Ci transmission qet.ema. So..tution 

of repnamtatiYe literal machine o!phGraJ kq ~ora; alphabet ~. Solution ot literal mehinea ct the llilgQlin, H$bern am F.nigm!l 

tJPe•s B-2ll and ot.hw tr&ctiona.ting qatma1 Snl1ca.tor qatgns. Solution 

ot tJ!)ical c1ph.r teltiprintf!ll" qstas1 ~ic e1pproa.che11 in the 

IOlut1cn ot citax, ciphony, am ai'Visi«i sratGUJe TJP1csl rq:ipl.1.aatiCllls ot 

atati.tical. aet.ho:.i0 and ~csi metmine teolmiqu.1>a 1n ths llOlution ot 

lltfi'al am non-literal cr;rptcmachinesf speoial solutions~ on isologs 

&D1 ~hie errors. (PrsNqU!sitess Military Cryptan.slytics, Parts I, 

II, and llI). 

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