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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

ADESINISTRNTIVE

INTERNAL COE ONLY

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4 August 1966

MEMORANDUM FOR: Security Advisor, Honor and Merit Awards Board

SUBJECT

: Honor Recommendation for JAMES W. McCORD, JR.

The attached recommendation for an Honor and Merit Award is

forwarded for your information and recommendations concerning any

security measures that should be taken in the processing of this

award.

"7.

ELLIN L. BEATTY

Executive Secretary/HMAB

Attachment

Distribution:

Orig - Addressee

1 - HMAB Case File

ADORETRATE

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(When Filled In)

1015 16. 1/052

DATE

RECOMMENDATION FOR HONOR OR MERIT AWARD

TO: Secretariat, Honor and Merit Awards Board

FROM: (Operating official)

Director of Security

Section A

1. NAME

OF

PERSON

ACCORD,

James

meS DE Jrs, First, Middle)

W..

Personal Dato

ElECIoNEtige-Audio

3. GRADE

supt.

15

4. SD

SS

.. OFFICE OF ASSIGNMENT

05/Technical Division

HE A DQUARTERS

?. HOME ADDRESS (NO., Si., City, Zone, Slate)

6S01 Floyd Ave., Springfield, Va.

10. RECOMMENDED AWARD

STATION

FIELD (Specity location)

B. OFFICE EXT. (11hq5.) 9. CITIZENSHIP AND HOW ACQUIRED

4192

U.

S.. - Birth

11.

POSTHUMOUS

Certificate of Distinction

YES

12. NAME OF NEXT OF KIN

13. RELATIONSHIP

Sarah Futh McCord

Wife

Section B

14. HOME ADDRESS (No., Sli, City, Zone, State)

Same as

7

Recommendation for Award for Heroic Action or Acceptance of Hozard

15. НОмE...

PHONE.

451-5479

16. WERE YOU AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACT

IY.ES

Personnel in immediate vicinity or who assisted in act or shared in same hazard:

17. FULL NAME

18. ORGN. TITLE

19. GRADE

20. OFFICE OF ASSIGNMENT

List any of the above persons given an award or recommended for award for participating in act:

21. FULL NAME

22. TYPE OF AWARD

Conditions under which act was performed:

23. LOCATION

24. INCLUSIVE DATES

26, PREVAILING GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AND OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED

25. TIME OF DAY

Section C

Recommendation for Award for Achievement, Service, or Performance

27. DO YOU HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE SERVICE OR PERFORMANCE

YES

NO

28. OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT AT TIME OF SERVICE OR PERFORMANCE

Chief, Technical Division, OS

29. COMPONENT OR STATION (Designation and location)

Headquarters

30. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervises the activities of the Technical Division, OS

Personnel who assisted or contributed substantially to the service or performance

NAME

32.

ORGN. TITLE

33. GRADE

William M.

Elec. Engr.

10

PETIT, Alan F.

Elec. Engr.

13

34. OFFICE OF ASSIGNMENT

OS/Technical Division

OS/Technical Division

List any of the above persons given an award or recommended for oward for participating in the performance

35. FULL NAME

36. TYPE OF AWARD

MARCY, Willlam M.

Certificate of Distinction

PETIT, Alan F.

37. INCLUSIVE DATES FOR WHICH RECOMMENDED

38.

ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED

YES

I NO

39. NOW IN SAME OR RELATED ASSIGNMENT

TrES

INO

1i.E: 600 USE PREVIOUS EDITION.

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Section D

Narrative Description

Aword for Heroic Action or Acceptance of Hazard: Was oct voluntary? Describe why act was outstanding, and if it was more than nor-

mally expected.

If an aerial or marine operation, describe type and position of craft, crem position of individ-

val, and all unusual circumstonces. Indicate results of the oct.

Aword for Achievement, Service, or Performance: State charocter of service during period for which recommended. (Give complete de-

scription of odministrative,

technical, or professional duties and responsibilities if not covered in Section C; include dates of assign-

ment and relief.) What did the individual do that merits the award?

Why was this outstanding when compared to others of like grade

ond experience in similar positions or circumstances? If appropriate, include production records and assistonce rendered by other per-

sons or units.

What obstocles were encountered or overcome? Indicate results of achievement, service, or periormance. Include refer.

ence to Fitness Reports, Letters of Commendation, or other documentation already on file which supports this recommendation.

40.

From early December 1965 through May 1966, Messrs. James W. McCord,

JI., Alan F. Petit, and William M. Marcy, of the Technical Division,

Office of Security, spent many off-duty hours in experimentation with

various items of equipment in an effort to improve and strengthen the

Agency's Audior itermeasures Program.24They conceived and developed

1n {luoroscopic scanning) which is considered to be

a major breakthruugh in the detection of clandestine microphones and

other devices targeted agalnst the Agency.

It gives the Agency for 24

the first time the capability toldetect hidden technical listening de-

vices, a capability for which the intelligence community has expended

large sums of money to develop in a variety of approaches. This tech-

nique will not only benefit the security of all Agency installations

at home and abroad, but will be of utmost benefit to other agencies

in the community.

This technique was met with wide acclaim by the

intelligence community and the Technical Security Countermeasures

Committee.

24

In experimenting with thel&-ray in combination with a fluoroscople

screen, these men showed this combination had distinct advantages in

terms of time and effort over the considerably more expensivex-ray 2Y

film and processora

In further refinement of this technique, they

designed an innovation in the form of?

a (fluoroscopic cloth)which has

the distinct advantage of flexibility over the(fluorescent screens " 24

currently available on the commercial market.

CONTINUED ON ATTACHED SHEET

41. ENCLOSURES (List individually) If orginator is not an eyewitness or does not have personal knowledge of the act or performance,

attach affidovits of eyewitness or individuals having personal knowledge of the facts.

1, PROPOSED CITATION

42. RECOMMENDATION INITIATED BY

49. TITLE AND SIGNATURE OF OFFICIAL MAKING

44. DATE

RECOMMENDATION

Ermal P. Geiss

Section E

45.

Recommendation Forwarded Through Officials Concerned For Their Information

Deputy Director of Security (PrOS) 4/28/66

TITLE AND SIGNATURE

Friend.

DATE

Head of

SS

(Career service of nominee)

Career Service

Acting

Director of Security

7,

139166

46.

TITLE AND SIGNATURE

DATE

Deputy Director of Operating Component

47.

Deputy Director of Coreer Service

TITLE AND SIGNERETER. I. BannermaR

Deputy Director for Support

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DATE

3 AUG 1965

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¡cotion D Continued - Janos Vi. liccord, jr.

To further enhance the use of this equipment, these

rien

reycloped an inconspicuous, easily transportable package 24

cinsisting of two attache cases which hold the l&-ray fluoro-

scopi@equipment, wall racks, and motor units.

possible for an audio-countermeasures team

• to enter offices,

residences, and safehouses without undue attention.

These men have shown great ingenuity and resourcefulness

in the application and developnent of this audio-counterneasure.

technique.

Through their further efforts in package design they

contributed significantly to the future clandestine use of this

technique on a world-wide basis.

This technique provides the

Agency for the first time a procedure through which large in-

terior Fall surfaces, room furnishings, and objects can be

rapidly scanned in "real time" in the search for hostile tech-

nical penetrations. This capability will significantly enhance

the security of all Agency installations.

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