Files W.F.F. Archive Panel, Committee, and Board Records Internal Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) Memoranda Pertaining to Special Cryptologic Advisory Group (SCAG) and Correspondence Between SCAG and AFSA Personnel, 1951-1952
Acknowledge Receipt of Documents, 23 April 1952
Acknowledgement of Letter Dated June 18 1951 and Accompanying Papers, 20 June 1951
Additional SCAG Meeting to Discuss SCAG Report, 13 June 1952
Address Correction, 14 June 1951
Admiral Stone Letter on Comments Regarding First SCAG Meeting, 28 June 1951
AFSA Counterpart to SCAG, 4 January 1952
Agenda for SCAG Meeting on Research and Development for National Security
Agenda for Special Cryptologic Advisory Group (SCAG) Meeting of 12 March 1952, 28 February 1952
Appreciation for Letter Concerning SCAG Matters, 27 May 1952
Appreciation of SCAG Accomplishments, 21 May 1952
Attempts to Secure Consultant Services of John Von Neumann, 12 October 1950
Attendance at SCAG Indicated for Mr. McPherson, 29 May 1951
Background Information on Desch, Joseph Raymond,
Badge for Mr. Edwin A. Speakman, 18 June 1951
Badge Pictures for SCAG, 15 January 1952
Centralization of SCAG Affairs Within AFSA, 10 August 1951
CIA Rep to SCAG Cleared and Indoctrinated, 15 September 1950
CIA Request for Bell Lab's Assistance to AFSA, 7 May 1951
Clearance Information on Consultant
Clearance Memo
Clearance Memo
Clearance of Members for SCAG, 23 November 1951
Clearance of Mongomery, Deane,
Clearance Status of Several Individuals,
Comments on the First SCAG Conference, 28 June 1951
Confirmation of Lunch Date, 24 October 1951
Conversation with Professor Maclane, 4 June 1951
Cordial Greetings and Return of Document Receipt, 16 July 1951
Cover Letter for Forwarding of Publications to IBM, 9 June 1951
Cover Letter Forwarding Requested Documents, 21 July 1951
Cover Letter Forwarding Requested Publications, 18 September 1951
Date and Place of Next SCAG Meeting, 26 December 1951
Designation of Representative, 28 December 1951
Dr. Shannon Feels Pressure of Business, Won't Visit Next Week AS Planned, 8 February 1952
Dr. Von Newman Suggests Following Individual for SCAG, 23 August 1951
Draft of Letter to Bell Telephone Laboratories Regarding SCAG
Enclosed Letter Concerning Traveling Wave Tube Research, 24 October 1951
Expression of Agreement to SCAG Report, 5 June 1952
Flu Bug Sets Back Travel Plans, 18 February 1952
Friedman Letter of Acknowledgement for Information on A Word Writing Machine, 28 September 1951
Friedman Letter of Thanks for Letter on Traveling Wave Tube Research, 1 November 1951
Friedman Note on SCAG Matters, 28 April 1952
Friedman Sick, Will Answer Your Letter 11 February, 7 February 1952
Friedman Talk on Communications Security at Air University, 10 February 1952
Handwritten Friedman Note Regarding December 6 and 7 SCAG Meeting, 8 November 1951
Handwritten Note Indicating an Invitation Has Been Sent to Mr Desch to Attend SCAG Meeting, 14 April 1951
Handwritten Note Regarding Notification of Proposed SCAG Meeting, 30 April 1951
Handwritten Notes Concerning SCAG Membership, 11 February 1952
Handwritten Notes Related to SCAG, 17 December 1951
Handwritten Query Regarding Unspecified Proposals, 10 November 1951
IBM Nomination of McPherson for SCAG
Information Regarding Appointment, Compensation, and Reimbursement, 1 January 1951
Information Submitted In Connection with Proposed Program of Basic Research, 12 December 1951
Interim Report on Progress of SCAG
Interim Report on SCAG
Investigative Files of OSRD Destroyed,
Issue of "Conference Badges" to Members of the Special Cryptologic Advisory Group (SCAG), 29 May 1951
John Howard Added to SCAG
Letter Announcing Adm Stone's Relief AS DIR, AFSA Containing Thanks for Dr. Webster's Contributions, 14 July 1951
Letter Concerning Study of SCAG Report, 17 May 1952
Letter from Burroughs CO. Concerning "Gatehouse Incident", 23 April 1952
Letter of Apology for Delay In Gaining Entry to NCS, 9 April 1952
Letter of Appreciation to Sandia Corporation for Loan of Mr. Ferner to AFSA, 20 June 1952
Letter of Congratulations to Gen. Canine on His Appointment AS Director AFSA, 24 July 1951
Letter of Gratitude for Preferred Loan of Individual to AFSA, 16 April 1952
Letter of Introduction to SCAG, 8 May 1951
Letter of Invitation to Joseph Desch to Participate In SCAG, 13 April 1951
Letter of Thanks for Forwarding of Material to Los Alamos Lab, 7 July 1951
Letter of Thanks for Photocopies of an Unspecified Paper, 16 June 1952
Letter of Thanks for SCAG Participation, 17 May 1952
Letter Outlining Friedman Travel Plans to Air University, 15 February 1952
Letter Related to SCAG Meeting of 12/13 March 1952, 3 March 1952
Letter to SCAG Members Suggesting Establishment of A Separate Research Organization, 2 June 1952
Letter to SCAG Members, 28 January 1952
Letters and Memos Related to Dr. Shannon Participation In SCAG, 21 May 1951
Letters Concerning Dr. Stone's Schedule for Next Few Months, 24 August 1951
List of Colleges with Personnel Qualified In Research of Speech Security and Scrambling, 14 February 1952
List of Principals to SCAG,
Memo from Engineering Research Associates, Inc. to Friedman
Memorandum: SCAG
Minutes of the 5th Regular SCAG Meeting, Ahs 12 and 13 March 1952
Mr. Ralph Lee Palmer and Samuel S. Wilkes Satisfactory Security Evaluations
Next SCAG Meeting Rescheduled, 25 January 1952
Note from Friedman to DIR, AFSA Regarding Upcoming SCAG Conference, 30 August 1951
Note Indicating "Cramer Conjecture" Has Been Solved, 20 July 1951
Note Indicating Desch Acceptance of SCAG Invitation, 27 April 1951
Note Indicating Maclane (NFI) Cleared by OSRD,
Note Indicating Mr. Desch (NFI) Will Be at 4th June Meeting, 24 May 1951
Note Indicating Professor Wilks Is Out of Country Until September 1951
Note on Advisability of Including Dr. Aiken of Harvard on SCAG
Note on Background Investigations of Individuals
Notes on Administration of Research Facilities, 01 January 1951
Notice of Change In SCAG Meeting Date, 22 February 1952
Notice of SCAG Meeting Schedule, 26 February 1952
Organization of R & D, 12 June 1952
Personal Letter Briefly Describing SCAG Problem Sets, 11 June 1951
Personal Letter to Friedman from Robertson Regarding Recent Unspecified Meetings
Planning Note for SCAG Meeting, 21 May 1951
Policy Group to Utilize Scientific Talents Established by Research and Development Board, 23 August 1951
Possible Contract for Basic Research, 8 January 1952
Possible Contractual Relationship for Investigation In the Field of Magnetic Binaries, 24 April 1952
Proposal for Additional SCAG Meetings, 30 October 1951
Proposal of Dr. Tomkins, 30 November 1951
Proposed Program of Basic Research, 12 December 1951
Receipt for Badge 10406, 11 July 1952
Receipt for Classified Material Received
Receipt for Document Sent Von Neumann, 20 June 1951
Receipt of Badges and Property Passes, 4 June 1951
Receipt of Four Documents Acknowledged, 23 April 1952
Record of Telephone Call Regarding Clearance of Individual Named Shannon,
Report of Trip to Princeton University, 5 March 1952
Report of Visit of Prof. Von Neumann,
Request for Conference Badges, 5 March 1952
Request for Consultant Services of Mr. Robert O. Ferner, 28 January 1952; Albatross Problem
Request for Loan of Bell Telephone Employee to AFSA, 22 March 1952
Request for Personal History Statement on Joseph Desch, 20 April 1951
Request for Presentation at 2nd SCAG Conference on the Bombe, 28 June 1951
Request for Return of Loaned Documents, 3 April 1952
Request for Return of SCAG Related Loaned Documents, 4 April 1952
Retention of Loaned Publications, 16 April 1952
Return of Four Loaned Documents , 24 June 1952
SCAG Action on Tompkins Proposal, 3 January 1952
SCAG Activities, 6 June 1952
SCAG Badges, 3 April 1952
SCAG Contributions In Mathematics, 30 October 1951
SCAG Related Personnel Matters, 5 June 1952
SCAG Strongly Recommends AFSA Put Additional Effort Into Basic Research, 12 December 1951
Second SCAG Conference, 29 June 1951
Security Clearances
Security Clearances,
Series of Letters Between Friedman and IBM Regarding Provision of A Copy of "The American Black Chamber" to IBM AS Background Material, 24 September 1952
Series of Letters from SCAG Members Regarding Suggestions for Improving Research and Development, 2 October 1952
Signal Corps Research Advisory Council Formed, 4 June 1952; SCAG Candidates and Members
Special Cryptologic Advisory Group (SCAG), 8 May 1951
Study of SCAG Report, 17 May 1952
Subjects for Discussion at Forthcoming SCAG Meeting, 13 November 1951
Suggestion for Meeting Between Friedman and Stone, 20 October 1951
Suggestions from SCAG In Re Basic Research, 21 December 1951
Summarization of Friedman Conversation of 10 January, 6 February 1952
Visit of SCAG Members, 24 July 1951