Report on Trip(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02820A000500020089-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: March 26, 1959
• Content Type: TRIP

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SUBJECT: Report on Trip to
25X1A9a 1. On 17 March oC-T, Mr. Robert Creer,
Department of State, ana time unaera gnea traveled to New York City to
discuss a proposed circuit between and Washington, D.C. 25X1A6,
5X1 A5a 1 and to visit the_ facilities in t a ?25X1 A6a 25X1A6a
2. The morning of 17 March w tour of the offices 25X1 AF
and terminal facilities located at in . The 25X1A!
top three floors house the management and
administrative offices and the remaining floors house the terminal
facilities. The terminal facilities are divided into five major catagories:
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a. TEX or overseas TWX facilities
One entire floor is devoted to this activity. Subscriber lines
are terminated in an automatic dial switchboard in such a manner
that when an overseas originated call is received on a monitor
position the operator dials the addressee by means of a telephone
type dial located on his monitor position and talks to the subscriber
on a Model 15 printer. When the subscriber is ready to receive the
traffic the operator throws a key switch and the two parties are
connected. The monitor Model 15 and reperf remain on the line and
counters register the number of characters sent for accounting
purposes. When the parties are finished the operator tears the page
copy and inserts it on an endless belt where it is carried to a
central point for filing. If traffic is received for a party not
having on-line facilities or if the traffic must be refiled, the
tape from the reperf is inserted in a pneumatic tube system and
carried to a point where it is logged and reinserted in the
pneumatic tube system and carried to the proper position for re-
transmission.
b. Multiplex terminal facilities and circuit control
All VFC line terminal equipment for microwave and landlines
to the transmitter anti receiver sites and all channel multiplex
is located on one floor. Abst of the equipment is German or
Swiss made mechanical multiplex . The VFC equipment is Tele-Signal
Corp. transistorized equipment. This equipment has been in operation
for two years and according to the engineers responsible for servicing
it they have not replaced one component in this equipment.
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c. FRXD tape storage facilities
All direct circuits, such as the present --Wash. circuits, 25X1A6a
have FRXD tape storage buffers on the lines so that traffic can be
stored while the automatic error correction systems function, and
to take up the slack during circuit outages.
d. Switchboard facilities
The major part of one floor is devoted to telephone switch-
boards. Male operators operate the switchboards where cable traffic
is received. The traffic is typed as it is read over the phone and
the message is placed on an endless belt and carried to the logging
section and than to transmission facilities.
e. CW operating positions
25X1A5a1 _ maintains six manual CW operating positions. Very little
traffic is handled on these circuits.
MMM" On the afternoon of 17 March, we not in the office o
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Vice President-Operations Engineering, to discuss the -Wash. 25X1A6,,
circuit. Those present at various times during the discussion were:
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25X1A9a
5X1A5a1 In the initial discussions F~. felt that a specially modified
receiving facility must be FREMI&A o effectively operate 25X1 A6,
5X1 A6a we rior to the proposed modified -equipment. 25X1 A5a
iX1 A5a 1 stated that is using twinplex equipment in various parts op"M 25X1 A5E
world with success. it was the opinion of the engineers that a 25X1A5E
twinpiex 100 wpn and 60 wpm circuit should wor very effectively. The
one possible problem that was mentioned was the procedure for technical
control of a circuit such as the KW-26 loo wpm circuit. It was decided
that some method of alert i' the technical control personnel on both
"l Ma ends of the leg, must be incorporated. The under-
5X1 A5a 1 signed ment one i s ligWeed modified XMIC alerting device
a possible solution. preferred a device being used in
5X1A5a1 similar applications by This device recognizes a series of s es
of a predetermined number and alarms when this condition exists. 25X1A5E
agreed to forward to W. Creer the technical details and price of e r
device. opinion of and the undersigned that 25X1 A9
C1 A5a 1 the Traffic 's uld be Agency cleared and
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5X1 A5a 1 4. Daring our discussion with he calledh 25X1 A5a 1
25X1 Alibi Frequency Matters, who briefed us on the a ee es s
of the emergency circuit. We learned during this briefing
5X1 A5a 1 that no provisions had been made for handling of traffic beyond the 25X1A6a
transmitting eiving facilities at the - end. It was dis-
5X1A6b covered that at various times has either missed schedules or has M
come up late or a scheduled test. This was very embarrassing for us.
It was pointed out that the latest test was handled in the most professional
manner.
5. Late on the afternoon of 17 1aroh, and the under-
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not with ant who was to conduct
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8. At 2125 on 18 arch we caught a plane to Washington.
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