Trip Report - Page Encypherment Technique(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02820A001000060007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 8, 1964
• Content Type: TRIP

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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Memorandum
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DATE: 8 December 1961+
The Files: Contract 689, Task Order 3
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FROM : Mr.
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1. Project Description:
The development of an engineering prototype of an automatic
encipherment machine by addin to and modifying an office copying
machines manufactured by the
2. Contractual information:
a. Initial Cost: $1+9,211.2.1+9
b. Request for Procurement Action: 15 May 1961+
c. Initiation Date: 10 June 1961+
d. Completion Date: 10 December 1964
e. Deliverable Items: One Preproduction Prototype Machine
3. Date of Meeting: 17 November 1961
1+. Place of Meeting:
5. Persons Attending:
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Agency Non-Agency
Mr. Mr.
6. Contractor's Performance:
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a. On schedule and expected to remain so: No, must ask for more time
b. Within obligated funds and expected to remain so: Yes
c. Satisfactory technical progress: Yes, but needs improving by
assigning enough man power to
the project to keep it on schedule
7. Comments: . . . .
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7. Comments:
During this period it was concluded that could not 25X1A5a1
be used as the basic copyin machine. The same conclusion was
independently reached by under Study Contract 801. 25X1A5a1
Considerable more time will now be required to design a machine
from the "ground-up"., possibly as much as a year. - study wi1125X1A5a1
be finished this month and should give the necessary guidance on how
best to build the new machine.
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Distribution:
R&D Subject File
Inspection Branch OL/PD
R&D Lab
OC-S
ESB
Monthly (2)
EP Chrono
OC-E/TAP/ /amw (8 December 1964)
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