REPORT OF MESSAGE CENTER OPERATIONS, 1-31 OCTOBER 1953

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• Publication Date: November 5, 1953
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MEMORANDUM f OR.:
November 1953
SUBJECT : Report of Message Center Operations,
1 - 31 October 1953
les Procesied
(a) Tab A provides statistical data regarding cables pro-
cessed during the month of October 1953. There was an increase
is the number of cables of every type totaling 692 cables or 6.1%
over the September volume. Word volume also increased appro-
ximately 9%.
(b) Cable. briefed for, and distributed to the Director
totaled 710 with a ratio of 5 incoming to 2 outgoing. This figure
represents 6.3% of the total cables handled.
(c) Tab B provides a comparison between September and
figures and shows the increase in each category of cable.
d) Tab C provides percentile statistics concerning .Admin-
Operational and Intelligence traffic.
(is) Tab 0 provides percentile statistics breaking down
trafficby Division, Staff or Office.
U) Daring the month, 116 cables were suspended to DEVI
suiting in the following action being taken:
Added distribution to DD/I
41
Preliminary Disseminations
38
Teletyp. Disseminations to 0C1, ONE & State
13
Memorandum Dissemination to D13/1
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2. Personnel
(a) We gained 3 personnel during October against a loss of
2 who were transferred to DD/P Foreign Divisions for overseas
assignments. Our net gain was one badly needed secretary, bliss
who entered on duty 23 October. She has proven
to be an exceptionally neat and rapid typist and should help us im-
prove the general appearance of our briefs. We lost
from this position in June and since that time we have been forced
to draw extra help from our Typing Staff, few of whom are ex-
perienced with electromatic typewriters.
(b) We have 8 vacancies outstanding offset by 10 EOD actions
for personnel who have full clearance and who are being called to
duty. They should be arriving within two weeks and with our margin
of 2 extra we are hopeful of reaching full strength by mid-November.
(c) left for two weeks leave on 23 October and
upon s return he will report to his new assignment in FE. However,
he assures as he will be available should a need for his services arise.
(d) Attached as Tab E are the biographical sketches of Cable
Secretariat Officers which were promised in previous reports.
3. Vital Documents and Emergency Planning
(a) At the invitation of the General Services Office, I visited
the Agency's Vital Document Repository _ The Cable
Secretariat has no material on deposit there and the purpose of the
trip was to learn first-hand information concerning the Vital Docu-
ments Program and to observe the facilities available. I have ad-
vised the Chief, General Services, that the Cable Secretary antici-
pates no requirement for the facilities visited, and that our vital
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(b) OnU October I represented the Cable Secretary at
rence between Communication, and General Services
d for the purpose of establishing joint Signal Center-Cable
requirements for supplies and equipment should it
to evacuate our present quarters and resume our
cretariat interests are integrated with those
or, and it was agreed that our requirements for
tto machines, microfilm readers and other ex-
supplies should be registered with
ILLEGIB Commanding Officer irL by authority of a memorandum
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ted with us and is being forwarded through Chief, General Services
to I. This arrengement almost completes our
25X1A Emergency Planning. Our Emergency !Force Staff has been
briefed and is ready; all vital documents considered necessary
for resuming operations are in storage in the Signal Center at
25X1A I IWe are ill-prepared in one respect. We are relying
microfilm of Identity cards. After inspecting the
facilities, it was obvious that one film shared by RI and our-
selves would not be adequate since neither of us has an established
right to first call on one of three available microfilm readers.
Accordingly I have arranged with Chief of RI, to photo-
graph our cards in the slime manner as they have their own. We
will then store the film with our vital documents, replacing it
each time the file is brought up to date.
memorandum requisitions a microfilm reader for our exclusive
use. *loth of these items are vital and necessary for compre-
hension of the cable material we would be handling in an emergency.
4.
(a) Our restricted area is now guarded by an electrical
dug lock. This device operates by a dial identical to those on
telephones. A three digit key number is known to all members
of Our Sian and the lock releases when the correct number is
dialed. Key numbers are changed at frequent intervals by simple
manipulation of toggle switches. This ingenious little device saves
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at night.
dred interruptions each day, improves the physical
restricted area and permits us to bolt all entrances
rough the Cable Secretary's office which is also bolted
(b) A revised T/0 for he Cable Secretariat together with
justification and covering memorandum to Assistant Director
(Personnel) was prepared for your signature during the month.
(c) I have reported to you verbally the difficulty we are
experiencing in arriving at a workable solution to the question of
definitions on sensitive cards which we IA ? ? in briefs and breakouts.
The background of this problem and details of the action we have
taken to continua briefing and breakout service while searching
Lu' an acceptable solution is too voluminous to be included in this
repott. I shall try to summarise the background by separate
memorandum and present the problem to you for consideration as
to the best means of establishing official sanction for what we need.
My concern is that you be fully informed of all aspects of the pre-
sent situation in order that you may protect yourself if necessary
in instances where your instruction to us is in seeming conflict
with other authority.
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MONTHLY TRAFFIC FIGURES
October 1953
TOTAL COPIES
AVG. NO. OF
TYPE
TOTAL CABLES
ISSUED
COPIES ISSUED
IN Cables
5,744
86,617
15.0
IN Sensitive and
1,378
8,634
6.2
Top Secret Cables
OUT Cables
3,148
43.934
13. 9
OUT Sensitive and
684
4,459
6.5
Top Secret Cables
Preliminary Dissems
313
7,199
23.0
TOTAL
U. 267
150, 843
PREVIOUS MONTH
10, 575
144,477
INCREASE
692
6,366
Cables selected and routed to the Director:
AUGUST 921
SEPTEMBER 671
OCTOBER 710
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TYPE
SEPTEMBER
N Cables
5,478
IN Sensitive a Top Store
Cables
I, 295
IN TOTAL
6,773
OUT Cables
3, 0 9
OUT Sensitive and Tap Secret
Cables
509
OUT TOTAL
3,328
IN and OUT TOTAL
10, 301
PDS
274
OVERALL TOTALS
10, 575
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OCTOBER DECREASE
3.744 I. 266
83
7122 NET - 349
129
/- 175
304
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692
1,378
634
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Percentile statistics .epazatthg traffic, on an Agency-wide
bast., into the three categories of Operational Adminis-
trative and Intelligence for the month of October 1953:
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Latelligence
INCOMING OUTGOING
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P.rcentiie statistici separating traffic, on a Divisional basis, into the three
categories aOperationaL Administrative and Intelligence for the month of
October 1953:
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Outgoing Operational
24.6
27.1
11.9
9.5
19.3
5.5
2.1
Outgoing Administrative
20.6
41.6
13.3
9.0
10.2
4.1
1.2
Outgoing Intelligence
20.4
29.4
13.8
24.1
9.9
2.4
Incoming Operational
30.4
29.3
8.8
9.1
16.6
4.7
1.1
Incoming Administrative
20.2
45.4
10.4
6.3
8.4
8.4
0.9
IncomingIntelligence
12.9
35.6
16.0
20.6
9.0
2.7
0.2
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Percentile statistics on. traffic exchanged with the overseas geographic areas
represented by the various Foreign Area Divisions:
EE
FE
NE
SE
WE
WH
SR
Totaltraffic,INan4OUT
25.8
32.4
10.4
9.5
15.1
5.5
1.3
Total traffic, OUT
23.4
31.0
12.4
10.2
16.5
4.9
1.6
Traffic, OUT. Non sitive
22.4
31.8
12.8
9.2
16.7
5.2
1.9
Total, OUT, Sensitive and TS
30.0
24.4
9.8
17.0
15.4
2.9
0.5
Total Traffic IN
27.2
33.4
9.5
9.2
14.3
5.4
1.0
Traffic, IN,Non-sensitive
27.1
34.2
9.4
5.2
14.2
5.7
1.2
Traffic, IN, Sensitive and TS
28.0
28.0
10.3
14.5
15.4
3.8
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Percentile statisticsshowing assignment of action on incoming cables or con-
firmation on outgoing cables by organisational component. (Those components
receiving less than one percentile of the total are ignored in this compilation.)
COMPONENT
INCOMING
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EE
15.5
20.5
FE
24.9
28.4
NE
9.2
6.6
SE
10.0
10.0
11.2
5.7
3.8
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SR
6.2
4.3
PP/IOD
2.4
1.5
TSS
1.4
2.0
COM MO
4.4
4.6
FD
2.3
3.3
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1.7
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