COORDINATION OF ARMY AND NAVY COMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82S00527R000100100026-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: April 5, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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JOINT MEMORANDUM 'OF 5 APRIL 1946 FROM COL. W. P. CORDERMAN S. C.
AND CAPT. J. N. WENGER USN TO STANCIB
TOP SECRET 5 April 196
MEMORANDUM FOR 3TANCIB
SfJ3JECT: Coordination of Army and Navy Communication.Intelligence
Activities
1. Your attention is invited to the discussion during the Joint
aTANCID-5TANCICC Meeting on 15 February 1946 wherein (1) the plan pre-
sented in the memorandum, same subject, dated 15 February 1946, was
approved in principle and (2) the undersigned were directed to prepare
and forward recommendations concerning the details necessary for the
implementation of this plan.
2. Accordingly the inclosed outline of the "Duties and Responsi-
bilities of the Coordinator of Joint operations" is submitted for your
consideration and approval.
3. Colonel Harold G. Hayes, new Chief, Army Security Agency, has
been consulted on this subject and concurs fully in the attached paper.
W. PRESTON CORDEIDt,AN J. N. MNGER
Colonel, Signal Corps Captain, USN
1 Incl
Outline of "Duties and
Responsibilities of the
Coordinator of Joint
Operations"
Army, Navy and NSA review(s)
completed.
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5 April 196
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE
COORDINATOR OF JOINT OPERATION3
Reference: (a) Men randum, Subject "Coordination of Army and Navy
Communication Intelligence Activities," Dated 15
February 19)46.
Incl: (a) Chart of "Arn r-Navy C. I. Coordination Plan,"
Dated 12 March 19)46.
1.. The Coordinator of Joint Operations shall function, as shown
in Inclosure (A ), under the control of STANCIB-STANCICC as executor of
policies and directives formulated by STANCIB-STANCICC for the alloca-
tion of tasks for such Intercept and processing capacities as may be
made available for joint use by ASA and Op-20-G, and for coordination of
all joint projects with other U. S. and foreign intelligence agencies.
The operating heads of AA and Op-20-G will be responsible to the Coor-
dinator for accomplishment of the tasks allocated by him.
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NSA
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3. To assist him in carrying out his duties, there will be a Jo.%nt
Intercept Control Group, a Joint Processing Allocation Group, and a
Joint Liaison Group. In addition, he shall have assigned to him the nec-
essary clerical, administrative, and technical assistants and facilities
from each service, but in the interest of minimizing his requirements
in these respects he will use the established facilities of the two agen-
cies wherever practicable.
4. In controlling intercept coverage, he will assign coverage in
a manner calculated to obtain optimum results from circuits of maximum
value. He will be supplied by each agency with all available information
regarding frequencies in use and will maintain the master record of such
data. He will obtain and publish to each service ionospheric data as
required.
5. He will be responsible for keeping necessary records regarding
the availability, location, capabilities, assignments, and production of
all receiving positions of both agencies. He shall disseminate this in-
formation to both agencies.
6. In carrying out his duties of allocating processing tasks to
each service, he shall be guided by the following principles:
principles progressively considered:
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b. For all systems other than
allocation shall be made in deco
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(1)
In the case of primary targets (critical countries or
areas as defined by 3TANCIB), available capacity in
terms of facilities and qualified personnel for handl-
ing the task shall govern. As far as possible
each
,
processing center will be given tasks in sufficient
volume to utilize completely its full potentialities.
Subject to the foregoing the various cryptographic
systems shall be allocated and apportioned to the
Arrrry and to the Navy in such a manner that both ser-
vices will (a) have appropriate processing responsi-
bilities for each primary target, (b) acquire ex peri.-
ence, information and skill in each field, (c) develop
methods for dealing with the cryptographic and lan-
guage problems involved.
(2) In the case of ancillary targets, so far as facilities
permit systems will be allocated primarily on the
basis of nationality, and secondarily on the basis of
the possisilities for cross working. (For example,
all systerris would be allocated
to o ; systems which find their most useful
cross-cribs in systems previously allocated to the
Arriry would also be assigned to the Army.)
(3) Assuming that consideration of available personnel,
facilities and nationality does not decide allocation,
then the relationships of the textual content to
(a) primary interest and (b) existing allocations will
determine the allocation. (For example, lacking any NSA
other basis for allocation , systems concerning 25X1
ould go to Navy by vzr ue
c. Prior to allocation of unsolved or unallocated systems for
processing, the Coordinator may request either or both agencies to work
simultaneously on the same system for )urposes of research and initial
solution.
d. allocation of a task carries with it the responsibility for
control and direction of the work, but does not preclude the responsible
service from accepting or requesting assistance from the other when de-
sirable. For most effective communication intellience operations allo-
cations should be fairly static to permit personnel to become thoroughly
acquainted with the problems and techniques on which they are specializ-
ing. However, responsibility for any system may be transferred from
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one service to the other as necessary to readjust the workload'of the
processing centers and to carry out the basic principles governing
allocations.
7. a. The allocation of tasks on the principles set forth in
paragraph 6 will require that the Joint Processing Allocation Group
maintain detailed records of the following:
(1) Status of all systems, joint-task and otherwise, inclu-
ding those which are being satisfactorily processed as
well as those on which no satisfactory progress has
been made.
(2) Current information from all processing centers con-
cerning availability and use of (a) personnel, space,
mechanical facilities and special. talents; (b) training
needs; (c) cryoto-intelligence; (d) identification data;
(e) agreements; and (f) policy. The information con-
templated in this subparagraph covers all phases of
the work of both agencies.
b. It is inherent in this plan that the Joint Processing Allo-
cationGroup shall expect each service to furnish all essential informa-
tion promptly, completel,i, regularly, and in a form prescribed.
c. The following general principles shall govern the foi ard-
ing and accumulation of raw traffic:
(1) All traffic in allocated systems will be sent by the
service obtaining the traffic directly and promptly to
the unit responsible for its processing.
(2) All unallocated or unidentified traffic will be re-
ceived, accumulated, studied and appropriately filed
by the unit having been assigned responsibility for
traffic of that type or nationality.
(3) If and when systems are removed from allocation for
lack of usefulness or other reason, all raw traffic
and pertinent technical information will be held by
the unit in possession of the material until and
unless other arrangements are made by the Joint
Allocation Control.
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(~~) 'hen an allocation or reallocation is made, all accuaiu-
lated raw traffic and technical data will be turned
over to the unit receiving the allocation.
(5) If traffic cannot be identified as to try:e or nation-
ality it will be forwarded to the Processing Allocation
Group which will be responsible for its identification
and allocation accordingly.
6. To assist in providing for diversity of training, there will be
a mutual and liberal exchange of technical working personnel of all cate-
gories between the two services. The initiative for the assignment of
such personnel will rest with the respective services. However, the
Coordinator will review all requests for assignment of such personnel and
will be responsible for insuring the adequacy of the technical training
of the personnel of loth services. such assignments will not involve the
administrative transfer of personnel. from one service to the other.
9. The Coordinator will maintain a liaison group which will be
charged with the control of all liaison with other U. 3. and. foreign in-
telligence agencies on r-n tters under the cognizance of the Coordinator.
'This includes supervision of liaison personnel on duty in foreign cen-
ters. In carrying out thi..s responsibility it is expected that after
liaison on a subject is established the Joint Liaison Group will merely
exercise general supervision and will permit direct liaison between
working groups concerned.
10. The Coordinator will establish and maintain a system for the
nomenclature of circuits and cryp~tograthic systems and subsystems which
shall be used by cooperating units in official communications concerning
such systems.
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