W UVWW 11 3 l JWVU 3W LrWWU 3lDW 3 Q OO 3 ID 3 f OO W l1UlWID lBrn IlUm bm s U sWlE sliJ tJEJ i1 1 4 c P L 86-36 86-36 ANOTHER LAST WORD ON I A T S - OCTOR IS IN CAPABLE OF DIAGNOSING k Russell Chauvenet 1 4 o 5 SoA o o ooo 8 I S THERE A DOCTOR I N THE HOUSE _ 9 Jll TRIBUTE TO THE GURU CLASSIFICATION CORNER XGDS-2 o 19 WHITHER THE S R A 19 SPEAKING OF LOGGING 21 NSA-CROSTIC N O 9 5 22 THE THAI SEMINAR PROGRAM 24 J P R S LANGUAGE REFE t ENCE AIDS o 25 C A A NEWS I 27 LETTER TO THE EDITOR o Dan Buckley o o 28 SIMONOFF SAYS It o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 29 I o o o o T' T'l''l''''''T''''' '''TT''''' T''T'O'T'T'T'' -T''' '''TT'll''TT' Il'' 7 T'OTT''I'' i'J r JI H-nJ Li' ILi 1 o 'f1l18 BeeIJMIIN'I' e9N'f'kINS eOBRWORB Mk'fHRlkb SlM i e II BIRHSA QlleSS EHSA QSSM 113 il R2empt ' om 8B9 B8IUNJI sleep 2 Bee 'iIJ Bps Holik II the 9 ililllter Declassified and Approved for Release by NSA on '10-'1 '1- 20'1 2 pursuant to E O '135 26 vl DR Case # 54778 DOClD 4009801 TOP SECRET Published Monthly by PI Techniques and Standards for the Personnel of Operations SEPTEMBER 1977 VOL IV NO 9 WILLIAM LUTWINIAK PUBLISHER BOARD OF EDITORS Arthur J Salemme 5236s Editor in Chief Collection o o o 1 I 8_95SSJ j Machine Support o o Its 2S 'P L 8 -36 f53 1 Mathematics o heed cawson OJJ S Special Research o o o Vera Filby 71195 Traffic Analysis Production Manager t Harry Goff 49985 For individual subscriptions send name and organizational designator to CRYPTOLOG PI TOP SECRET k4 477S EO 1 4 c DOCl 0' L 4f 09BO-l SECRE'f YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE T - S BUT IT'S ANOTHER LAST WORD ONI A T So 1 Sep tember 77 CRYPTOLOG EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 SECRE'f P L Pa g e 1 IlMlBbE VIA 6QIIHFF 6WHIN8b i QNJ 86-36 DOCID 4009801 1 4 c oLo 86-36 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 2 SHEURRET IWiBbE VIA eS i 1N'f eIIAWU t5 SNtY DOCID 4009801 SECRBT EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 3 88CK8T IWlebE VIA QtlUIT I D INEbe QUbV DOCID P L 86-36 CONFIBEN'fIAL THE DOCTOR IS IN CAPABLE OF DIAGNOSING Russell Chaurenet P12 thoughtful review of Joseph Weizenbaum's Computer Power and Hwnan Thought see Another Controo versial Book on Artificial Intelligence CRYPTOLOG May 1977 is an outstanding contribution which merits both praise and attention JIt vided with means to erint out Insufficient data when not specifically assigned any task recognizable to the program Consider the practical problem of diagnosing some traffic received in a new crypto system The human analyst looks over the material and develops from experience and judgment some feelIt is easy to agree with Weizenbaum that pro- ing for what kinds of systems might be involved ponents of Artificial Intelligence AI have A set of statistical diagnostic routines is made unsubstantiated claims I am doubtful specifically selected by the analyst Each rouabout the merits of his proposition that some tine accepts the given data and returns the things computers could do are morally wrong and specific analysis requested within parameter should not be programmed As an example Weilimits the analyst has chosen The results are zenbaum equates treatment of mental disorders by considered and other tests are made and if a prefrontal lobotomy a drastic and somewhat dis- hypothesis occurs to the analyst for which no credited surgical procedure with treatment of ready-made program exists then the needed prothe same by a computer program He says machinegram is created for the job administered psychotherapy would induce an image But if an AI program were to be attempted of what it means to be human that would be prohibitively cost'iy to human culture In so say- the lack of motivation judgment and original ing Weizenbaum shows that he is still suffering thinking provides built-in limitations to the project We can think of the AI Diagnostic from cultural shock induced by his secretary's Program as a main routine having access to asking him to leave the room while she was all the known diagnostic subroutines but if talking to his ELIZA computer program running we intend to submit batches of unknown traffic in DOCTOR mode and ask for a report on the system underlying It is likely Weizenbaum missed the real sigit we have to supply all the motivation nificance of the incident The nature of DOCTOR ourselves The main program can be told to is to reflect the user's thoughts when supplied try various subroutines but if we forget to as input back to the user Like any other com- put in an instruction to call the 0 I C rouputer program it manipulates data but originates tine the AI program is not going to notice nothing When the user inputs personal items the omission and remember to call the subrouthe DOCTOR program returns them in various nontine we didn't tell it to use Nor is it easy commital formats which often stimulate the user to imagine the AI routine digesting the reto further thoughts The user need not have a sults of the subroutines used so far deciding demeaning image of what it means to be human that some new test is needed and creating the to use DOCTOR in this manner and if the input routine to do that test The coding may exist includes personal and confidential material an in AI to accept for example our instructions instinct for privacy is natural to create a 0 I C routine but we have to supply the rules and if we make a mistake AI As a crude analogy a tennis player practicwill probably not know the difference ing against a wall finds all shots being returned by the wall in various patterns The The drift of this argument is not that it is dialogue with the wall may help perfect the wrong to work towards AI as Weizenbaum seems player's technique If the player is not an ex- to think but it is generally unproductive pert a desire to practice in privacy without The neurons in human brain cells are not off-on spectators is only natural DOCTOR is a more flipflops or - magnetized spots We do not clever construct than a wall but it serves an think in binary arithmetic Weizenbaum is analogous purpose under the proper circumstances probably right in feeling that an attempt to when used seriously and not for laughs In make computers simulate human thinking is singu-neither case is the wall or program contributing larly futile when we don't really understand any original values to the physical or mental the processes involved in human thought exchanges taking place The moral is then not that AI is wrong This brings us to the basic impasse in AI but that it is unrewarding We can get more work You can describe a problem or even betfor our money by using computer programs as our ter a situation and ask a person What do you tools discarding for at least some time to think about it To ask the same question of an come the fanciful AI concept I computer program is an almost meaningless gesture At best the program may have been pro- oooooooooooooooooooooooo September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 4 CONFID8NTlhL DOCID Ij 4009801 'fOP SECRE'f UMBRA i 1 4 c L 86-36 L - - - - - - - - - - - - r - - - - - - - i P16 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 5 'fOP SI3CRE'f UMBRA EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 DOCID L1 4 4009801 'fOP S CR ' UMBRA September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 6 tfOP SECRET UMBRA c 86-36 DOCID 4009801 'fOP SBCRB'f UMBRA ii 1 4 c L 86-36 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 7 'fOP SBCRET J 4BRA OOClO 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE 'f T' l' OF 'b I oWLa E ESovICCf50 MANAGEMENT AT N S A L -- ---iIR532muu recent R5 Technical Report proposes the concept that knowledge is a basic resource of the National Security Agency and computerized systems can pray a key role in preserving and manipulating much of this valuable resource in a process called Knowledge Resource Management The paper o identifies several problems with the current mode of operations o presents a theory of knowledge and argues why knowledge should be treated as a basic resource o introduces some new technology and identifies some areas where further research is required and o proposes a systp m architecture for implementing Knowledge management in a distributed heterogeneous computer network environment The knowledge-related problems which are addressed in the paper include o the increasing costs associated with producing intelligence information o sharing data in a heterogeneous computer network requiring analysts to master a large variety of user interfaces essentially one for each data base and file o inadequate problem-solving support from our computer resources o the continued loss of analytic expertise through attrition and o the need to preserve more of the knowledge acquired by these analysts for the use of those left behind The knowledge-theory section presents a taxonomy of knowledge which identifies and distinguishes among factual procedural and judgmental knowledge in order to define what constitutes the Agency's knowledge which is to managed Factual knowledge deals with facts or data and their interrelationships FroceduPal Managing Knowledge as an Agency Resoupce R53 08 76 November 1976 S-215 904 TSC knowledge includes the algorithms anQ heuristic methods which our analysts use to solve problems employing this data Judgmental knowledge involves the constraints and goals which are used to direct the Agency's problem-solving behavior A basic tenet of knowiedge resource management is that these various forms of knowledge should be maintained independent of one another to effect knowledge sharing to improve manageability and to reduce costly duplication The theory of knowledge resource management relies heavily on the basic concepts of database management but attempts to extend these concepts to include more than just managing data The three-schema view of ANSI SPARC internal external and conceptual schemas is investigated and the human roles of applications administrators data-base administrators and an enterprise administrator are examined A new technology called Knowledge-Based Systems is introduced which may provide some of the problem-solving support needed by our analysts A set of user interfaces is also presented and explained The paper suggests a methodology for manag'ing knowledge as a basic resource The methodology includes an architectural model for knowledge management which defines a role for existing software technology such as data-base management systems knowledge-based systems applications programs and user interfaces Finally some on-going and planned research activities in the realm of knowledge management are described Several contractual efforts are currently underway to evaluate the knowledge-resource concept and the proposed architecture to develop some of the advanced user interfaces to investigate the application of knowledge-based systems to NSA problems and to develop a canonical representation for data which can be used to facilitate data sharing among different data bases Copies of the report have been widely circulated throughout the Agency Additional copies may be obtained from R53 x5504s September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page B UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 - JDI-f- O C -JIHD - - 4 0H o o o HO _ L-C - --- - - - - - - - - - _ P L 86-36 SECRE'f SPOKE I-a-s--- -k-s-----------J hiS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE ' ' igll Jf ave you heard the latest rumor There is a terrible miasma seeping through the corridors of NSA infiltrating where it can all the elements of PROD creeping under doors insidiously attacking all who' cross its path Do you care You should because it's probably affecting you even as you read this Let me say I don't think it's just a rumor It goes under the name Technical Documentation Syndrome and its constant companion is Apathy For some time now I have been concerned with the lack of technical reporting and documentation and if the examnles I use appear to have I We have all heard ad nauseum that Product is our bread and butter and without it we'd be out of business Now I wholeheartedly agree with this However which comes first the chicken or the egg In order to write the product someone has to perform some analysis In many cases it's easy for the problem-wise analysts to recognize unusual activity and to issue appropriate product but the job shouldn't stop there althouGh all too often that's just where it docs stop When it does Questions I i inevitablY back come the I September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 9 SECRBT SPOK EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 DOCID 4009801 SBCRBCf SPOKE September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 10 gCR gT SPOKE L 4 L c 86-36 - DOC I D - 40 a 9 BO-l----L UNCLASSIFIED TRIBUTE TO THE GURU n 1956 Lambros D Callimahos originated and began teaching course CA-400 Intensive Study Program in General Cryptanalysis Since that time there have been 32 classes -- all taught by the Guru or Spiritual Leader himself -- with 271 graduates 30 3% female A complete tabulation of the graduates who are no longer with us because of retirement resignation military reassignment etc shows a remarkably low attrition rate during the 22-year period -26 2% or 1 2% per year I It has been suggested that the cement that binds together the graduates of Course CA-400 is the Dundee Society which was founded in 1968 That society named after the Dundee Marmalade jar in which the Guru keeps his pencils consists of graduates of the course who meet annually to salute the graduates of the current course Each year also the society inducts an honored personage as an honorary member At the June 1977 graduation luncheon Admiral Stansfield Turner USN Director of Central Intelligence was inducted into the society while the graduates of Class 32 sang to the tune of the well-known Gilbert and Sullivan air And Now He is Director of the C-I-A The graduates of Class 32 also prepared for presentation to Mr Callimahos a monograph in which they recorded their many hours of hard work and hard fun and their affection for the Guru and t eirG r -ji or Deputy Spiritual Leader The following pages contain a few excerpts and drawings from that monograph Ed _Monograph Dedic atioD_ T his monograph has a two-fold purpose It is intended not only as an item of memorabilia for Class 32 the Great One and the Near-Great One but also to illustrate the qualifications of this nonpareil class to serve as a paragon for future Dundee aspirants in their pursuit of cerebral enlightenment cultivation of raunchiness and bad puns and kissing habits The monograph is dedicated of course to our Guru and Guru-ji lJho inspired us to greatness Class 32 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Pagel UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 DOCIO 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED Jl I 5 ' - Jk gtJ _ -----r------'----- -- 1 On 7 February 1977 Class 32 of the muchheralded CA-400 class began Handpicked by none other than the Guru and Caudillo himself otherwise known as Lambros D Callimahos the class commenced an effort to prove itself worthy of membership in the elite Dundee Society In an attempt to document the many and varied accomplishments and experiences of Class 32 this document has been produced to emblazon forever in the annals of cryptologic literature the rising to the task and completion of the rigorous CA-400 course Prior to revealing the many unique and wondrous talents and attributes of the class and its unique individuals some demographic data pertaining to the class as a whole will be provided for those with a statistical inclination or interest as the case may be Note that the class roster is included as Appendix 1 for reference and further details Category Statistics Age Total - 395 mean - 32 91 range -- 30-48 3 Grade Total - 127 mean - 10 5 range - 9-13 Marital status Married - 9 single 3 range -none to twice Sex Yes 6 male 6 female Note 1 WIN proponents please excuse this category Note 2 Class members claiming other than male or female were considered liberal however for purposes of this document they were placed in either male or female categories based on physical appearance style of dress or other identifying characteristics Range - no comment Children Total - 12 mean - 1 8 boys 4 girls range 0-4 Education Total years in school - 180 mean 3 years of college range - high school graduate to Master's Degree Certification Total - 13 mean - 1 08 range EfT-CIA September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 12 UNCLASSIFIED DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED Years of NSA service Total - 117 mean - 9 75 range - 5-22 Parent state place of birth Maryland - 5 Texas 1 Colorado - 1 New Jersey 1 Oregon - 1 Virginia - 1 West Virginia - 1 Pennsylvania - 1 I- _ _ _---' Political Liberal - 3 conservative - 4 philosophy moderate - 4 abstains - 1 Enough dry statistics As previously mentioned certain characteristics were identified with class members and thus set them apart as a unique entity within a unique entity Although not mentioned by name correlation of the following information with other data and the pictures contained in thi s document will reveal the person's ident i ty Concomitantly match letters with numbers appearing in Appendix 1 Mystery letter a singer and lyricist and official raspberry B dog newspaper oranges has a lot of a peel sends Playtex living support through the mail o E F G H two rulers and no shoes Grand Marshal Captain Sleaze the burlesque's squeeze incorruptible coffee-thermos kid double dipper but hold the cones J Sneezy allergic to her partner the creative caricaturist that has great leggs J Mobilizing Task Force Pead see Appendix 2 for order of battle under tne direction of Generall land Ensign I I the assault on Zendia began with success finally gained as I uccumbed Thus concluded the preliminary poreion of the GA-400 course The final week was mOre than intellectually stimulating and was ac omplied with the utmost fervor and zeal cough As the sun sets on the CA-400 Class 32 the participants return to th Realm of the Unknown to apply the knowledge and many new capabilities which they now possess With sincere affection and utmost respect the Class 32 members bid the Guru and Guru-ji fond farewell and n ighty-nitel Characteristic sJ A C Class 32 galloped through the halls of learning and knowledge moving right along until finally the Zendian foe was met the mover and future author of the book Moving to a New Home Appendix 1 CA-400 CZass 32 Roster 1 2 3 4 5 P L 86-36 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 L - Guru and Caudillo - Lambros 0 Callimahos Guru-ji -I I and Its Effects on Marriage K winner of award for receiving most phone calls or the COMSEC kid L red hair position second to one polished prose WHAT M give me liberation down with Bryant ban Gallo save the trees do you have a headache N the dispenser of knowledge who speaks with white tongue OH Appendix 2 U S Task Force Pearl Every One a Gem Class 32 was also given credit for a number of particularly unique qualities which set the class apart from all others In the words of the Guru himself Class 32 was cited for its unity bussing raunchiness and perhaps not the most entertaining but certainly not far behind Chronological sequence of class With nose to the grindstone under the tutelage of the Guru and Guru-ji otherwise known as Bruce September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 13 UNCLASSIFIED - DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED Appendix 3 Note All scoring is purely objective Scorekeeper is #9 Sneezes Scores and Other Pertinent Data Student number 1 14 Sneezes 2 8 3 0 9 10 32 107 11 95 4 27 5 0 6 0 12 G-I G-II 14 0 9 Other class Office next door 4 2 Vampires Movers 1 4 But many giggles Includes 2 unofficial sneezes in CA exam Sneezes by 10cation Left Front Middle Back Right devil's row side side row row 297 161 248 161 49 Only 1 was not Student #8 Sneezes by day of week Student number Score M T W 88 103 121 Th 87 F 76 Other pertinent data 14 March 2 bad puns from Guru-ji Later puns became too numerous to record 21 March Student #9 had hiccups 23 March Student #7's single recorded sneeze was with potato chips 31 March Student #8 had a fit 7 April Student #4 applauded for Uncle Walter's Dog Student #11 applauded for Union leaders make good targets 5 May 6 May 7 May 7 8 4 5 6 2 3 -25 -2 -35 -105 o -90 -15 9 10 11 12 G-I G-II 4 -125 0 -5 -5 -16 1 0 Scores are awarded mostly for sexist remarks and occasionally for general raunchiness 7 8 1 160 Student #10 was leading sleaze Guru-ji received -50 for lascivious Hubba-hubba but redeemed self by removing his shirt Student # 1 called Good Cryppie by Mike What's-His-Name 24 May to 6 June Guru has hiccups 8 June Guru and Guru-ji unofficially receive -100 points apiece September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 14 UNCLASSIFIED DOCIO - -'- __ - -_ _ _ - 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED i 1 BIG- c t4EEI I r September 77 CRYPT OLOG Page 15 UNCLASSIFIED DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED o 0' ' o o Septemb er 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 16 UNCLASSIFIED DOCID 400-9-BuT UNCLASSIFIED He le I 0 v of September 77 CRYPTOLOG UNCLASSIFIED Page -17 h n 0' 0 0 '1 'e 'n b e ' c o - ss 3 OOClO 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED provides a philosophy of the art comparable to that of CA-400 It is certainly true that with a variety of 32 whic h Me llepMduc ed on -the pllesystems and techniques an analyst becomes familc ec Ung page- a tie- -t -to -the high pM 6eM-i oniar with the broader his outlook becomes as he al llegaJr d and peMona1 a66ect on -that -the applies them to the real world Thus with the membeM 06 c e a M 32 6ed 6011 La mbM-6 V personality of Mr Callimahos to provide the Ca Ui ma hO-6 Tho-6 e 6ee1 -i ng-6 Me -6hMe d by philosophy one should be successful in any 22 YeM6' woJr -th 06 gJr a dua te6 06 CA-400 analytic endeavor The 6oUowing -6-ta -temen t-6 by j w -t a 6ew 06 -the 271 gfLa dua -te6 -6 how -that -the memb eM a 6 For me personally what successes I have ClaM 32 have lou 06 c ompa ny in C Ort-6 i deJt i ng had as a cryPtanalyst can be attributed directly MIl Ca Ui ma hO-6 -to be -the i Jr Gww to CA-4DO This was I believe due to a feelEd ing I developed about the particular system I have been back in the Training Department for 2 years as a cryptanalytic instructor I am better able to impart to a class in some To the Man of Letters the Flutist Master now small way this idea of a philosophy Even Cryptographer Epicurean Gourmet Keeper of though most or all of my students will never be the Key to Wisdom Tutor of the Unlearned and cryptanalysts the subject does provide a vekey to my personal successful career as Crypt- hicle to form a way of thinking that can be apanalyst to my venerated mentor Mr Absolute plied to any science I feel assured this Lambros D Callimahos philosophy that I can relate to others will never be outdated by technology or time Undaunted by my apparent unworthiness Mr Callimahos accomplished yet another of his unsung C E Morrell miracles -- he prodded me to the heights I am Class 2S 1970 one of the select few a survivor of the tribu lations of the General Study of CommunicaC ryptanalytics taught by the Guru is an tions the hallmark class of the National exhilarating experience one that I shall never Security Agency Sir I salute you forget I am convinced that those who share this same feeling have been strengthened by his Class 10 1961 teaching Lambros D Callimahos gave me a confidence C -400 is an unforgettable experience One hen I most needed it He helped to sharpen my of the fortunate ones I took CA-400 when the analytic skills and the wisdom imparted by him class size was still very small Only three will forever remain with me other students and I shared a unique and uniquely qualified instructor for 4 hectic Class 10 961 glorious months Vie e e the Guru's first class to con$ist of The whole world of cryptanalysis opened up before us past and present We sensed con12 studeitts We became known as Naught 17 tinuity with history and tradition yet felt and until 'this very year enjoyed the Guru's the stimulus of new horizons and modern chalrecognition as raunchiest class this year lenges The weal th of cryptanalytic experiences that distinct ion was won by Class 32 The and skills presented to us would have taken heterogenei ty'of our demographic data certainly years to acquire on the job Mind and imagina- equaled that of Class 32 as described in its tion were pushed almost to the limit We were monograph ancj'- perhaps even excelled it encouraged daily to work harder and quicker The Guru taught us many things we had rt ot to accomplish more in less time than we would even heard of before including the correct n'ames have believed possible for various sizes o wine bottles Togeth r we All of this for an instructor who was always explored the corridors of the new Training several steps ahead of the student -- however School which had previc usly been the Fort clever that student thought he might be -- and Meade Hospital Surely ' Class 17 set a record who combined teaching with a friendship with for number of graduation Parties which will his students that endures long after the class stand for the ages attribu able to a certain has graduated natural sociability inherent in some class jnemquickly estabCA-400 is one of my most treasured memories bers and the air of camarade ie I shall never forget it -- or the extraordinary lished by our Leader man who taught it Above all the Guru gave us crash course I in Class 14 1962-1963 how to use our brains in how to derive pleasure from hard work and how to feel true joy from f the many and varied courses to relating te hhical success in our chosen profession to cryptanalysis that teach principles of I I cryptoQraphy and techniques of analysis none Class 17 1963-1964 T he dJr awing-6 and ex c eJtpu 6Mm MonogfLa ph I September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 18 UNCLASSIFIED Ir------ o o P L 86-36 DOCID 4009801 CONFIDENTIAL P L 86-36 WHITHER THE S A A DUO CraSSificatlon Advisory Officer I l V -i T RAE o A I L I o M F I C A D E Executive Order 11652 requires that I all classified ino formation be conN sidered for downgrading and declassification at the earliest possible time It includes a General Declassification Schedule eGDS which allows for downgrading of TS to S in 2 years S to C in 2 years and C to U in 6 years The GDS states that all classified information will be so downgraded declassified unless it falls in one or more of the following categories E T The following article represents the personal and professional opinions of the author and should not be interpreted as an official statement on the part of the Panel J T W his is a short paper ambitiously aimed at resolving a controversi l question To what end does the Special Research Analyst SRA serve in the U S SIGINT system There are more SRA people in the U S SIGINT organization than in any other single SIGINT career field and the question of what constitutes the substance of their work is surrounded by a sometimes vigorous debate An official definition exists but does 1 Information was furnished by foreign not seem to have taken hold It somehow appears governments or international organi zations easier to define what a linguist does or should be expected to do -- or to describe the duties 2 Information is specifically covered by of a traffic analyst cryptanalyst telecommunistatute for example Restricted Data or cator engineer etc -- and get a general agreeFormerly Restricted Data or is informament Still whither the SRA tat ion pertaining to cryptography or disclosing intelligence sources or methods Being the military member of the SR and IS 3 Downgrading declassification would disclose Information Science Panel and working at an SR assignment in A7 Office of Operational and a system plan installation project or specific foreign-relations matter the con- Strategic Studies has motivated me to try to come to grips with what it is that SRAs are bent tinuing protection of which is essential towards The idea is to ge at the function by to national security trying to get at the results what is the SRA 4 Disclosure would place a person in immedi- supposed to produce Regrettably convictions ate jeopardy of those who are certain they know what an SRA is differ from others who are like-minded This The exemption category 2 is most widely used is distressing in its administrative ramificaby NSA and is generally construed to mean all tions What follows is a contribution rather COMINT Channels codeword ELINT TELINT and than a fixed proposal -- one which could further SIGINT related information XGDS-2 is the abbreviated version of Classified by DIRNSA CHCSS confuse the issue In part it is aimed at the person who aspires to be an SRA or who believes NSA CSSM 123-2 Exempt from GDS EO 11652 he or she already is one Category 2 Declassify Upon Notification by the Originator The SRA produces intelligence by analysis E' bE8 and by one or more forms of reporting of which the end product is but one As in the case of J September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 19 CONFI9 NTIAl I hltltB bE VI A ESr IIIff EI hltNNEl 5 8pnX I _ DOCID 4009801 1 4 c CONFIBENJ'IAL 86-36 a person suspected of a cTime the SRA must be shown to have motive means and opportunity Analysis and reporting is the means and the opportunity I hope that these brief reflections are helpful This is my own view which does not necessarily represent the position of any authority in the Agency and I would not want it construed as such I am merely trying to get a handle on the nature of the SRA's work by linking SRA motives with SRA means opportunities and products reconstructions September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 20 eONFIBENJ'IAL DOClD 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED C8VPTOLOG LOG -'LILII'ler DrIB Tille II rile Ie 'Ite leu leI pue AuJllr'l PUII Utlln rev' II II Dr' II Juue --r -_- ---r- - - --- - - ------ P L 31May 28Jun l Jul make this proposal and not at all in jest I feel it would rectify a glaring inefficiency in the System as we now know it and serve to raise Intelligence to heights never before imagined 5ept 77 journeymen and several degrees of master up to guildmaster who would hold rank equal to a Deputy DIRNSA Special uniforms oaths and initiation rites would be phased in as the Guild became fully operational The Guild would have jurisdiction Throughout the Agency one notes a multiplici- over all Agency logs No one except a Guild member ty and marvelous diversity of logs Logs are to would be allowed to log anything Suitable punishments for illicit logging would be instituted to be found for eve y purpose and occasion There act as deterrents against tampering sabotage or are logs of messages both incoming and outgoing other wanton acts against the System by non-Guild logs of security check logs of lanes logs of telephone calls and so forth In our quest for members Coupled wi th the Guild would be a Standard Agency Log and Uniform System of Logging All Order and Knowledge logs have assumed an alllogs would be bound in a sui table material demanding important role as a vital tool to organize and respect e g leather and gold and be of a recall the myriad of information pouring into standard size The Uniform System of Logging would the Agency There is not a single section that ensure orthodoxy among all Keepers of Logs and would not flounder within hours or even minutes were its logs not kept up to date Logs provide members of the Agency But more than that it would stand as a Guardian of Truth inviolate and unan excellent management tool for compiling statistics of Output Input Production Numbers of yielding before the tempests of heresy All logs could thus be kept pure Messages Workers Logs Hours etc It may be said that the power to log is the power to deThe second phase is perhaps the most crustroy The integrity of logs is of utmost imcial It involves the creation of THE MASTER portance to the System and therefore to IntelliLOG When in full operation THE MASTER LOG gence We must have logs and we must have the would contain all -- I repeat all -- entries best logs made in any approved logs in the entire Agency Currently in the Agency all logs are deCentral control would thus be assured and centralized and subject neither to a common adDIRNSA would have total access to all knowledge ministrative body nor a quality control This logged in the System through the inviolate peris potentially a disastrous situation Thus son of the Guild Master Keeper of THE MASTER far we have been lucky Imagine though the LOG It is not important whether the system is havoc one perverted secretary could wreak in a mechanical or electronic although I must admit branch by subtly subverting its logs Imagine the reassuring effect paper and pen have on lay the utter chaos a minor conspiracy of such depeople Division-level and group-level Master generates would create in no time at all Or Logs would be kept prior to full implementation alternatively imagine a fire raging out of con- of the Agency Master Log and maintained theretrol consuming a division's logs before it after in supportive roles to ensure quality in could be extinguished This threat is real THE MASTER LOG There is currently more wood dead and otherTHE MASTER LOG as the total repository of wise in the form of paper stored in the bowels log entries in the Agency would naturally reof NSA than forest fires consumed last year quire increased security of the highest order The hazard is astounding One careless cigaBlack cloths perhaps with gilt edging could ette one thoughtlessly placed Thermit bomb provide a great deal of prote tion from saboand all could be lost teurs the magical powers of black cloths have It is to prevent such a disaster or disasters been amply demonstrated Agency-wide in the past that the following measures must be instituted in the countless espionage attempts that have been foiled by them Contingents of guards A well-defined career field of log-keepers from each service in equal strength -- 8 Army must be formulated and introduced into the Sys5 Air Force S Navy 1 Marine -- would serve to tem This should be a very tight group of physically thwart intrusion by any malefactors chosen individuals -- hand-picked for their dedication and unswerving reliability and This is a concept late in coming Its potenhonesty These will doubtless have to be found tial is universal It could ultimately be apoutside the Agency This log-keeping career plied nationwide perhaps worldwide A tool for field should be organized as a guild with apUniformity Orthodoxy and Peace prentice log-keepers progressing through September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 21 UNCLASSIFIED 86-36 DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED The quotation on the next page was taken from an article in an NSA publication The first letters of the WORDS spe II out he author's name and the title of the f u'ticle NSA-erostic No q The following NSA-crostic was submitted by guest NSA-crostician David H Williams P16 DEFINITIONS WORDS A With Word L one of the wives of Henry 24 VIII 36 169 lOS ISS 79 96 120 102 B Agreement conformity Honda C Fashionably elegant D Ladies' apparel E Moslem prayer leader F Advice to a patron in a Nairobi restaurant to try the intoxicated jungle beast 5 wds G Caesar's surprised comment upon hearing that his friend had also had dinner 4 wds H Escorts inside 2 wds I How Mark Spitz departs 2 wds J Enlighten 69 114 1 77 88 14 52 65 83 112 K Shanty L See Word A 2 wds M Device to cause a light to operate intermittently MHMH's grandfather N Abrasive powder O Flaccid P Small whirlpool Q Pickles R Preempting confiscating usurping S Dozes T Small-caliber rifle or pistol comp U Chinese hors d'oeuvre 51 ISS 122 56 -S- 43 44 9310 57 September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 22 UNCLASSIFIED 73 DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED V Less wide W Spectral x Drawback debt Y Unit of linear measure 141 131 110 53 Z Season Zl' Spasmodic inbreathing accompanied by a characteristic sound 1 J 67 2 D w 7 R 8 U 3 V 14 T 68 Q Solution next September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 23 UNCLASSIFIED ----------_ - -----c----- - _ DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED THE THAI SEMINAR PROGRAM I G J new tralnlng program in Thai language for preprofessional and postprofessional NSA linguists may provide a useful model for similar training in other languages Although it has been in existence only since September 1976 three courses have already been conducted and planning is underway to set up an Indonesian program along the same lines In addition one Thai seminar participant whose current assignment involves French and who is under pressure to attain certification in French declared This is exactly the type of course we need in French So there may be a French version soon as well P L teaching techniques are used to supplement discussion such as having students read aloud or transcribe from dictation The purpose of the Thai program is to provide opportunities for preprofessional and postprofessional Thai linguists to participate once each year in a continuing education program to grow in the language to increase their knowledge of Thai cultural background to discuss language problems which may be bothering them and to receive periodic professional stimulation through immersion in the Thai language The program is designed to offer intermediate and advance training as a follow-up to the Thai Basic Course Currently eight seminar-type courses -- two intermediate and six advanced -are available However one advanced seminar on current affairs may be taken repeatedly since the study material is always different Seminar sessions are held once a week for 12 weeks at a remote facility with a native instructor Each session lasts 4 hours during which all discussion is in Thai language Required reading assignments on Thai cultural subjects sometimes supplemented by additional reading materials are given one week in advance Each student is assigned responsibility for making an oral report to seminar participants on a portion of the required reading Everyone may discuss the oral reports describe language problems they have encountered and ask questions or contribute experiences related to the subject Instructors are native Thai speakers Their job is to o offer criticism or correction when students misspeak o answer student questions regarding either subject matter or language o moderate the seminar and o stimulate discussion if conversation lags Because the amount of discussion generated by different topics varies considerably other ooooooooooooooooooooo September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 24 UNCLASSIFIED 86-36 DOCID 4009801 UNCLASSIFIED J R S LANGUAGE REFERENCE AIDS OFFERED TO N S A LlNGUIST _ fter his lecture on 23 May 1977 in the Friedman Audi torium 1 hief of the U S Joint Publications Research Service JPRS turned over to his host SIGTRAN Chairman arnu1tipage list of JPRS-produced aids for the translator He stated that some of the aids are now outoLpl'int others are still in print and may be obtained at cost through normal time-consuming channels BJ ltL Ik dlY offered to send Hnformally and gratis as many copies as he requests of thQse aids that are still available A I Mr Spiegel thaI would like to consolidate his requests for the aids and QffeTs CRypTQLOG readers this opportunity to obtain copies by cutting out this page and sending it by i' P L 30 September 1977 to 86-36 IRSI Number of copies desired Title WORLDWI DE 01 Handbook for Contractors 02 Directory of JPRS SeriaZ Publications 1957-1972 JPRS 58118 Nov 75 51 DP 05 Concise Handbook on Space BioZogy and Medicine Parts I II JPRS 61236-1 2 Feb 74 501 pp 3 Feb 75 364 pp 108 78 pp 109 AU-Union State Standard GOST 15845-70 CabZes Wiring and Cords TeY'l7ls and Definitions JPRS 61234 Feb 74 istrative Gazetteer the USSR - 1974 Edition 188 DD 110 69 pp Directory of JPRS Ad Hoc PubZications Jan-Dec 1975 JPRS 74 pp GZ ossary 0 t T f arco ' -c eY'l7lS of Directory of the USSR Academy of Sciences JPRS 66592 Jan 76 ' orLd unnumbered Jan 76 9 D D - - - t - - - - I 167 pp EASTERN EUROPE GZos sary of Standard Eas t European Legal Terms unnumbered Oc t 68 8 pp 7270 -1-Ab b 'r-e ' v ' i -a t'- ic 0 n s--- i-n-'-th -e-C- z-e-c'- ho'------- --f---- JPRS 60386 Oct 73 58 pp Notes on the Language of Communism unnumbered undated 19pp -- ' - - ' - l '-----lr-----I 202 USSR GZossaru of SeZected Russian Ter minoZogy unnumbered Jun 69 152 pp 101 A Short Dictionary of Fishery Terms Russian-English JPRS 100 _ _ 4 4 07c 2 J L J a n_6 8 - 6'- 7 7 l -PD ----_-- 102 Russian-EngZish GZossary of Motor-Transport and ReZated Terms JPRS 19600 Jun 63 77 PP 103 Recommended Radio TeY'l7ls JPRS sZovak Press JPRS 51050 Ju1 70 185 Pp GZossary of SpeciaL TeY'l7ls Acronyms and Abbreviations As Used by East German and Other GeY'l7lan PubLications JPRS 64561 Apr 75 166 PP 203 r--__1 204 205 $bbreviations in the Hungarian Fress JPRS 53853 AUI 71 127 pp Abbreviations in the PoZish Fress JPRS 47870 Apr 69 161 pp Abbreviations in the Romanian Fress JPRS 62348 June 74 72pp PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 55957 May 72 17 DD 104 d ro ucts JPRS 64908 Directory of JPRS Ad Hoc Publications Jan-Dec 1974 JPRS L 5602 5 Feb 75 09 P g 61363 Mar 74 87 DD 70- 7--S e Z e c t -'el d Pr- -- e s s A Lg-e n c' - et s o- -f '-t - hC e -------t----120 0 08 IJr u Jun 75 275 pp Directory of JPRS Ad Hoc PubZications Jan-Dec 1973 JPRS 64000 Jan 75 06 106 Directory of JPRS Ad Hoc PubZications Jan-Dec 1972 JPRS 58548 Mar 73 04 ApoZZo-Soyuz Test Froject GZossary Russian-EngZish EngZish-Russian ASTP 20020 1 107 Jan 73 42 pp 03 105 GZossary of Russian Abbreviations and Acronyms Library of Con- 300 gress ATD 1967 806 pp Chinese-EngLish Dictionary of Modern Communist Chinese Use JPRS 20904 Feb 65 845 pp September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 25 UNCLASSIFIED _1 -'-O-OCI-D _ - ------- r UNCLASSIFIED 301 Standard Translation of Chinese TeT'l71S JPRS 57420 Nov 72 119 DO Glossary of Chinese Communist Terms and Phrases unnumbered 302 Oct 69 113 303 PP I 1412 101 304 L 4379 Jan 73 152 pp GUO control removed 24 Apr 74 500 501 502 503 OVerseas Chinese Press of Southeast Asia unnumbered Jun 72 88 pp Glossary of Shipping Terms Used by the Chinese in Southeast Asia unnumbered Mar 72 24 nn 402 Abbreviations in the Cambodian and Lao Press JPRS 62295 Guide to Trans Zation of Cambodidn Press Material unnumbered Jun 74 404 28 505 Jun 71 18 pp 405 Glossary of North Korean TeT'ITIs 406 Standard Trans lation of North Korean Communis t TeT'l71s JPRS 407 Glossary of specialized Japanese TeT'l71s unnumbered Aor 74 25500 Guide to Translation of Lao Press Material unnumbered unnumbered May 73 26237 Sen 64 9S 408 122 410 411 I I I Alphabetical Listing of Cypriot Towns and Villages Transliterated into English from Greek and XUrkish Names unnumbered Oct I I DO J Abbreviations Acronyms and Special TeT'lTls in the Press of Greece and r JDT'U$ JPRS Principal Journalists and Trade Union Leaders in Egypt unnum26 I I 507 Abbreviations Acronyms and Special TeT'l71s in the Tu Jokish Press JPRS 64701 Mav 75 68 DO JPRS 64704 I I DO Guide to the Transliteration of Moroccan Arabic Place Names May 75 45 - I 00 WESTERN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA 600 Glossary of Abbreviations Acronyms and TeT'l71s Used in the Western European Press DO Vol I A-L Vol II M-Y JPRS 37700 Sep 19 76 pp __ I 00 GZossary of Malaysian and English Abbreviations Appearing in the Press of Malaysia and Sinc aporoe JPRS 56582 Jul72 49 DO Abbreviations in the Mongolian Press JPRS 57176 Oct 72 47 nn Vietnamese-English Dictionary TO I I DO 506 JPRS 58963 May 73 62 00 601 Abbreviations in the Latin American FPess JPRS 64152 602 spanish-English Saientific Mar 71 16 pp 409 I I I Guide to the Transliteration of Algerian Place Names bered Jan 72 DO Glossary of Indonesian Abbreviations and Acronyms unnumbered I Press JPRS 54371 Nov 71 121 DO o Guide to Trans lation of Middle East Press Material unnumbered Nov 74 24 DO 73 63 504 Jun 74 50 pp 403 Abbreviations in the African JPRS 58041 Jan 73 63 401 PP VC NVA TeT'l71inology Glossary NEAR EAST AND AFRICA ASIA 400 Glossary of Terms Used in the J J Vol I A-M Vol II N-Z 3d Edition US MACV Jul 71 61000 DO Chinese-English Concordance to Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung unnumbered Jun 71 167 pp 305 Simplified H andbook on Administrative Division of the People's Repuhlic of China -- 1972 JPRS Glossary of Terms Used in the North Vietnamese Press unnumbered Sep 71 93 413 Standard Chinese Telecode Book unnumbered Dec 66 I I I Feb 75 192 00 Glossary unnumbered Jan 72 332 DO 603 Illustrated List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the Gulf of Merico in Latin Spanish Rw sian and English JPRS 46741 Oct 68 46 pp I t IR ln uu Please order for me the JPRS publications I have indicated on this order blank one copy each unless otherwise specified I realize that some of these publications may be out of print and unobtainable now Name printed Organization and room number I I I I I I I I -4 September 77 - CRYPTaLOG Page 26 UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 DOCID 4009801 CONfIB N'fIAL 1 4 c Communications Analysis Association President Thomas Glenn 5973s President-E1ect David Gaddy 3247s Treasurer Timothy Murphy 3791s Secretary Jane Dunn 8025s Board members Capt J Williamson USN 398ls Earl Broglie 3573s Wayne Stoffel 3369s CU WhOm Or rather Who Who belongs to the CAA anyway What kind of people are they Where do they work and what do they do And why do they want to be members of the CAA A uick look at the membershi leaves a person with two distinct impressions First the CAA population is really dispersed throughout the Agency There are no real pockets or strongholds of members to speak of Second a significant number of the members may well view their association with CAA as a way to keep up with what's going on around the Agency ' D With this in mind your fearless CAA Board has launched out in yet another effort to meet the needs of our members a series of operational briefings in what we hope will be an informal atmosphere These briefings are designed to let CAArnembers getcurrent QI1l hether we're gaining on the target or the target is gaining on us This is all very experimental Dennis Chadwick a TA intern x4202s agreed to steer this effort for e first of this series held recentl L -_ _ _ _ _ _ -I I f you have an idea for a briefing in this series sei l ennis If you would like to talk to kindred souls not kindled soles Harvey about yOuPproblem target that is see Dennis If you want to know where and when the next bJ iefing is join the CAA members are notif ed of times and places Or find a CAA memberwho will let you read his mail UPCOMING EVENTS e pember The presentation byl j that was sCheduledfo r this month has had to be canceled A picnic It's still a gleam in ourPresident's eye at this writing but the CAAcould be having its First Annual Picnic this month October A nominating committee will be appointed to seek out the best slate o candidates for the forthcoming CAA elections at year's end No let's not call it Project DIOGENES If you want to be involved in this process either as icker or as pickee let one of the board members know U lOGO WANJEDl logo n aclippedform of logo type logotype n a distinctive company signature trademark colophon newspaper nameplate etc The CAA is looking for a logo We might even start up a contest to find one Watch for details or check with a board member o Y W S September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 27 EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 EURONFIBtJN'FIA I L 86-36 ette l to the 8ditolr P L To the Editor CRYPTOLOG 86-36 The letter froml lin your June 1977 issue responding to my letter in March was something of a surprise I anticipated some anger from quarters other than the desk linguist a term which I have never considered derogatory by the way rather one that aptly describes the very backbone of the language-reporting effort in the Agency But before I get int o the various issues raised byl I will do something I should have done in the beginning that is establish some credentials for addressing the problem I started as a desk linguist at NSA in 1963 and stayed in that job as a translator-transcriberanalyst-reporter section chief integrated analyst at three field sites branch chief and Group language coordinator until 1977 I was certified by the Language Panel in 1969 and by the Special Research Panel in 1972 Iwasa member of the I IPQECommittee from 1970 to January 1977 and chaired that committee twice I was a member of the DDO Language Advisory Committee from July 1975 until February 1977 and I am currently the intern sponsorl I Language Interns Ignorance concerning the work that the desk linguist does for the Agency Ignorance indeed I luThen--again uI may have overestimated my infamy 1 different in other cryptologic skills I know few people in the TA CA or SR field working on a particular problem who are pai at a rate higher than GG 13 As in the language field there are precious few billets beyond 13 and the competition for those promotions is fierce -- as I believe it should be A few facts o Average pay fori ranscribers who must be excellent ln thelrlanguage and possess the peripheral ski 11 s - GG 11-12 o Average pay for civilian technicians hired by U S companies working abroad -- and again they must be near-fluent -- $17 00020 000 per year exceptintIJe desert oil fields her J it is higher EO 1 4 c o Average pay for jmultaneous irtterpPe o at the UnitegNations and their language skill wguldput most of us to shame -$19 000-20 000 per year There are two points I want to make here first the average pay scales are remarkably similar to our own and secondly everybody expects the goodlingLIisttQhave the peripheral skills when they are getting that much money New subject Nei ther I nor anyone I know wants At any rate let me get to the real issue No to replace you or any other good linguist with intelligent person would argue against the idea high school graduates at grade level 2 The that turning foreign sounds or words into Engintroduction of the G G - 2 S I 1 lish is a difficult task requiring a great deal f is driven by three of knowledge that is peripheral to the skill things itself It is a well-founded rule that you must o Average grade structure which is too high have some degree of subject-matter knowledge to and must be lowered This is not a problem get those foreign sounds and words into underwe dreamed up It is real and it must be standable English you need target knowledge and solved One way to help that is to fill in a raft of other skills -- cryptanalysis TA etc the bottom of the grade structure in some cases And very often for the highly qualified desk linguist language skill is so intertwined with those other skills that it becomes indistinguishable and we have the guy or gal that I believe to be one of the most valuable resources this Agency will ever see the complete SIGINTer o Lne U II 1 wa Ll-yJ ll LU gel a c In my J 'LL r was that even after certification few people would develop so well as to get much beyond 13 a grade level t J atstarts at close to $25 000 per year And hopefully for the last time 1et me try to des troy the myth that it is any P L 86-36 EO 1 4 c September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 28 CONFIDENTIAL EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 IIsVl9bE VIA E8IlHl'f ElhldlNEb5 SIUH P L 86-36 DOCID 4009801 P L 4 c 36 CONfiDENTIAL In the meantime I I please forgive me for quite unintentionally offending you My background should help to convince you that I could not ever put linguists down without including myself u Dan Buckley M03 6 Simonoff says -he national spirit that created the Potemkin village and Gogol's Inspector General apparently lives on in the Soviet Army Writing in a recent issue of the official organ of the USSR Ministry of Defense a Soviet Army officer deplores two methods that are used to achieve snappy precision in tactical exercises involving armored personnel carriers Describing one of these methods he writes 668 t-w-o after which they dash to the combat vehicles That is how all the subsequent commands are executed Take your positions -- 222 Start your motors -- 222 Form a line of platoon columns -- 222 and even Fire a burst from the front -- 222 The question arises What advantage is to be gained from this innovation Probably just one thing we strive for precision the simultaneous beginning of command execution and especially beauty But on the other hand we lose an awful lot particularly time Because this is modern combat Under real-life conditions a single command will be issued Consequently it Recently it has become the practice at our is necessary to strive for rapid reaction to exercises especially tactical exercises to have none of the issued commands executed until precisely that command rather than to those the exercise leader or the subdivision commander ridiculous 222's has given the code number 222 For example ---------------------the company is located in the concentration The Soviet author says that these ' iarea The command is given Mount your vehidiculous 222 's will not be used in realcles But everyone continues to carry out his life combat situations But who can preprevious duties until he hears the slowly prodict that in some future engagement real nounced words T-w-o h-u-n-d-r-e-d t-w-e-n-t-y Soviet troops will not hear some other Senior Lieutenant S Latush Tactics or Parade Precision Voennyj Vestnik Military -Herald February 1977 pp 57-58 code number used to tell them Charge -Simonoff says U NEW UNSYNDICATED COMIC STRIP WILL APPEAR FROM TIME TO TIME IN CRYPTOLOG AI Balloni Editol' By A J S September 77 CRYPTOLOG Page 29 Pl-AUG 77-53-25459 CONfIDENTIAL IIM BhE VIA 681mi 61lAiiliEb5 SNbY P L 86-36 00103 4009801 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu