DOC D 1-4oo B37 lDWOO GJ lW UUlWV 13UlW l li 1iI13 ilI 13 f IiI ilW u ilWI WGJUVWta1 OCT 1981 P L 86-36 86-36 EXXH I-1IC INl'EILIGErCE Prol lerns azXi Prospects U ooooooooooooooooo Derek K Craig Ta HNICAL SUPPORT CATAI 3 U oooooooooooooooo NSA R STIC THE ---- ---- Ioooooooo 6 NO 35 U ooooooooooooooooooooooooooDa vid H S SCX IE'l'Y' U oooooooooooooooooooooo 1 ooooo 1 Wi11iarns ooooooooooo 9 ----11 11 'fillS BOEURlfMBN'f EURON INS eOBB V9RB MA'I'BRIAL Ch'ISSfPlEb S J ReYiB# at M8A1aJStJ 123-2 18 OcL 2811 Declassified and Approved for Release by NSA on '10-'1 2- 20'1 2 pursuant to E O '135 26 vl DR Case # 54778 UNCLASSIFIED EDrroRIAL L Published by P1 Techniques and Standards for the Personnel of Operations We are prooucing fewer technical reports than we used to The for wee like statistics are given b y m his article on Technical Supfort catalogs beginning on page 8 nunber' VOL VIII lib 113 OCIOBER 1981 PUBLISHER OOARD OF EDITORS Editor-in-chief ooo oo 11 - 1 8322s Collection oo o oo ooooo I 8555s Cryptanalysis ooooo oo oo 1 49132s Cryptolinguistics o o Infonnation SCience oo 1 1 I 5981s 3e34s Language oooooooo o oo oo ooo David Cox a161s Machine SUpport 1 I Mathematics o oooooo t 518s SI384s Puzz1es ooo ooooooooo David H Williams 1133s Special Research oo oooooo Vera R Filby i 19s Traffic Ana1ysis ooooooooooo Don Taurone 3 73s For individual subscriptions send name and organizational designator We can remember when there were t ists in each analytic shop Whose job i t s to pr0duce the technical reports the Weekly or tohnthly Technical Notes and Technical SU port Letters and various other largely extinct or endangered species of technical documentation But such peq le are rare these days The only typists work in the front offices and since the 'front office' work tends to have a higher priority they don't often have very much time for typing a lot of technical reports Now' and then one finds an analyst who feels so stroI 3ly that sane technical reporting oUlJht to be done that he will try to type it out himself if he can find a decent typewriter Have you ever seen two or three pe0ple fighting over a typewriter Anyone who has begtm to see W1at can be done in the analytic field with tools like a desk-side tenninal CDllllected with a TSS and PIATFORM can only wonder why we haven't yet provided the analyst with the tools to PrOOuce decent technical reports All th se beautiful ads on 'IV about JOOdern data systems 1 All th se wonderful lOrds in our plans aoout nat we will have tcm rrow 1 We are reminded of an old friend no IOI 3er here in the trenches who once said There they are in the front office talking about rockets to the m on and planetary probes and here I am trying to light this here fire with this piece of flint 1 to CRYPI'OLOO P1 Tb submit articles or letters via PIATFORM address to cryptolg at bar1c135 W E S note no '0' in 'log' P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 DOCID 4009837 SECRET SPOKE ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE Problems and Prospects u It I 86-36 Oct 81 CRYPlUI X3 Page 1 SECRET SPOKE EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 - DOCID 4009837 EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 SRCRR'f SPOKe Oct 81 CRYPIDlOO Page 2 SBCRE'F SPOKE DOCID 4009837 SECRE'f SPOICE OCt 81 EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 CRYPl'OI OG Page 3 SECRB'f SPOKB Docro to 1 4 4009837 P L SHCRHtf SPOICH Oct 81 CRYPI'Orro Page 4 REGRET SPOKE ei 86-36 DOCID 4009837 EO 1 4 e F L 86-36 SEeRE OCt 81 SPOKE CRYPI'OJ OO Page 5 SECRET 8POK'g DOCID 4009837 UNCLASSIFIED IfSA-Croslie No 35 by DHW Oct CRYPTOLOG Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 UNCLASSIFIED 86 36 Oct Page 7 UNCLASSIFIED DOCID 4009837 SECREq ' TECHNICAL SUPPORT CATALOGS by 1 ---_ u taining o e eee Technical SURXlrt Catalogs are rot new they have been produced since the early 1950's Originally they consisted of lists of available technical documents am publications available on a particular subject entity 'Ihey were often produced by hand typed out fran file cards maintained on each technical rep rt produced In sane areas producing the Technical SUpport Catalogs often kept one person busy full time fobre recently Technical SURXlrt Catalogs have virtually disaweared am as a result of personnel cutbacks the published technical rep rts themselves have been reduced in nunber and periodicity ' his situation was emp asized in a ODF study of field sURX'rt based upon Field Visitation Team Reports for 1976 am 1977 ' he primary field ccmplaint according to that study concerned the lack of technical support am timely feedback by NSA 'Ihe A'IB3 fonned by In to study the problem and find solutions to it sURXlrted the DDF firrlings there had indeed been a diminution of the flow of traditional technical support Le Technical SIGmr Reports am WJrking Aids fran NSA as is illustrated in the chart below based on information provided by T512 oro cannot magically conjure up additional technical support SIGmr analytic groups can and must ensure that awropriate field and in-house elements - are provided with the latest information to sURX'rt their missions including Alternate Intercept Cbverage Plan and - are alerted to the availability of any information for ich they have a legitimate sUPIX rt requirement OCt 81 P L 86-36 P L 86-36 DIX Technical Report Producticn 1968 - 1979 roviding adequate fie1d sURXlrt is one of t lr se abstract ccncepts that is difficult to define am evo l1 roore difficult to -teet- aca mplish DIX 's Analytic Technical Health Group A'IB3 is attempting to iInprcwe that situation am to plan for future ceJrprehensive initiatives ' his article is intended to acquaint the reader with the Technical SUpport Catalog - cne rn dest current step t c1lIIIards achieving t lr se goals U While __-- Year A B G 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 993 1215 914 691 602 459 591 54l'J 454 471 464 199 876 879 636 723 458 289 219 197 200 130 177 133 579 265 274 204 181 100 125 112 81 123 155 100 ID W - 1 67 51 51 31 21 21 65 59 76 2448 2359 1825 1685 1292 899 966 900 756 789 855 508 U On 12 April 1978 in its first rep rt to ID the A'IB3 E I li1aSized the purposes of Technical SUpport and Feedback as a means of improving the efficiency of the collection effort by - strenJthening the IOOtivation of field personnel - increasing their target knowledge - ilrproving their underst aming of Agency goals - enha ocing skills am training am - encouraging the developnent of a spirit of team lrk between station personnel and the analytic workforce at NSA One of the A'IHG r tions ich were subsequently awroved by oro called for the creation of two sub-groups one for feedback am one for Technical SURXlrt Catalogs I s ggg 'The Feedback Sub-group chairman le l3 working with elements of DIX am oor isaddJ essing metbJds of iIrproving the production byCQ lPUters especially Tennina1 Sub-systems ofqui ck turnarourrl information for transmission to field sites In addition in order to height en management awareness of variousumaspect sm f this data lOtI I IworJcirtg with T131 has incorporated additicnal displays of Incaning QItgoing data intO oor's Q larterly Management Infonnatioo Bulletin ' his publication provides management informatioo CRYPI'OI DG 8ECRE'f' Page 8 EO 1 4 c P L 86-36 -TOP SECRBT UAfBBA- Oct 81 - ------- CRyPTOT 1 Page 9 DOCID M T r' l J 4009837 nc 'JC UU-- JU eONFIDBNTIAl reIX'rts inlluneric and gra i1 ic form on the receipt and distribution of data it includes incaning and ou'tgoi rg volunes general patterns of feedback to the sites and data excl1aI'lgt s with second and 'Ibird Parties u ' be Technical SUpport Catalog SUb- group chaired by the autl1or sought a general solution to the problElll of regular production of Technical rt Catalogs and thanks to assistance fran T5 parti cJarlY Ms was able to focus on a s lutl on based upon the existin r NSA css Technical I kx unent Collection ' be result with sane minor adjustments and with roan for potential future add-ons has been instituted as a DJX awroved Technical SUpport Catalog nuch I _ STINFO Scientific and Technical Information is maintained by T5112 one of the elements of the Library at FANX ' be material includes RrIl' E reIX'rts prepared by NSA or its contractors DIX technical SIGINT publications software acquisition docunents and other relevant ency documents Every technical publication sent to TS112 is filed accordi rg to an S-prefixed one-up nunber assigned by the STINFO ir exers Prior to a recent change Ts1l2 prepared bibliograpli c descriptions of each docunent using the ReIX'rt O cunent Page DO Form 1473 1 Jan 73 abstracts of the docunent e included if provided by the autl1or and key Ords oIere selected fran the text 'Ibis procedure as it awlies to the A'lHG efforts has been changed so that the XX auth r or the OPC Office of Primary Concern of a given tedmical reIX'rt must IlOlIi prepare the ID Form 1473 and must enter the required pertinent infonnation particularly the abstract and the key oOrd entries o u ' be data fran these bibliograIirlc descriptions are typed by T5 personnel on a Delta Data 7000 terminal and canputer tapes are created ' bese tapes are processed on CARIILCN to add the data to the existin off-line date base Retrievals of infonnation can be made by key Ord auth r originating organization reIX'rt nunber date etc and all these elernents make up the carponents of the Technical SUwort Catalog ' be Technical SUpport Catalog is IlOlIi a fonnal Agency publication included with instructions in the Technical SIGINT Publications Mmual USSID 200 It contains a cx mpendiun and abstracts of either general or tailored technical docunents and p 1blications on a given subject area All of the material in the Technical SUpport Catalog is derived fran fonnal records of selected technical SIGINT publications filed in STINFO Oct 81 U In order for the requisite infonnation to be entered into STINFO the OPC should forward a ccpy of each re to Ts112 along with the ReIX'rt tbcunentation Page DO Form 1473 o ' be OPC sb uld ensure that the following blocks on the form are CXJl1Pleted 1 ReIX'rt Number 2 Title 7 Author s nen aFPlicable 12 ReIX'rt Date 13 Number of pages 15 security Classification lSa Declassification D Jwngrading EO 1 4 c Schedule E L 86-36 19 Key W rds and 2111 Abstract U Under current procedures requests for information about reports or the r rts themselves that cxme fran outside the prcrlucHon group 'tohich produced the r rts IlUlSt be receive fonnal awroval fran the group 't hich produced the reports ' berefore requests fran field units for a particular Technical SUpport Catalog should be sent to the OPC who will in turn forward the request to Ts112 u A variety of production techniques for Technical SlJI p rt Catalogs are being experimented wi th by the A'IHG and various IIX DDI' elanents using various terminals and Terminal Sub-systems o U Future upgrades of the Technical SUpIX'rt Catalog systElll include such IX'ssibilities as on-line bibliograIirlc sorts and full-text document retrievals for subscribers with awropriate systElll or RJE Rercote Job Entry terminals U No anotmt of sophisticated equipnent and software will make the systElll rk effectively unless the hunans in the system are carmi tted to making the system Ork No matter nat further developnents and changes are made to the system those no produce the reIX'rts will have to properly participate in the program and th se who need the support will have to properly exercise the system in order to make technical StJI POrt all it can be - an accurate rneaninJfu1 and effective ceotribution to the overall SIGINl' effort CRYProI OG Page 10 CONFIDBN IAL IIhflBbB 1A 8SMH1T 81h1tlH1BI B SUbY DOCID 4009837 UNCLASSIFIED P L 86-36 The Staitwell Society diEUR1 have always had a deathly fear of elevators You may have seen me on occasial braced in the corner hams wrapped ro te-knuckle1 around the side rails waiting for that twang Which 'NOuld annotmce the snapping of the cable and the inevitable plt n'lge to follow I've often 'NOl'ldered Whether could avoid destruction by junping just as the elevator hit botton but this 'NOuld require precision Which I doubt I possess and anyway everyone kI1cMs that in the botton of the elevator shaft is a giant spring Which 'NOuld bounce the elevator right back at you in mid-junp And even if you survive the drop once the elevator star t$ bounci ' 3 off the spring 'NOuld it ever stop Imagine beir 3 trapped for weeks in a 1x Im cing elevator 1 It's en ugh to make one's pa lIns Neat When I related this concern to another ninth floor dweller one day he mildly asked why I didn't walk up the stairs 'Ihat unfortunately crt mched right into a sec x D3 of my deathly fears - Ii'1Ysical exertion But I had to do sanethi ng ' he elevator thir 3 was getting to me so the next ITDrning I walked up o o o and nearly died As I was lying en the floor next to my desk Wheezing and gasping and waiti ' 3 for the srooti ' 3 pains in my left ann to subside and my legs to IDkrx t my mentor up ''You're not sUfP sed to do it all at once1 he railed ' here's an art to this You rm u it roOrk up to it I'll coach you I managed a Neall ' hanks Ebr openers my new cOach offered I'll let you in on a technique developed by one of the greats in the field - it's called the 'Blcx m arc' You take a wide turn on each landing ' his allO'NS your legs a chance to recover Ideal for the 10 ' 3 distance climber ' he next ITDrni ' 3 I tried this technique I found it to be sanewhat overrated however since the landings are just too srort for much recovery and I diSCOll'ere1 a distinct risk with this proce1ure Q1 the fourth floor landing as I was doir 3 my' Blcx m arc' I walked right into a girl caning down the stairs carryi ' 3 t'NO cups of coffee Q1e was not at all inpresse1 with my 'Blcx m arc Oct 81 explanation and treated me to sane very t mladylike observations on my general beir 3 Sorry I muttered amidst Wheezes My coach set me straight almost imnediately Of course there are risks we wouldn't do this if there was no danger 1 You must learn to accept these and for your information people Wb go down the stairs are a blight on our good Spurn theml By the way you'd better get that coffee off your coat before it stains A few days later my coach observe1 that I sOOuld be ready to do the eatplete climb I proteste1 but he was adamant and offere1 another inside hint It's calle1 the '6th floor gambol' he confide1 ''You leave the stair1Nell at the 6th floor and go the the staircase at the end of the hall where you eatplete the climb Great chance for a rest Try itl Apparently this is a favorite practice of many of the dedicated stai rwell climbers I note1 that When I stunble1 through the door on the sixth flcor legs roObbly and out of breath people politely turne1 their heads snickering softly as I passe1 by But they are carpassionate people those sixth floor inhabitants ' he card table with small cups of gatorade locate1 near the men's roan is a nice touch After several days of the climb my coach approached me put his ann around my shoulder and talking in a subdued voice said I'm proud of the progress you're making Keep it up and you may Irake THE SOCIETY ' he What I asked well I really srouldn't tell you about this but you are a serious person anj I think I can trust you we have here in NSA a secret organization of st airNell climbers II liN kiddir 31 I whispere1 ''Yup A secret society Q1ly the meni ers know Who is in it Won't see our name on the board or in the newsletter or any of that sort of stuff We don't '8llt any joiners in our group You knc 7 r there are folks around Who join anYthir 3 just to say they are in it 'lhink it looks gcod on their record or Whatever I for instance know three guys in the bridge club Who absolutely hate the game but 'NOuldn' t quit CRYPIUIOO Page 11 UNCLASSIFIED DOCID 4009837 UNCLASSIFIED for anything Terrible business We have nale of that I I this status Very interesting I replied tut What 's the sense of being in a club i f you can't talk about it A society I my coach hissed I1 's not a club It's a societyl Don't make that mistake again I'm sorry I responded retOrsefully CXtr enjO 'lllent canes fran association with each other and the sharing of our s ll And once each year we even have an outing - just society members toO family or friends wi th beer and buckets of fried chicken or any of the tacky stuff last year we did the 'feshington monunent Great ftm Even the tradegy of Harry passing away on the three hun h ed and fortieth step couldn't mar the enjO 'lllent of that climb This year we are thinking about the Empire State building altinJgh they are giving us fits Seems like they make money on their elevators and they hate to pass up p tential revenue but they don't knc w what to charge for the stairs No matter there are other giants for us to assail Think of it - The Eiffel 'Ibwer oo o His eyes glazed Oller and his voice broke Chuld I join I asked naively Absolutely not I He had his COlpOsure back ''We'll have no joiners I told you that The elders review all potential members Q'lly they can ch lose When your time canes you I 11 krx lw aIt never NEVER ask Gotcha I responded over oihelrned by the enormity of it alL You've got to learn to climb with pain my coacli offered a few weeks later When I mentioned that my knees were bulging leg cramps are carm n in this business and must be ignored Likewise for ann pains We do reccmnend lnvever that if you experie massive chest pains you stop for aWrile There are climber aid stations on the oddnunbered floors for emergencies but a dedicated cLiJ11ber scorns such embellishments In fact one of the past greats was stricken early in his climb but he made it to the ninth floor before collapsing A heroic effort Really fantastic We are thinking of giving an annual a in his 1llE lOry Gosh I uttered What guts I One day I approached my coach wi th what I felt was a very significant observation Did you knc M I asked that there are tw less stairs per flight in the end well than in the center ''Yeah '' my coach replied it's well krn n within the society True climbers avoid the end staircase at all costs World class is the center well But does that mean that the building sags I aSked increduloosly Of course 'Il1at is the end of the buildin J lktich Slg Orts the Director's office Heavy decisions and all that I understand fully I replied sagely I am D 1tI a devoted climber I shtm the elevators avoid the back stairwell am a master of the 'Sloan arc I have OIIercx me the 6th floor gambol and look with scorn on those who go down the stairs My coach thinks I may be welccmed into the society in the near future and he talks with pride about his contributions to my advancement Q'le 'NOuld never have expected that a simple fear could lead t o a whole new way of life And the other day a IlOSt amazing thing happened As I was climbing I heard a Whoosing noise behind me and When I turned to look a figure passed me taking the stairs three at a time I could not identify him but his face was very red and it's possible just possible that he was b 1din J his breath 1 And there is the matter of dress my coach ccntinued ''You need climbing shoes if you are really serious about this And loose clothing Need to let the body nnve freely for mapmum effort I took this to heart got sane double-soled tennis shoes and barra red a suit fran my neighbor who is three sizes larger than I am The climb went all right the next day but I got awfully tired of the caustic ccmnents about my attire so I opted against prcper dress even if it is part of the program You might be interested to knaN that the Oct 81 CRYPl'OIDG Page 12 PI-OCT BI-SJ-IC702 j seniors in the Stairwell Society my coach offered one day are able to take the stairs tw at a time I'll never achieve executive status I replied Don't despair my coach resporded scme of tb Jee people have spent years training to achieve their status You I re still a l'1OII'ice Give it time Dedicated pe0ple the Stairwell executives There is even a story he ccnfided as he nnved closer and lowered his voice of one person in this building who can take the stairs 'IHREE at a time and do the nole climb b 1din J his breathl Fantastic I replied with true awe ''M1o is he Don't krx IW Don't even krx IW anyone who has seen him It's very tightly held ''W MI'' I responded feeling very 'in' UNCLASSIFIED DDC r D m Otr9 831 D r 1 -_ _---L_ _ 'fIllS BOCHPfIEN'f CON'f2 INS COBEnTORB if M2 o HRl2 b 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