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EDrroRIAL )We are prooucing fewer technical reports

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Editor- in-chief . 11..- 1 (8322s)Collection . . . . . . I(8555s)Cryptanalysis . . . 1 ~ ( 4 9 1 3 2 s )Cryptolinguistics . . . 1 I( 5981s)Infonnation SCience 1 [se beautifulads on 'IV about JOOdern data systems1 Allth::>se wonderful \\lOrds in ou r plans aoout ...natwe wil l have "tcm::>rrow"1We are reminded of an old friend, no IOI3erhere in the trenches, who once said , "Therethey are in the front off ice , ta lk ing aboutrockets to the m:::on and planetary probes: andhere I am, t rying to l ight this here f i re with

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roviding adequate ~ t a i n i n g fie1dsURXlrt i s on e o f t.lr>se abstractccncepts t h a t i s d i f f i c u l t to defineam evo:!l1 roore d i f f i c u l t to-teet- aca:mplish. DIX)'s Analytic Technic a l Health Group (A'IB3) i s attempting t o:iInprcwe t h a t s i t u a t i o n am to plan for futureceJrprehensive i n i t i a t i v e s . ' !his a r t i c l e i sintended to acquaint the reader with theTechnical SUpport Catalog - cne rn::dest current:step t.c1lIIIards achieving t.lr>se goals.

(e eee) Technical SURXlrt Catalogs are r o tnew: they have been produced since t h e early1950's. Original ly , they consisted o f l i s t so f available technical documents am publicat ions available on a p a r t i c u l a r subjecte n t i t y . 'Ihey were often produced by hand,typed out fran f i l e cards maint ain ed on eachtechnical rep::>rt produced. In sane areas,producing the Technical SUpport Catalogs oftenkept on e person busy f u l l t ime. fobrerecently , Technical SURXlrt Catalogs have v i r -t u a l l y disaweared am, as a r e s u l t o f personnel cutbacks, the published. technical rep:>rtst hemse lv es h av e been reduced i n nunber andperiodici ty. '!his s i t u a t i o n was emp,asized i na ODF study o f f i e l d sURX' rt , based upon FieldVisi tat ion Team Reports for 1976 am 1977.'!he primary f i e l d ccmplaint, according to t h a tstudy, concerned the lack o f technical supportam t imely feedback by NSA. 'Ihe A'IB3, fonnedby In) t o study the problem and find solutionsto i t , sURXlrted the DDF firrlings: there hadindeed been a diminution o f the flow o f t ra d i -t ional technical support ( L e . , Technical SIGm r Reports am WJrking Aids) fran NSA, as i si l l u s t r a t e d i n the chart below (based oninformation provided by T512) .

(U) While oro cannot mag ic al ly con ju re upadd it io na l t echn ic a l support, SIGmr analyticgroups can, and must, ensure t h a t awropriatef i e l d and in-house elements -

- are provided with the l a t e s t informationto sURX'rt t h e i r missions (includingAlternate Intercept Cbverage Plan) an d- are aler ted to the a v a i l a b i l i t y o f anyinformation for ~ i c h they have a l e g i t i -mate sUPIX>rt requirement.

DIX) Technical Report Producticn1968 - 1979Year A B G W ID)1968 993 876 579 - 24481969 1215 879 265 - 23591970 914 636 274 1 18251971 691 723 204 67 16851972 602 458 181 51 12921973 459 289 100 51 8991974 591 219 125 31 9661975 54l'J 197 112 21 9001976 454 200 81 21 7561977 471 130 123 65 7891978 464 177 155 59 8551979 199 133 100 76 508

(U) On 12 April , 1978, in i t s f i r s t rep::>rtt o I D ) , the A'IB3 E!I\li1aSized the purposes o fTechnical SUpport and Feedback as a means o fimproving the effic ienc y o f the col lect ione f f o r t by -- strenJthening the IOOtivation o f f i e l dpersonnel,- increasing t h e i r target knowledge,- ilrproving t h e i r underst.aming o f Agencygoals ,- enha.ocing s k i l l s am training, am- encouraging the developnent o f a s p i r i t

o f team.lrk between s t a t i o n personnel andt he an al yt ic workforce a t NSA.One o f the A'IHG r ~ t i o n s , ~ i c h weresubsequently awroved by oro, cal led fo r thecreation o f two sub-groups, on e for feedbackam one for Technical SURXlrt Catalogs.(s ggg) 'The Feedback Sub-group cha irman,I le.l3, working with elements

o f DIX) am oor, isaddJ:"essing metbJds o fiIrproving the production byCQ:lPUters (espec i a l l y Tennina1 Sub-systems) o f q u i , c k turnarourrl information for transmission to f ields i t e s . In addit ion, i n order t o height.enmanagement awareness o f variousumaspect.sm"ft h i s data lOtI,I IworJcirtg with T131,has incorporated additicnal displays o f"Incaning/QItgoing" data , intO oor 's Q,larter lyManagement Infonnatioo Bulletin . ' !his publication provides management informatioo

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reIX'rts, i n l lune r i c and gra}i1..ic form, on therece ipt and distr ibut ion of data; it includesincaning and ou 'tgoi.rg volunes, general pat terns of feedback. to th e s i te s , an d dataexcl1aI'lgt!s with second and 'Ibird Parties.(u ) '!be Technical SUpport Catalog SUb-

group, chaired by the autl1or,. sought a generalsolution to the problElll of regular productionof Technical ~ r t Catalogs, and thanks tonuch a ss is ta nc e f ra n T5 (par t i . cJar lY Ms.I _ was ableto focus on a s:>lutl.on based upon the existin;rNSA/css Technical I:kx:.unent Collect ion. '!beresu l t , wit h s an e minor adjustments, an d withroan for potent ia l future add-ons, has beenins t i tu ted as a DJX) awroved Technical SUpportCatalog.

~ STINFO (Scient i f ic and Technical Information) is maintained by T5112, one o f theelements of the Library a t FANX. '!be materialincludes RrIl'&:E reIX'rts prepared by NSA or i t scontractors, DIX> technical SIGINT publicat ions, software acquisit ion docunents, andother relevant ~ e n c y documents. E ve ry techni ca l p ub li ca ti on s en t to TS112 i s f i ledaccordi.rg to an S-prefixed one-up nunberassigned by the STINFO i r ~ e x e r s . Prior to arecent change, Ts1l2 prepared bibliograpli.cdescriptions of each docunent using the ReIX'rtO:>cunent Page (DO Form 1473, 1 Jan 73);abstracts of the docunent ~ e included ( i fprovided by the autl1or) and ke y \>Ords \oIereselected fran the t ex t . ' Ibis procedure, as itaw l i e s to th e A'lHG ef for ts , has been changedso tha t the !XX) auth:>r or the OPC (Office ofPrimary Concern) of a given tedmical reIX'rtmust IlOlIi prepare the ID Form 1473 , a nd mustenter t he r equi red per t inen t infonnation (par-t icular ly th e abs t rac t and the ke y \oOrdentr ies)

(u ) '!be data fran these bibliograIirlcdescriptions are typed by T5 personnel on aDelta Data 7000 terminal, an d canputer tapesare created. '!bese tapes are processed onCARIILCN to add th e data to th e existin:]off- l ine date ba se. R etrie va ls of infonnationcan be made by ke y \>Ord, auth:>r, originatingorganization, reIX'rt nunber, date, etc . , anda l l these elernents make up the carponents ofthe Technical SUwort Catalog.

~ '!be Technical SUpport Catalog is IlOlIi afonnal Agency publication included (withinstructions) in the Technical SIGINT Publicat ions Mmual (USSID 200). I t contains a cx:m-pendiun and abst racts of ei ther general ortai lored technical docunents an d p..1blicationson a g iven sub ject . area. All of the materialin the Technical SUpport Catalog i s derivedfran fonnal records of se lec ted techn ica l SIGINT publications f ile d in STINFO.

(U) In order for the requisi te infonnationto be entered into STINFO, the OPC should for-ward a ccpy of each r e ~ to Ts112, alongwith the ReIX'rt tbcunentation Page (DO Form1473) '!be OPC sb:>uld ensure that the followin g blocks on the form are CXJl1Pleted:1. ReIX'rt Number,2. Tit le ,7 . Auth or (s) (...nen aFPlicable),

12 . ReIX'rt Date,13 . Number of pages,15 . securi ty Classification,lSa. Declassification/D::JwngradingSchedule,19 . Key W:>rds, an d2111. Abstract.

(U) Under current procedures, requests forinformation about reports, or the r ~ r t sthemselves, that cxme fran outside th e prcrlucHon group 'tohich produced th e r ~ r t s , IlUlSt bereceive fonnal awroval fran the group 't.hichproduced th e reports ' !berefore, requestsfran f ie ld units for a part icular TechnicalSUpport Cata log should be sent to the OPC, whowi l l in turn forward th e request to Ts112.

(u ) A variety of product ion techniques forTechnical SlJI:p:>rt Catalogs are being experimented wi.th by the A'IHG an d various IIX>/DDI'elanents , using various te rminals and TerminalSub-systems

(U ) Future upgrades of th e Technical SUp-IX'rt Catalog systElll include such IX'ssibi l i t iesas on-line bibliograIirlc sor ts , and ful l - textdocument ret r ievals for ~ subscribers withawropr ia te systElll or RJE (Rercote Jo b Entry)terminals .(U) No anotmt of sophist icated equipnentand software wil l make th e systElll ~ r k effec

t ively unless the hunans in th e system arecarmi.tted to making the system \>Ork. Nomatter ....nat fur ther developnents and changesare made to the system, those ...no produce th ereIX'rts wil l have to properly part icipate inthe program, and th:>se who need the supportwil l have to p rope rl y e xe rc is e t he system, inorder to make technical StJI:POrt a l l it can be- an accurate, rneaninJfu1, an d effect ive ceot ri bu t io n t o th e overal l SIGINl' ef for t .

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The Staitwell Societydi1have always had a deathly fear o f~ elevators . You may have seen me onoccasial , braced in the corner,hams wrapped...ro.te-knuckle1 aroundthe side r a i l s , waiting for thattwang Which 'NOuld annotmce the snapping of thecable and ,the inevi table plt.n'lge to follow.I 've often 'NOl'ldered Whether ~ cou ld avo iddestruction by junping jus t as the elevatorh i t botton, but this 'NOuld require precisionWhich I doubt I possess and anyway, everyonekI1cMs tha t in the botton o f t he e le va to r shaf ti s a giant spring Which 'NOuld bounce theelevator r igh t back a t you in mid-junp. Andeven i f you survive the drop, once the eleva

to r star"t$ bounci!'3 off the spring, 'NOuld itever stop? Imagine beir3 trapped for weeks ina 1x>Im.cing elevator 1 I t ' s en:>ugh to makeone 's pa.lIns !Neat.When I related th i s concern to anotherninth floor dweller one day, he mildly asked

why I didn ' t walk up the sta i rs . ' Ih at , un fo rtunately, crt.mched r igh t into a sec:x::>D3 of mydeathly fears - Ii'1Ysical exert ion. Bu t I hadto do sanethi.ng. '!he elevator thir3 was get t ing to me, so the next ITDrning I walkedup and nearly died. As I was lying enthe f loor next to my desk, Wheezing and gaspin g and wa iti!'3 for the srooti!'3 pains in myl e f t ann to subside and my legs to \ IDkrx) t , mymentor ~ up . ' 'You're not sUfP)sed to doit a l l a t once1" he ra i led . "'!here 's an a r tto th is . You rm.u:it \roOrk up to i t . I'll coachyou." I managed a \Neall: "'!hanks.""Ebr openers," my new cOach offered, " I ' l ll e t you in on a technique developed by one ofthe greats in the f ie ld - it's cal led th e'Blcx:m a rc ' . You take a wide turn o n eachlanding. '!his allO'NS your legs a chance torecover. Ideal for the 10!'3, distanceclimber."'!he next ITDrni!'3 I t r ied th i s technique. Ifound it to be sanewhat overrated, however,since the landings are jus t too s ror t for muchrecovery; and I diSCOll'ere1 a d i st in c t r is kwith th i s proce1ure. Q1 the fourth f loorlanding, as I was doir3 my'Blcx:m a rc ' , Iwalked righ t in to a gi r l caning down thesta i rs carryi!'3 t'NO cups o f coffee. Q1e wasnot a t a l l inpresse1 with my 'Blcx:m arc"

explanation and t reated me to sane very t.mladylike observations on my general beir3."Sorry" I mutte red , amidst Wheezes.My coach se t me s t ra igh t almost .imnedi-

ately . "Of course there are r i sks . wewouldn't do th is if there was no dange r1 Youmust learn to accept these and for your information, people Wb:> go down the sta i rs are abl igh t on our good ~ Spurn theml By theway, you'd bet ter get tha t coffee o ff yourcoat before it stains."

A few days l a te r my coach observe1 tha t IsOOuld be ready to do the eatplete climb. Ip ro te st e1 , bu t he was adamant and offere1another inside hin t . " I t ' s cal le1 the '6thf loor gambol' ," he confide1. ''You leave thestair1Nell a t the 6th f loor and go the thestaircase a t th e end o f the ha l l , where youea tp le te th e climb. Great chance for a res t .Try i t l "Apparently this i s a favori te pract ice o fmany o f the dedicated sta i. rwel l climbers. Inote1 that When I stunble1 through th e door on

the sixth f lcor , legs \roObbly and out o fbreath, people poli tely turne1 their heads,snickering soft ly as I passe1 by. But theyare carpassionate people, those sixth f loorinhabi tants . '!he card table with small cupso f gatorade locate1 near the men's roan is anice touch.After several days o f the climb, my coachapproached me, put h is ann around my shoulder,

and talking in a subdued voice said, "I 'mproud of th e progress you're making; Keep itup and you may Irake THE SOCIETY." "'!he What?"I asked. "well, I real ly srouldn ' t t e l l youabout this , but you are a serious person a n j Ithink I ca n t rus t you. we have, here in NSA,a secret organization of st.airNell climbers. IIliN:> kiddir31 " I whispere1. ''Yup. A secretsociety. Q1ly the meni:>ers know Who i s in i t .Won't see our name on the board or in thenewslet ter or any o f th at sor t of s tuff . Wedon' t \\ '8l l t an y joiners in our group. Youknc:7.r, there are folks around Who join anYthir3jus t to sa y they are in i t . 'lhink it looksgcod on the i r record, or Whatever. I , forinstance, know three guys in the b ri dge c lubWho absolutely hate the game but 'NOuldn' t qui t

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for anything. Terrible ~ , t h i s statusbusiness. We have nale o f t h at I I"Very interesting" I replied, " t u t What ' sthe sense o f being in a club if you c a n ' t t a l kabout i t ? " "A society I " my coach hissed."I1::'s not a club. I t ' s a societyl Don't make

t h a t mistake again!" "I'm sorry" I respondedre tOrsefully . "CXtr enjO}'lllent canes f ra n a ss ociation with each other and the sharing o f ours ~ l l . And once each year we even have anouting - just society members. toO family o rfriends wi t h beer and buckets o f friedchicken, or any o f th e tacky s t u f f . l a s t yearwe did th e 'feshington monunent. Great ftm.Even the tradegy o f Harry passing away on thethree hun:h"ed and for t ie th s tep coul dn 't marth e enjO}'lllent o f tha t climb. This year we arethinking about th e Empire State building,al t inJgh they are giving us f i t s . Seems l ikethey make money on t h e i r elevators and theyhate t o pass up. p:>tential revenue, but theydon ' t .knc::w what t o charge for th e s t a i r s . Nomatter, there are other giants fo r us t oa s s a i l . Think o f it - The Eiffe l 'Ibwer . "His eyes glazed Oller and h i s voice broke."Chuld I join?" I asked naively. "Absolutelynot I " He had h i s COlpOsure back. ''W e'll haveno joiners . I told you t h a t . The eldersreview a l l potent ial members. Q'lly they ca nch:lose. When your t ime canes , you I 11 krx:lw.a I t never, NEVER ask." "Gotcha." I responded,over\oihelrned by the enormity o f it a l L

"You've got t o learn t o climb with pain" mycoacli offered a few weeks l a t e r , When I mentioned tha t my knees were bulging. "legcramps are carm:n in t h i s business and must b eignored. Likewise for ann pains. We doreccmnend, lnvever, tha t if you e x p e r i e ~massive ch est pains, you stop for aWrile.There are climber aid stat ions on the oddnunbered f lo or s f or emergencies, but a dedicated cLiJ11ber scorns such embell ishments. Infact , one of the past greats was str ickenearly in h i s climb, but he made it to theninth floor before collapsing. A heroice f f o r t . Really fantastic . We are thinking ofgiving an annual a ~ i n h i s 1llE!lOry." "Gosh,"I uttered, "What guts I ""And there i s th e matter o f dress," mycoach ccntinued. ''You need c limbing shoes ifyou are rea l ly serious about t h i s . And looseclothing. Need t o l e t th e body nnve freely

for mapmum e f f o r t . " I took t h i s t o heart ,got s ane doubl e- so led tennis shoes, and b a r -ra.red a .suit fran my neighbor, who i s threesizes larg er than I am. The climb went a l lr ight the next day, b u t I got awfully t i r e d o fthe caust ic ccmnents about my a t t i r e , so Iopted against "prcper dress," even if it i sp a r t o f the program.

"You might be interested t o knaN t h a t th e

seniors i n th e Stairwell jociety," my coach offered oneday, "are able to take the s t a i r stw::> a t a time. " " I ' l l nevera ch ie ve e xe cu ti ve status ," I repl ied."Don't despair," my coach resporded. ."scme o f tb:Jee people have spent yearst raining t o achieve t h e i r status . You I res t i l l a l'1OII'ice. Give it time. Dedicated p e 0 -ple, the Stairwell executives. There i s evena story," he ccnfi ded, as he nnved closer andlowered h i s voice, "of one person in t h i sbuilding who can take th e s t a i r s 'IHREE a t atime, and do the ...nole climb b::>1din:J h i sbreathl" "Fantastic" I replied, with true awe.''M1o is he? " "Don' t krx::IW. Don't even krx::IWanyone who has seen him. I t ' s very t i g h t l yheld." ''W::MI'' I responded, feeling very ' i n ' .

One day I approached my coach wi.t h what If e l t was a very signif icant observation. "Didyou knc:M," I asked, "that th er e a re tw::> lesss t a i r s p er f li gh t in the end well than in thecenter?" ' 'Yeah,'' my coach replied, " " i t ' s wellkrn..n within th e society. True climbers avoidt h e end staircase a t a l l costs. World classi s th e cen te r we ll ." "But does t h a t mean thatth e building sags?" I aSked increduloosly."Of course. 'Il1at i s t h e end o f th e buildin:J\lktich S lg )Or t s the Dir ec to r' s o ff ic e. Heavydecisions and a l l t h a t . " "I understand ful ly,"I replied sagely.

I am D::1tI a devoted climber. I shtm theelevators, avoid th e back stairwell , am a mast e r o f the 'Sloan arc I , have OIIercx:me th e 6thfloor gambol, and look with scorn on those whogo down the s t a i r s . My coach thinks I may bewelccmed into t he s oc ie ty i n th e near futureand he talks with pride about h i s contribut ions to my advancement. Q'le 'NOuld never haveexpected t h a t a simple fear could lead toawhole new way of l i f e . And th e other day. aIlOSt amazing thing happened. As I was climbing, I heard a Whoosing noise behind me, andWhen I turned t o look, a figure passed me t a k -in g t h e s t a i r s three a t a time. I could notident ify him, but h i s face was very red andi t ' s possible, j u s t possible, t h a t he wasb::>1din:J h i s breath 1

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