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UNITED STATES CRYPTOLOGIC HISTORY 
American Cryptology during the 
Cold War, 1945-1989 
Book I: The Struggle for Centralization 1945-1960 
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UNITED STATES CRYPTOLOGIC HISTORY 
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American Cryptology during the 
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Book I: The Struggle for Centralization,\1945-1960 
'Thomas R. Johnson 
CENTER FOR CRYPTOLOGIC HISTORY 
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Doc ID: 6764276 : Doc Ref ID: A523664 POMSLERER ERA Table of Contents Page Foreword 1.0.0... ccc cece cece eee beeen cee e eee eeeleeneeeueepanenneeeees xi Preface Lee ce nee eee ee ee eee e eee eee eee ee ee eee ee sete eben ebeceeseeeenees xiii Acknowledgements ......... 0. ccc cee eee ee cee eee cen eee nenenees xv BOOK I: THE STRUGGLE FOR CENTRALIZATION, 1945-1960. Chapter 1: Cryptologic Triumph and Reorganization, 1941-1949 World War II and the Intelligence Revolution ............. 0... ceeeueueeeeee The Way COMINT Was Organized at the End ofthe War ........ obec seeeeeaes The CJO Chapter…

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Doc ID: 6764276 Doc Ref ID: A523664 POMSECRE MRR _Chapter 4: The Soviet Problem The Barly Days... 0... ce cect een ee teen net e eee neeeeenes 157 The Advent of BOURBON ...............ccee ee eee ee ees eee eee eee 158 VENONA 2... cece eee eee tee ee ee ee eee been eee eens 160 “Black Friday” ........... 0.00 cc ecceeeceeee occ e tne eee e eee eaes 168 ASA and AFSA Turn to Radioprinter ...........0.00. 0.0.00 c eee eee 169 The Soviet Strategic Threat ......... 2... ccc ccc cece eee eee e ee te eee tenes 170 Howlt Began .................4. ‘ace cece eee e cee ceeeeereueeenes 171 The American Re…

Doc ID: 6764276 Doc Ref ID: A523664 The Reorganization .................005. lene e nee eee ee ee ec eseees The Move .......... 0c ccc ccc cee tee ee eee eee e nee ene e eben eens Chapter 7: The Eisenhower Reforms The Post-crisis Centralization of the SIGINT SyStOEM ..... eee eee eee eee Criticomm ..............200 eee ee beens beeen cnet eee n ee enes The Baker Panel ............ ccc eee een t eben ete e ee eee ees The Reuben Robertson Report ...................0.. Leeks cece ees The marriage of ELINTand NSA .......:.... cece cece eee eee n eens _ The Kirkpatrick Committee .......... 0... c c…

Doc ID: 6764276 Doc Ref ID: A523664 : POMaReRE PSE The Berlin Wall... 0... cece ccc cc cece eect e ett e ene eneeeees 319 The Buildup to Crisis .......... 0... cece cece eee eee teen eens 320 The SIGINT Contribution ..........0..0 ccc cc eee ees been twee neeee 323 The Crisis 2.0... .. ccc ccc cece eee e ence ene eenees Levee eeeeeenens 324 The Aftermath 2.0.0.0... 0... ccc ccc cc cece eee e eee n nee beeeee 330 Chapter 9: The Post-Cuban Missile Crisis Reforms The Dilemma of Centralization ............. ccc cece cece een ees 338 ANew Director 2.0.0... cc ccc ccc ccc cece eee een ene ennnenes 3…