CRYSTOLOGIST'S REWARD

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120042-8
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RIPPUB
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K
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1
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November 17, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 18, 1999
Sequence Number: 
42
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Publication Date: 
March 3, 1966
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NSPR
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NEW YORK UuNN Approved For Release 200 / 9 de-0075=00001 MAR 3 1966 FOIAb3b 7 CPYRGHT 1 technical and. teclinological ptoblemefn Whatever it was he did, he apparently did -it quite well. And so they gave Frank Byron Rowlett the National- Security Medal for his work in cryptology for the super- secret National Security Agency, the primary intelligence unit of the Defense Department. While Lyndon Johnson looked on at the White House ceremony, Central Intelli- gence Agency director William F. Raborn cited Rowlett Jn undetailed supersecret generalities: 'He.has advanced. >.the frontiers in thiscrucial field by applying hie remark= Approved for Release, 2000/08/26 : CIA-RDP75. 0000'1-R0001,Q0120042.