LETTER TO MR. E. L. MECHEN FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003100080083-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 83
• Publication Date: March 12, 1948
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dear ~ r.:chezr~:
xour letter oP larch ~ t;ae been referred to rue by thQ
Sec:retarg of ft~nsa iar consiu:srat3an.
X re~~?et tit this ,ec~ay ;~ no aveilable facilities to
ap~,r,ai.ya the eub~ect zuattear. the kreparation ct' cryptographic
systesus for the use: of U.~i. ge~rer-rw?~enL a~ertaies ire a funct~.oa assi~rreci,
tc~ certai.n bra;acY~ss of the varfous eaxv~xabive degartrs~xiLs. far obrric~vs
security reasons I am gables to ns~a th~x but xill Peu~rrard the a~at~rial
rece:ivsd to tha.~ for their cc~~r~id+rretl+on. I.f such g~oYerr~~aent activiti+~s
should be fuxtt:er iutereeted in the prvpased cr~rytograph,ia s~reterz. 1
shal3. be very haply to 3.nt`vrtu y:~u.
Very truly ,~c:zars,
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~i.. }~. HlL1Gx.TT~t
~:eaar ~.drairal, U
Director of Ler~ral Ir~elligence
Distribution: Note for record: This prepared by
~lSirector Advisory Council; copy of
Central Records - (with copy ~tr to tifeeehem, 1Q Mar, STA
lletter 3/10 0 an copy of Meechem ltr to S/D,
to Meechem; copy STATMS.r, on file in Adv. Council.
Meechem letter 3/5 (Ori ltr frm Meechem & copy
to S/D) of ltr received from OSD ST.
return o Adv. Council for
action on 3/16/48'
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