WASHINGTON AREA KY-3 NETWORK PROPOSAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05779A000100040005-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: REPORT

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WASHINGTON AREA KY-3 NETWORK PROPOSAL
1. OBJECTIVES
One objective of this paper is to establish a coordinated
requirement for a single wide-band KY-3 U.S. Government secure voice
automatic switching system in the Washington area. A second objective
is.to establish a coordinated requirement for NSA to develop a means
for permitting the easy transfer of a single KY-3 instrument from one
KY-3 crypto net to another. A third objective is to establish a
coordinated sequence of. actions to activate such a KY-3 capability
concurrently among all Government agencies in the Washington area.
Hopefully this will occur in the 30 day to 18 month mid-range period.
2. CONCEPT
-This automatic switching system will be furnished, managed and
maintained by a commerical telephone company. Each subscriber will
be connected to the nearest switchboard.
The concept to accomplish these objectives is to provide each
.key official or,selected subscriber with only one KY-3 unit. Each KY-3
subscriber will have the capability of being connected through an
automatic switching system to any other KY-3 subscriber in the area.
These KY-3 subscribers will be divided into separate crypto nets such.
as the Presidential net, the DOD senior officer's residence net, the
DIA net, etc.. by the issuance of separate cipher key materials unique
to each net. One subscriber with one KY-3 terminal will have the
capability of entering more than one crypto net. The automatic
switching systems will consist of interconnected wide band circuits
terminating in several switchboards throughout the Washington area.
The only novel feature of the proposed automatic switching
system is that it represents a U.S. Government coordinated single
system designed to accommodate and permit the interconnection of all
KY-3 users in the Washington area. The concept involved is compatible
with the. military VOCOM and related planning outside of the Washington
The novel feature of the proposed KY-3 crypto netting is the.
requirement for using a single KY-3 unit in several crypto nets. This,.
if'accomplished, will reduce KY-3 equipment requirements and will extend
by a large measure the flexibility of the capability of equipment.
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4. ACTION REQUIRED
Upon agreement of the above concept by the NSC Sub-committee
for communications a number of sequential as well as individual actions
by each Government agency will be necessary in order to meet the
mid-range planning schedule. These suggested actions are
attached (Attachment I). Also attached is a conceptual chart showing
the proposed system (Attachment II).
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