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gence functions and the coordination responsibilities of the individual
agencies. It left them with tactical communica-£ tions intelligence, which
can best be performed near the point of combat and not at a central
location (except for basic system solutions), and with low-echelon
communications security, which differs radically in ground, sea, and air
forces. Even in these areas A.F.S.A. backed them up. A.F.S.A. drew its
personnel from the separate departmental
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agencies, though it later hired separately, and housed itself in their
buildings.
The merits of the unified approach to cryptology quickly manifested
themselves. They warranted expanding that approach beyond the
Defense Department to all cryptologic activities of the United States
government, such as State Department cryptosystems. Accordingly,
President Harry S Truman promulgated a directive that created the