# The National Security Agency's Beale files

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# The National Security Agency's Beale files

Documentmixed (agency records; the press clippings and private papers keep their own copyright)Beale Cypher Association 'Historical and Analytical Studies', 7 March 1970 and 15 April 1972

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/Declassification-Transparency-Initiatives/Historical-Releases/Beale-Papers/).

The record of the twentieth-century professional effort. Most items are clippings, newsletters and papers by people outside the agency, so the set is not a US government work as a whole and no file is imported.

National Security Agency, 1970. mixed (agency records; the press clippings and private papers keep their own copyright)

## Copies 5

**Document** National Security Agency · nsa.gov · 2021-07-15 · mixed (agency records; the press clippings and private papers keep their own copyright)Primary source: [The Beale Papers (declassified document release)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HRSY1FWE/the-beale-papers-declassified-document-release)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/Declassification-Transparency-Initiatives/Historical-Releases/Beale-Papers/)

**Document** media.defense.gov · 1970-03-07Primary source: [Historical and Analytical Studies in Relation to the Beale Cypers, dated 7 March 1970](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HT8T0K00/historical-and-analytical-studies-in-relation-to-the-beale)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/15/2002763568/-1/-1/0/DOC656725.PDF)

**Document** media.defense.gov · 1972-04-15Primary source: [Historical and Analytical Studies in Relation to the Beale Cypers, dated 15 April 1972](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HTGM7WT6/historical-and-analytical-studies-in-relation-to-the-beale)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/15/2002763571/-1/-1/0/DOC656726.PDF)

**Document** media.defense.govPrimary source: [Signature simulation and certain cryptographic codes](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HV083HNE/signature-simulation-and-certain-cryptographic-codes)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/15/2002763573/-1/-1/0/DOC656733.PDF)

**Document** media.defense.govPrimary source: [Beale Treasure - Fact or Fiction](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HTRE1VAD/beale-treasure-fact-or-fiction)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/15/2002763566/-1/-1/0/DOC656724.PDF)

## Sources 1

- [The Beale Papers (declassified document release)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CR7HRSY1FWE/the-beale-papers-declassified-document-release)_SRC_

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Beale Cypher Association 'Historical and Analytical Studies', 7 March 1970 and 15 April 1972; released 15 July 2021 as fifteen or more PDFs

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