EARL STONE

DOCID: 3575729UNCLASSIFIED/lt-OR OFfiCiAL U$E: C~~L YCryptologic Almanac 5Qth Anniversary SeriesRear Admiral Earl Everett Stone:A Convert to Cryptologic Centralization(U) Rear Admiral Earl Everett Stone, USN, was the first director of the Armed ForcesSecurity Agency (AFSA), the immediate predecessor organization of the National SecurityAgency (NSA). An ardent opponent of the unification concept, Stone found himselfcharged with making AFSA a reality. He attacked the problem with the zeal of a con...