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USOIB: 5.4/17 

2 November 1954 

a Ctif IBEiN'f'UEi 

MEMORANDUM FOR TEE MEMI3ERB CF USOIB: 

Subject: Handling of crn:mT materia1 within the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense. 

The enclosure, containing information with respect to the handling 

and addressing of CCMINT material to the office of the Secretary of 

Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is circulated for information. 

Enclosure 

a/s. 

USCIB: 5.4/17 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 01-23-2015 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 

COHt=lfJENFIAL 

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 

OCT 26 1954 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE EXECUTIVE SECBETARY, USCIB 

SUBJECT: Handling of CCl-iINT Material Within the Qf'i'ice of the 

Secretary of Defense 

1. The f'ollowing inf'ormation is provided in response to your 

recent telephoned request for a statement on the handling of CCMINT 

material within, and the addressing of OOMINT material to, the 

Office of ~~ Secret~ of Dei'ense and the Joint Chief's of Staff': - - .._ r .. 

a. The Of.'f'ice of the Secretary of' Defense is in the 

final stages of preparing official instructions f'or maintaining the security of communications intelligence within OSD 

and the JCS. A complete copy of these instructions will be 

filed with you upon publication. 

b. In the interim, the Chairman of the JCS has designated 

a "Special Security Officer (SSO)" for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

At my request this officer also acts as the Special Security 

Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Included 

among the duties and responsibilities of the sso are: 

(1) Supervision and implementation of all security 

measures prescribed by CSD for the internal handling, 

transmission, and exchange of C(l{[NT; and 

(2) Administration of reception of all mail marked on 

the iilner envelope "TO BE OPENED BY SSO ONLY." 

c. It is therefore requested that all COMINT material or 

material about Cc.MINT which requires handling within COMINT 

channels and which is addressed to any individual or component 

of OSD or the JCS be forwarded via the SSO, JCS. It is recommended that the envelope containing such material be conspicuously 

marked, either "TO BE OPENED ONLY BY THE SSO, JCS" or "TO BE 

OPENED BY PEBS ON.ALLY," whichever is deemed 

appropriate. In the latter case, of course, the name of a 

person in OOD or JCS known to be authorized to receive CCMINT 

material, or the title of such a person, will be inserted in 

place of the blank. 

Enclosure with USCIB 5~4/17 dtd 2 Nov 54. 

CQN(;JQENTIAL 

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d. It should be noted that CCMmT will be disseminated 

within CSD only as authorized by the Assistant to the Secretary 

0£ Defense, Special Operations, or the Chairman, Joint Chiefs 

0£ Staff 1 as appropriate 1 in accordance with the "need-to-know'' 

principle and to properly indoctrinated individuals. 

2. I£ you consider it appropriate, the above information may 

be circulated to the USCIB member departments and agencies. 

GO.\'•,.•'BE1\'11A.L 

(Signed) 

G. B. ERSKINE 

General USMC (Ret) 

Assistant to the 

Secretary 0£ De£ense 

(Special Operations)