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INT #0001 

10 January 1955 

'l!QP SEGB!Ji Y.S. l!if.l!i6 OMf,Y 

MEiIDRANDUM FOR THE EXECtJrIVE SECRETARY. lBCIB 

Subject: 

Reference: 

Progress Report for Period 15 June 1954 to 

1 January 1955 

lBCIB 5/460 dated .30 July 195.3 

This report is in two parts. Part I summarizes the principal 

actions of the Intelligence Conmdttee from 15 June 1954 to 1 January 

1955. Part II is a status report relative to assigned items that 

have not been completed. 

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USCIBINTCCM PROORESS BEPORT 

PAET I 

10 January 1955 

A brief summary of major items the USCIB Intelligence Committee has 

completed and forwarded since 15 June 1954 follows: 

1. kssignment of CQMINT to Categories III, II and I. 

The Intelligence Committee unanimously agreed on the assignment of 

cryptosystems and classes of COMINT to categories in consonance with criteria 

provided in paragraphs 9 and 10 of Appendix B and further delineated. in 

Annexure Bl. Recommendations were forwarded to the Executive Secretary on 

27 August 1954. 

2. USCIB Master Requirements Li§t. 

Five recommended changes to this list were forwarded to the Executive 

Secretary on 15 October 1954. 

3. Report by the Director, NSA, on the Eyent to Which US CQMINT 

Resources CFIJ'l B~ Applied Effectively to Fu1fill the ReqH.,j.reinents 

0£ the USCIB Master ~guirements List. 

INTCCM 9.3/17, containing questions which the Intelligence Committee 

felt must be answered in order for USCIB to assess the extent to which US CCMINT 

resources can be applied effectively to fulfill the Master Requirements List, 

was sent to the Executive Secretary on 15 October 1954. 

4. CCMINT Cimability to Provide Early Warning of a Chinese Communist 

Jl,ttaqk on Formosa and. tJie arr-shore Is1ands Ocoupied, by the Chinese 

Natj.onalists. 

INTCCM reviewed in special session on three occasions the present 

USCIB intelligence requirements in connection with the possibility ol a 

Chinese Communist attack and assessed the National Security Agency's 

expressed capability to meet the requirements. INT # 0007 which outlined 

the findings and recommendations of the Intelligence Committee was forwarded 

to the Executive Secretary on 22 October 1954. 

PART II 

A brief summary or the status of assigned items not yet cOiizpleted by 

the Intelligence Committee follows: 

1. Method of Alerting th.e Highest Authorities Concerning Crucial 

CCM[NT Items. 

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Status: The Central Intelligence Agency forwarded a preliminary draf 

survey on this subject to the Director, National Indications Center, suggestin 

that it be used as considered appropriate in connection with the NIC study and 

further requested that reports on the COMINT and collateral aspects of the 

problem be submitted to the USCIB and IAC respectively through appropriate 

channels. 

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2. Proposed Changes to Appendix B. 

Stat:tl;s: Several modifications to Appendix B were proposed by the 

National Security Agency. Among these being a proposal relative to marking 

documents containing Top Secret non-codeword and Secret codewoztl material 

and one concernil'ig the problem of furnishing COMDTT consumers with information 

denoting whether a given item of codeword material has been derived.from 

cryptana]J.tic CCMINT processes. After careful conside:rrRtion, IllTCCM 

recommended that this matter be reviewed after an agreed upon position had 

been reached with respect to the assignment of CQiIINT to categories. This 

has been accomplished and the matter is presently being studied by an Ad 

Hoc committee with a view to placing it on the agenda for the Janua.iy 

meeting. 

3. Cgunter-Cla.nd,estine COMINT Planp;J,ng. 

Status: This item has been placed on the agenda for the January 

meeting.