USCIB: 5.3/77 IIANm.Ei 'f.EA 0E!!IN'l' 6II:ANNBJ:S ON±.¥ 

10 March 1955 

'!9P SBeREf 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIBEC: 

Subject: Tentative Minutes. 

l. Forwarded herewith is a copy of the Tentative Minutes or the 

Twenty-fifth (Special) Meeting of USCIBEC. Please advise the Secretary 

if any changes are desired. 

2. In the event there is no objection to these Minutes on the part 

of USCIBEC members by 21 March 1955 they will be considered approved. 

Enclosure 

l copy o:r Tentative Minutes, 

Twenty-fifth {Special) Meeting 

of USCIBEC. 

USCIB: 5.3/77 

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MINUTES OF THE TWl!NTY-FIFTH (SPECIAL) MEETING 

OF THE 

PRESP.NT: 

STATE: 

DEFENSE: 

ARMY: 

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AIR FORCE: 

CIA: 

USCIB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Captain Rufus L. Tcwlor, USN. Chaim.an 

Mr. T. Achilles Polyzoides 

Mr. Philip J. Patton 

(for Mr. William H. Godel) 

(No representative) 

Captain Jack S. Holtwick, USN 

Lt. Colonel Richard Leffers 

CDR William F. Bringle 

Lt. Colonel Frank J. Harrold, Jr. 

SECRETARIAT: Mr. Hamill D. Jones 

Mrs. Daphne 0. Tucker 

ALSO PRESENT: 

STATE: 

DEFENSE: 

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AIR FORCE: 

Mr. Robert G. Walker 

Mr. Robert E. Drake 

CDR Louis Wimberley, USN 

Mr. Hugh S. Erskine 

Mr. Benson K. Buf'fham 

Mr. Richard Battey 

LT Forrest G. Hogg 

Major Charles R. Wells 

Major William L. Nichols 

COl\lf'IDE~'TIAL 

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CONFIDENr!AL - U.S. EiES ONLI 

CIA: 

COOdITTEE CHAIRMAN: Lt. Colonel Henry C. Simmons, USAF 

(Intelligence) 

OGA 

The Twenty-Fifth (Special) Meeting of the United States Communications Intelligence Board Executive Committee was held at 0915 on 

16 February 1955, in Room 2054, Q Building, Central Intelligence Agency. 

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