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16 August 1955 

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MJ!MORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIBEC: 

Subject: 

Ref'~rences: 

Exliernal Distribution of' COMINT Documents Within the 

Washington Area. 

(a) USCIB 13.5/33 dated 21 January 1954. 

(b) USCIB 13.5/41 dated 2 March 1954. 

(c) USCIB 13.5/49 dated 12 March 1954. 

(d) USCIB 1.3.5/59 dated 6 May" 1954. 

1. The enclosed study and recommendations by the Security Committee 

are circulated for information with a view to placing the subject on the 

USCIBEC agenda at a future meeting. 

2. The original distribution reports, being too voluminous f'or 

practical reproduction~ are on f'ile in the of'f'ice of' the Executive Secretary available to any member wishing to examine them.. 

Enclosure 

SEC # 0009 

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SEC # 0009 

18 Jticy' 1955 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIBEC: 

VIA: EXECUTIVE SECREI'ARY, USCIB. 

Subject: 

References: 

External Distribution of COMINT Documents Within the 

Washington Area. 

(a) USCIB 13.5/41 dated 2 March 1954. 

(b) SEC # 0005 dated S June 1955. 

1. USCIBEC, in reference (a), directed the Security Committee to 

study data regarding the nature and extent o:r ext.emal distribution ot 

CCMINT documents within the Washington area and to suhnit to than a 

report of the situation in the Washington area together w.ith such 

recommendations as it may deem appropriate in the premises. 

2. The data received f'rom each USCIB member was summarized and 

distributed to SECCOM as reference (b). The Security Committee 

thoroughly studied this intormation at their Twenty-fourth Meeting on 

28 June 1955. 

3. The Committee agreed that, based on the data available, the 

distribution of CCMINT documents within the Washington area appears to 

be excessive and therefore constitutes a serious security problem. 

It was agreed that a concerted effort should be made as soon as possible 

to reduce this extensive distribution, particularly in two areas: 

a. The number o:r copies of' CCMINT items provided by the NSA 

National Center to authorized recipients in the Washington area, 

and 

. b. The number of items circulating as a result of republication and re-distribution of' CCMINT by and among the other 

USCIB member departments and agencies. 

4. Recognizing that the problem is essentially to determine the 

"need" for each COMINT item being distributed and that, under current 

policy, each recipient of COMINT determines his own needs, SECCOM recommends that the following action be taken by USCIBEC: 

Enclosure with USCm 13.7/l+S dated 16 August 1955. 

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SEC # 0009 

External Distribution of COMINT Documents Within the 

Washington Area. 

- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - a. That each USCIB member be requested to review his need for 

each C(){INT document received from each other USCIB member and to 

reduce the number of copies received whenever practicable. 

b. That each USCIB member also be requested to review his 

further distribution of COMINT items received, and to effect such 

reductions in distribution as may be practicable. 

c. That each USCIB member be requested to subnit a progress 

report to the Executive Secretary, USCIB within the next 60 days 

indicating both the specific reductions and net total effected. 

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WILLIAM R. CUIMER 

Major, Arty., USA 

Chairman, SECCOM