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f;>L 86-36/50 USC 3605 

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SUBJECT NUMBER 

USCIB: ';!J.17/7 Item 1 of the Agenda for tne l02nd Meeting of USCIB, 

held on 9 April 1954. 

Subject: C<JUNT Relations with Third Partiesl 

(USCIB 29.17/3). ----

e c ing ai:rman ur e 

understood such an approach had been ma.de an.d a reply- rec.ei ved. He 

then asked General Canine/if' he wished to present further\:i.nf'ormation. 

GENERAL CANINE stated that he had approach-L Brigadier Tiltman, 

who felt that his a"r'l: woul.d be r.¥:eptiv.+

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to ;;t'discussi~··· ... of the I and would as certain their 1-ews. The. Brigadier 1 s 

opinion was verified by an answer .rrom GCHQ sug~esting that\LSIB would 

be ameru\ble to a conference in May. General C~ine continued by 

offering the opinion that decisions at the conf8irence could.well result 

in a major policy change requiring higher level iblessing; that preparation of position papers would be difficult, take time, and w<>uld entail 

a lot of hard work. He there.fore felt that theiconference should be held 

the latter part of June or the first part of July rather than. so soon as 

May. 

GENERAL ACKERYLAN, at the request of tlie Di ector, NSA, then briefly 

reviewed recent developmente relativc.t,o U.S. r quests with respeCt to 

He point d out that com.plications 

had been introduced by virtue of discussions wh ch had alrea ta.ken 

place between the Royal Air Force and the He 

reported that our request to has been 

refused because of this. General Canine, he fe t, would therefore 

recommend a course of a.ct ion that would enable is cussion of the complete 

package rather than one part of it. 

After a brief discussion, the members agre d that the complete .__....,,._..,,....,,.._ _____ ___.tshould be discussed in Lon on during the first part ol July. 

Gl!NERA.L TRUDEAU then asked whether or not 

for discussion at the proposed conference. It 

was not presently- Within the purview of the Boa 

time, be put on the proposed agenda. 

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eclassifi ed and a 

INT would be included 

s decided that ELINT 

and could not, at this 

ursuantto E .0. 1352 
'l'eP 6J!l0H!l'.P PRO.PH U.O. BBS eM:.Y 

USCIB: 29.17/7 

THE ACTING CHAIRMAN suggested that the composition of a working 

committee, terms of reference and an agenda be considered. He expressed 

the opinion that a reply to the u.x. could be made on the basis of 

agreement just reached and that an agenda could follow. 

GENERAL CANINE said he would have his Plans and Policy people 

prepare some information that would be needed by the working committee. 

He then suggested that the working committee present a proposed agenda 

for Board approval at a Special Meeting in two weeks. 

The ensuing discussion resulted in agreement that a working 

committee would be convened under cognizance of the Director, NBA, and 

the names of persons to participate would be sent to the Executive 

Secretary. In addition to position papers and an agenda, the working 

committee would also recommend constitution of the U.S. delegation going 

to London. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR informed the Board that General Canine had submitted 

a proposed dra.:ft of a formal letter to the Chairman, I.SIB to be signed 

by the Chairman, USCIB which appeared to be in accord with the discussion. The proposed draft was adopted. EO 3_

3(h)(2) 

PECISION: (9 April 1954) USCIB Agreed that: PL.86-36/50 USC 3605 

diSCU:;i A TT S -II I' conference shonld he held in London infuly, to 

b. ELINT should not be included on the agenda for such conference 

at this time. 

c. A working committee should be convened under the cognizance of 

the Director, National Security Agency to prepare recommendations to 

USCIB for an agenda, position papers, and a delegation for the above 

mentioned conference. 

d. The working group mentioned in subparagraph c. abo"\e should 

have the recommendations ready for consideration at the Special Meeting 

now scheduled for Friday, 23 April 1954. 

e. The members should notify the Executive Secretary of the names 

of persons to participate in the above mentioned working group. 

f. The Executive Secretary should take action to have forwarded to 

the Chairman, I.SIB the dra.:ft memorandum included as enclosure 3 to NSA 

serial 000156-S of 4 April 1954 which was circulated as the enclosure to 

USCIB 29.17/3. 

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