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USCIB: 9.2/11 Item 5 of the Agenda for the 21st Meeting 0£ USCIBEC, 

held on 22 October 1954. 

Subject: COMINT Capability to Provide Ear'.cy Warning of Chinese 

Communist Attack on Formosa and the Off-shore Islands 

Occupied by the Chinese Nationalists. 

(Note: This item was considered to have a direct bearing 

upon, and was considered in connection with, the previous 

item on Formosan Base Rights - USCIB 29.13/3.) 

THE CHAIBMAN explained that the report before the Committee was 

prepared by the Intelligence Committee in response to USCIBEC 1s 

13 October request for immediate study of the problem. He asked if the 

members wished to have the report forwarded to USCIB as it is. 

MR. PATTON proposed that the COIDmittee commission the Chairman to 

prepare a covering memorandmn. for the report which will inform USCIB 0£ 

the Committee's general reactions to the proposals it contains stating, 

for example, that the points raised in paragraphs A through J are 

principally under the cognizance of a single Boa.rd member, or, at least, 

are resolvable through the coordinated effort of two or three members. 

The memorandum, he said, should also convey the Committee members 1 

belief that the study points up such things as I / 

THE CHAIRMAN invited comments, whereupon MR. POLYZOIDES proposed u>e:ti6' c)~,A 

that the Committee 'Meke & HlBl'8 time QOA8 'llDiPg approach ... the problem .. ' ~ by developing a position on each of the recommendations presented by the 

Intelligence Committee. 

It was agreed to follow this procedure. EO 3.3(h)(2) 

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(Note: Pertinent comments upon controversial recommendations are indicated below. A listing of specific 

recommendations for change in the INTCOM report are contained in the decision for this item.) 

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Recommendation C: Shipborne intercept. 

MR. PATTON commented that success in getting by other meanswhat 

we think! Jwould make the cost of shipborne 

intercep disproportinate. He a ded that a lack of success in other 

respects, however, might well make shipborne intercept a definite 

requirement. · 

It was agreed that until the Navy report.on feasibility of a Navy 

operation is received, the practicability of this method is most 

difficult to assess. 

Recommendation D: I ...._________ _. 

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Discussion involved existing national policy on this type of effort. 

In that national policy is apparently not well-defined, or not known to 

the Committee, the recommendation was rephrased to take this indefinite 

factor into account. 

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The Committee felt the recommendation should be changed to take this 

point into account. 

Recommendation I: Notificatio:d.._ __ ___, 

It was noted that while INTCCM recommends notification Board-toBoard, such notification should take a general form, to be P.aralleled by 

a detailed exchange between the respective Dire.ctors of NSA I I 

Upon completion of the consideration of each individual recommendation MR. PATTON informed the members that while voting for the agreements 

reached, he would like it understood that the OSD member of USCIB may 

come up with an alternate paper at the time this problem.is consid.ered by 

the Board. 

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The members noted this reservation, and it was understood that every 

Board member is, as always, free to present views contrary to those 

expressed at this meeting. 

DECISION: (22 October 1954) USCIBEC agreed to recommend approval of the 

recommendations presented by the Intelligence Committee, as contained in 

the enclosure with USCIB 9.2/6, subject to the emendations set forth 

below: 

a. Paragraph A: No change in recommendation. 

b. Paragraph B: No change in recommendation. 

c. Paragraph C: Recommendation should be amended by 

deletion of the phrase "to USCIBEC" in 

the fourth line thereof. 

d. Paragraph D: Recommendation should be deleted and the 

following substituted therefor: 

e. Paragraph E: No change in recommendation. EO 3.3(h)(2) 

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f. Paragraph F: Recommendation should be changed to read 

as follows: 

11That, in view of the importance of 

establishing immediately intercept f acilities on Formosa, the Department of State 

continue to exert all feasible pressure on 

the Chinese Nationalists to obtain their 

agreement. for granting intercept base 

rights." 

(NOI'E: In this connection, see also 

USCIB 29.13/5.) 

g. Paragraph G: No change in recommendation. 

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h. Paragraph H: Recommendation with paragraph 3 should 

be changed to read as follows~ 

i. Paragraph I: No change in recommendation; however, it 

was agreed that the action of USCIB should 

be a broad statement paralleled by specific 

and detailed proposals from tht}.!eun~·nmd2l:....-.,.. 

NSA as formulated by hi.Til, to 

j. Paragraph J: No change in recommendation. EO 3.3(h)(2) 

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This item to be dropped from the agenda. 

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