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MEMORANPUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: Making Classified Security Information 

Available to Foreign Nationals. 

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The enclosed copy of a memorandum for the Secretary 

of Defense from the Director, NSA, is forwarded for information. 

En.closureCopy of NSA Serial 000370-S 

dtd 6 Jul 53, above subject. 

USCIB: 1.3/350 

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 

WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 

Serial: 000370 S 

6 JUL 195.3 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 

SUBJECT: Making Classified Security Information Available to Foreign 

Nationals 

References: a. Memo by Secretary of Defense, subject as above, 

dated 4 June 1953 

b. National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 9 

Revised, dated 24 Oct 1952 

1. Receipt of reference a. is acknowledged. 

2. Under the provisions of paragraph 3 of reference b, which states 

in part: 110rders, directives, policies, or recommendations of any authority 

of the Executive Branch relating to the collection, production, security, 

handling, dissemination, or utilization or intelligence, and/or classified 

material, shall not be applicable to COMINT activities, unless specifically 

so stated and issued~ competent departmental or agency authority r~~resented on the Board l United States Communications Intelligence Boa~,n 

it appears that the Director of NSA is automatically exempted from provisions of the President 1s memorandum dated 25 May 1953. 

3. I believe, however, it is incumbent upon me to abide by the spirit 

of the President's memorandum and I wish to assure you that special precautions are ta.ken in ascertaining the security clearance of officially 

accredited foreign liaison officers to NSA and USCIB, and for foreign 

visitors from collaborating COMINT agencies. In all cases, both visitors 

and liaison officers are officially certified as to appropriate clearances 

by their national COMINT agency before access to classified U. S. security 

information is authorized. Reciprocal arrangements allow U. :S. liaison 

officers and visitors to be accepted upon certification of clearance by 

NSA or USCIB. 

4. In a separate memorandum of the same date, concerning the subject 

memorandum, the President stated that certain security agencies, i.e., CIA, 

FBI, and the intelligence agencies of the military: services, may waive 

paragraph la of the above-mentioned directive in connection with the 

passage of information incident to operations whi~h the above security 

agencies determined to be of net advantage to the United State~. 

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5. Although the waiver authorized by the President is quite broad 

in scope, I believe that under the terms of agreements with foreign 

collaborating COMINT Agencies, release of COMINT under the permissible 

conditions of the President's waiver is proscribed, except as may be 

specifically authorized by USCIB. Because of the peculiar nature of 

COMINT material and its susceptibility to complete loss and cut-off 

in the event of a compromise, detected or only suspected, by a target 

nation, COMINT never has been and must not be considered to be in a 

category subject to release under the conditions allowed by the 

President's supplementary memorandum. 

RALPH J. CANINE 

Lieutenant General, US Army 

Director 

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