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Subject: 

Item 2 of the Agenda for the 114th Meeting of USCIB, 

held on S April 1955. 

USCIB Master Requirements List (USCIB 9.3/39). 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN (General Cabell), expressing his opinion that 

the Board now has before it a workable arrangement for solution to the 

requirements problem, suggested a vote of thanks to the Execul:.ive 

Committee and the Executive Secretary for their successful efforts. He 

invited comments on USCIB 9.3/39. 

GENERAL CANINE requested that the members ref er to paragraph 6 of 

the paper entitled "Principles of Supplemental Guidance" (the attachment 

to the enclosure with USCIB 9 .3/39). He read the portion which provides 

that "USCIB should empower USCIBEC or a standing group created by 

USCIBEC, to act authoritatively ••• etc." and said that he could see no 

reason to authorize establishment of a standing group. This, he said, 

would undoubtedly lead to the creation of additional unnecessary groups 

and panels, which might ultimately result in decisions on requirements 

not being made by USCIBEC, the forum which he believes should be directly 

responsible. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR explained that the Executive Committee had in mind 

creating a degree of flexibility, and noted that the provision merely 

permits the creation of a standing committee should USCIBEC deem it 

advisable. He also said that it was felt that the "authoritative 

representativett appointed by each member would not necessarily be the 

USCIBEC member concerned and that a standing group, if established, might 

be able to act more quickly on matters concerning requirements, particularly when noncontroversial issues arise. He concluded by pointing out 

that a dissatisfied representative would have direct recourse to his 

USCIBEC member, with the NSA representative further empowered to go 

direct to USCIBEC if dissatisfied. 

ADMIRAL ESPE stated that USCIBEC, by its charter, is empowered to 

set up such standing or ad hoc committees as it sees fit and that 

amendment of the 1•principles n as suggested by General Canine would have 

little effect. 

"CAPTAIN TAYLOR said that he could understand General Canine 1 s misgivings, as the apprehensions from which they arise were shared to some 

extent by the Executive Committee. However, he said, the Executive 

Committee felt it had included adequate safeguards by creating individual responsibilities. 

MR. SHELDON suggested revision of paragraph 6 by amending it to 

read: 11USCIB should empower the Executive Committee to act authorita.-

ti vely on matters of Supplemental Guidance. USCIB may create a standing 

group to assist it. •t 

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The ACTING CHAIRMAN said that he did not consider that this gets 

across the original idea of the group, namely, to facilitate and expedite 

the operation. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR pointed out that a change in paragraph 6 would 

necessitate a corresponding change in paragraph 9. 

GENERAL ERSKINE expressed his opposition to the creation of any more 

committees than are absolutely necessary. 

CAPTAIN TAILOR reviewed briefly the envisaged operation of the 

proposed authoritative group, describing its eimilarity to business-like 

arrangements for accommodating the conflicting orders of multiple 

customers for the output of an aircraft manufacturing plant with a unique 

product and limited facilities for its production. 

In response to a question by the Chair, GENERAL CANINE explained why 

he would prefer to have USCIBEC as the authoritative group. He said that 

with his present physical separation from his Arlington Hall activities 

it is impractical to have immediate decisions made by someone so far 

removed from his (General Canine 1 s) office. His USCIBEC member, he said, 

is only a few doors from him and thereby in a position of immediate 

availability if required. He explained that this condition would probably 

be alleviated with the completion of the NSA move to Fort Meade; however, 

for the time being he would prefer to have his Deputy Pirector, Production, 

do the day-to-day negotiating with consumer representatives on matters of 

supplemental guidance, and his Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, who is 

his USCIBEC member, to be his authorized representative in his relations 

with USCIB. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR said that from the view of USCIBEC he believed the 

views expressed by General Canine could be accommodated, with the understanding that his representative will, when a problem arises, refer it 

immediately to the Executive Secretary, who will handle it by dealing 

directly with the NSA and other Executive Committee members. 

GENERAL CANINE, expressing general agreement with this procedure, 

and confidence in the Executive Secretary, said that he is willing to have 

the Executive Secretary set up any machinery he sees fit to insure that 

the Executive Committee is properly informed on matters on which they are 

to act authoritatively. 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN then asked if General Canine would be content to 

have the phrase 11or a standing group created by USCIBEC11 deleted from 

paragraph 6 with a corresponding amendment to paragraph 9. 

GJ!NERAL CANINE replied affirmatively. 

The remaining members agreed. 

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DECISION: (8 April 1955) USCIB agreed to approve the proposal contained 

in paragraph 7 of USCIB 9.3/39 subject to the deletion from paragraph 6 

ot the paper entitled "Principles of Supplemental Guidance" the phrase 

11or a standing group created by USCIBEC", and the deletion in line one of 

paragraph 9 of the same paper the phrase "the standing group or11 and with 

the notation that the Board congratulates the Executive Committee and the 

Executive Secretary on the progress made to date on this problem. 

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