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SECRET • 

TENTATIVE 

Item 1 of Discussion at a Joint Session of USCIB-USCSB 

held at 1430, 3 June 1954. 

Procedure for Dealing with Requests for Cryptographic 

Assistance from Friendly Foreign Governments. 

The meeting convened at 1435. 

The CHAIRMAN, USCSB, General Erskine, called the meeting to order 

(USCSB having already been in session) and offered the Chair to the 

Chairman, USCIB, Mr. Dulles. 

The CHAIRMAN, USCIB, stated that he understood that USCSB might have 

had time to consider a matter related to the major topic for discussion in 

joint session. He asked if the Chairman, USCSB, had any comments from the 

proceedings of his Board that might be of interest to the members of USCIB. 

The CHAIRMAN, USCSB, asked the Executive Secretary to review pertinent portions of the previous proceedings. 

The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Captain Taylor, in:t'omed the members that 

USCSB had agreed that a joint USCSB-USCIB Ad Hoc Committee composed of 

persons designated by the members of the two Boards should be appointed 

to study and make recommendations with regard to the establishment of 

standard operating procedures for dealing with requests of friendly foreign governments for cryptographic assistance. He stated that USCSB felt 

that appointments by the members to the proposed Ad Hoc Committee should 

be limited to one person per member organization regardless of whether 

or not the department or agency concerned has separate representation on 

USCIB and USCSB. He concluded by asking that, if the Boards agree to the 

above, appointments to the Ad Hoc Committee be notified to his office. 

After a brief discussion the members of USC.SB and USCIB agreed to the 

proposal by USCSB for an Ad Hoc Committee as outlined by Captain Taylor. 

DECISION: (.3 June 1954) The Combined Boards agreed: 

1. That an Ad Hoc Committee composed. of persons designated by the 

members of USCIB and USCSB will be appointed to study and make recommendations with regard to the establishment of standard operating procedures 

for dealing with requests of friend]Jr foreign governments for cryptographic assistanceo 

2. That appointments to the above-mentioned Ad Hoc Committee should 

be limited to l person per member organization, regardless of whether or 

not the department or agency concerned has separate representation on 

USCIB and USCSB, and should be notified to the Executive Secretary of the 

two Boards. 

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4 June 1954 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: Procedures for Dealing with Requests from Foreign Nations 

for Cryptographic Assistance. 

1. At its Second Meeting held at 1330 on 3 June 1954 in Room 3ES69, 

The Pentagon,, it was agreed by the United States Communications Security 

Board that a joint Ad Hoc Committee com.posed of persons designated by the 

members of the United States Communications Security Board and the United 

States Communications Intelligence Board should be appointed to study and 

make recommendations with regard to the establishment of standard ' 

operating procedures for dealing with the requests of friendly foreign 

governments for cryptographic assistance. 

2. Upon being joined by the members of USCIB at 1430 that day it 

was agreed by USCSB and USCIB in joint session that such an Ad Hoc 

Committee should indeed be appointed and that the members should proVide 

the Executive Secretary with the names of persons designated to serve, 

attempting at the same time to limit appointments to one person each 

whether or not the department or agency concemed has separate representation on USCIB and USCSB. 

3. No Chairman was designated for the above-mentioned Ad Hoc 

Committee. In the opinion of the Secretariat it would not be inappropriate for the member appointed by the Director,, NSA to so serve. 

However, in order to assist in this matter the Executive Secretary will 

convene the initial meeting of the above-mentioned Ad Hoc Committee and 

preside until a Chairman has been decided upon. 

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UFUS L. ~~m. 

aptain, U. • Navy 

cutive Secretary, USCIB 

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