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22 September 1954 

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MEMORANDUM TO THE DIRECTOR., NATIQN,Al. · ..•.. S:&;CUIUTY. AGENC)': 

SUBJECT: I Secnrjtv St.apdards 'jr Negotiations\with 

Reference: WL-594, 4 Sept 54 

~o\lgh LSIB \bas not esta.u"".&..a.1.m1.1--A...., 

a ery or 1e ~ame purp(i)ses ;i.n r.,spect\ of the.__ __ _ 

nonetheless the measures which the ••. B:ritish have be.en taking (i.e., 

GCHQ in collaboration with Admiralty! lare closely in 

line with those /envisaged by NSA. 

2. GCHQ agree with NSA that the security principles laid down 

in A11ne;:i :~, Anne::rur: ... • Pl/P2 ' .. Exhi···. bit. 2 p· .. rovid·· .. e a sour.·· .. d. :...!.sis tor u.s.~"" _ __ negotiations, and that ! _ _J adhere11ce to Quch 

princip es satis.fy the conditions of pc.ra..\ 15e of the t'!DSA 

I • I. 

3. For negotiat1on with the I L Adr.rlralty i."l conjuricti...1n 

ldth the Security Department GCHQ produced a set \of cacu:r:1ty regu.12.-

tions closely based .on Appendix P, Annexure Pl, ~.hibit 2. \ .. T'llese are 

now being presented to the I I as a statement of minimuqi,~and- ards applicable to the handling of. COMINT/Y in the\ U.K. ThelL.. __ ... ; __ ___, are being asked to.give assurance that they do or will apply J.mum 

standards of at le.· ast equal or grea:. ter stringency' \r· nd no t eclhnical 

COMINT material will be supplied by the U.K. to the_ !'llltil 

such assyr.wce is received. (This •.matter is now being negotiated 

with the L ] but GCHQ are not •yet aware of their reactions. ) 

4. In addition to these general standards, more detai1ed 

security practices for the classification, transmission, handling 

and usage of COMINT/Y are being or will be siiscussed and brought into 

effect as between the U.K. and the I fas negotiations develop. 

Thus, in answer to the specific questions in WL-594: 

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a. The U .. K. is introducing a serieaio:f 

all aspects ot U .. J{.J ·· f., 

be in 

codewol'ds to cover 

The f()l1owing are · o the 

It and when technical reed-back starts the u.K. will wis.}\ to U$e 

a codc\\:r·d to desi imaie. /such matcri.al. It is n.• ot yet de~.i .. clod 

whether •shall be proposed £or this• u osealso. 

ti this l·iO d should cover the 

lfoweirer, the introduction of such• •. a codewol'.\d 

will need careful. discussion with the h ~· It is poss;(b1e 

that, for security reasons uitbin the: o.m w UNT •.organization,, 

they will wish/not to have U.K. mtcrial marked in ··.so distinQtive 

a manner, in which case GCHQ shell not press the ma.tter provided 

thel lgive assurances regarding tho detailed methods proposed for handling such material. 

ight be 

applied in the U.K. It is not considered necessa.cy or deed 

feasible to classify COMINT materials as, for example, SECRET in 

the U.K. or for the u .se of UKUSA exchanges, but TOP SECRET 

tor UK On the other hand it is considered 

c. At present. the U.K. is intending to/r----------.\ 

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utur ..._ __ ___. which mey NOT be /so integrated the U. K. would propose 

either to designate suchmateria.l by a. separate codeword (see (a.) 

above) or otherwise to/mark the material in such a :manner as to 

indicate the special/precaution required in its handling. The 

details of such h.9xtdling will need to be discussed and·· ... agreed 

with the I Jif and when the need arises. 

(signed) 

WINN F. ZELLER 

Lt. Colonel, USAF 

Deputy SUSLO,, London 

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