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23 November 1954 

UNITED STATES COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

AGENDA FOR 

Twenty-second Meeting at 1400, on Thursday, 2 December 1954, 

in Room 2E-6B7, National Defense Building, 

Washington, Do C. 

Captain Rufus h Ta,ylor, USN, Chairman 

PART I - Agenda Items 

Date of Initial Subject Consideration Numbers Subject 

2 Deco 1954 5o3/ lo Final Minutes of the lBth;y 19th, 20th,-2lst Mtgs •• 

13 Octo 1954 9o2/ 2,. COMINT Capability to Provide Ear.fy Warning of 

CHICOM Attack on Formosa 

and the Off-shore Islands 

(Report by the CIA Member)* 

Submitted by 

Secretariat 

USCIB 

15 Sept. 1954 29.19/ 3. O elations with 

···.(USGIB···29.19/l; 

' 29.19/7; 29ol9/J2) 

CIA Member 

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22 Oct. 1954 29./ 

22 Oct. 1954 J.4.1/ 

2 Dec. 1954 

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"k'Pa.pers in preparation, 

4. Procedure for Handling 

Intercept Base Rights 

Problems (USCIB 29./7; 

Interim. Report by 

Chairman of Ad Hoc Cte.)* 

5o Revision of the UKUSA 

Agreement (USCIB 14.1/24; 

14.1/26; J.4.,l/2B) 

6. Classification and 

Handling of Documents 

containing Information 

about COMINT Activities 

(USCIB 1308/29; 13.8/30) 

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Hoc Cteo 

Ex:ec. Secy. 

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Chairman 

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P.ART I - Agend,a Items Cont•d. 

Date of Initial Subject 

Consideration Numbers Subject 

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Clandestine COMINT 

Coverage in Time of 

Emergency (USCIB 9.6/l) 

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PART II - Background Information on Agenda Items 

Item No. Sub.ject and Summary 

l. Approval of Final Minutes of the lSth, 19th, 20th and 21st 

Meetings. Changes to before-mentioned minutes have been 

entered and they have been issued in final form. They are 

now subject to final USCIBEC approval. 

2. COMINT Capability to Provide Early Warning of CHICOM Attack 

on Formosa and the Off-Shore Islands. It will be remembered 

that at the 109th meeting of USCIB held on 12 November 1954, 

the Board reconsidered whether a memorandum should be sent 

to the Special Committee pursuant to previous decision on 

USCIB 9.2/8 and 9.2/9. USCIB agreed not to forward such a 

memorandum at this time, and further, that: 

=~~c~m (~1-----------------------~ (2) USCIBEC should consider and make recommendations with 

rl:lgard to the above-mentioned report so that USCIB could 

again consider the matter at its December meeting. 

Essenti~lly the proQlem is for US~IBEC to formulate and forward to USCIB the foriner 1s views on whether action by the 

Special Com1llittee appears to'be necessary to support and 

assist the CIA. efforts to obtainmore information. 

3. COMINT Relations wit:til I At the 2li;it meeting of 

IECIBEC held on 22 Oat.ober 1954 it was agreed tllatce:~I CIA proposals with regard to COMINT relations with 

(USCIB 29.19/1) would be re-appraised by the CIA, , a e, 

and Air Force members in the light of LSIB comments (USCIB 

2!).19/7) and resubmitted for USCIBEC consideration at its 

next. meeting. Meanwhile the NSA member subnitted certain 

comments (USCIB 2!).19/4) in modification of the original proposa.1 contained in USCIB 29.19/l. The CIA member has 

conferred with representatives of State, NSA, and Air Force 

with the result that still further modifications to the 

origina.1 proposal are now submitted for consideration (USCIB 

2fJ .19 /7). 

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4. Procedure f'or Handling Intercept Base Rights Problems. 

At its 21st meeting on 22 October 1954 USCIBEC established 

an Ad Hoc Committee com.posed of' representatives of' the Army, 

Navy, Air Force, Department of' State, CIA, and National 

Security Agency, under the chairmanship of' the last named 

representative, f'or the purpose of' making recommendations 

f'or procedures £or handling intercept base rights problems. 

The ;:>roblem. before the Committee is as set forth in USCIB 

2$./7. The Chairman of' the Ad Hoc Committee has advised the 

Chairman of' USCIBEC that a full report will not be ready in 

time for consideration at this meeting from USCIBEC. An 

interim report will, however, be submitted. The Chairman, 

USCIBEC has informed the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee 

that a full report prepared in time for consideration at the 

January meeting of' USCIBEC will be satisfactory. Consequently 

consideration of this item is merely a matter of noting the 

interim report and commenting if' and as appropriate thereon, 

unless the Committee should decide that some other action is 

required. 

5. Revision of the UKUSA Agreement. At the 21st meeting of' 

USCIBEC held on 22 October 1954 it was agreed that Appendices 

c, D, E, L, and M should be considered technical appendices 

with the understanding that all members of USCIB will be 

informed in writing through the Executive Secretary, USCIB of 

every change in these appendices that may be agreed between 

NSA and GCHQ. USCIBEC agreed, further, to again consider 

whether Appendices F and K, particularly the latter, should 

be included in the so-called technical group (see USCIB 

14.1/28). This action has been approved by USCIB. Therefore, 

USCIBEC must now reconsider Appendices F and K and determine 

whether or not they wish to recormnend the inclusion of either 

or both in the technical group. 

6. Classification and Handling of Documents Containing Information About COMINT Activities. USCIB Security Committee has 

formulated certain recommendations with regard to the 

classification and handling of' documents containing inf orma.tion 

about communications intelligence activities. These recommendations were drafted in the form of' a proposed directive and 

submitted to USCIBEC for vote on 11 October 1954 (USCIB 13.8/28). 

The results of that vote have revealed some small divergencies 

which it has been found difficult to reconcile outside of a 

meeting. These divergencies are set forth in USCIB 13.8/29 and 

13.8/30. The problem before the Committee is to reconcile the 

remaining differences pointed out in USCIB 13.8/30 so as to 

permit forwarding of the proposed directive to USCIB with a 

unanimous recommendation !or its adoption. 

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7. Planning for Counter-Clandestine Coverage in Time of Emergency. 

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transmissions, the Executive Secretary of USCIB examined 

action taken for planning in this important field by USCIB. 

Having found that little or nothing has been done the 

Executive Secretary reviewed the situation and recommended 

that the Director, NSA in collaboration with other members of 

USCIB, as necessary, undertake to prepare a general plan to 

insure that adequate COMINT resources will be available in 

time of war to cover the counter-clandestine COMINT field. 

This review will be found as the enclosure with USCIB 9.6/1 of 

12 October 1954. The Director, NSA has submitted certain 

comments on this recommendation to the effect that the scope 

of such a study should be enlarged to include consideration of 

the responsibilities and arrangements which have been established or may be required for collection, production and use 

of counter-clandestine CCMINT and material collatera 

(see cover memorandum of USCIB 9.6 1). 

· appears 

appropriate, therefore, that USCib~C should initiate some action 

at an early date to set in motion the machinery necessary to 

prepare the U.S. to meet not only its international connnit- men~s in this field but primarily its own foreseeable 

requirements. As a first step in this direction the Executive 

Committee may wish to form an Ad Hoc Coilll"'littee to determine 

whether there is a common interpretation of existing and 

required responsibilities pertaining to this subject and if 

not to recommend one for adoption. 

THIS DOCUM]}.IT CONTAINS COl4lruNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION J\ND SHALL 

BE HANDLED ONLY Ill Of~S Mf'ftESBLY PftOn'.f)'.!D li'O!t COMmI'. 

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