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USCIB: 29.11/6 Item 5 of the Agenda for the lOlst Meeting of USCIB, 

held on 12 March 1954. .. , EO 3 . 3 ( h) ( 2 ) 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

Subject: 

(USCIB 29.11/2, 29.11/3) 

THE CHAIRMAN introduced this subject bystati,ng that the.original 

paper (USCIB 29 .11/2), prepared by the Dir.actor, NSA, had been approved 

by USCIBEC with the amendments noted in USCIB29.11/3~ He invited 

comments. 

GENERAL CANINE moved for approval o.f'the paper, as amended. 

GENERAL SAMFORD said/that he hadtwo draft messages which had been 

prepared in coordination with NSA,ONI, and G-2/for dispatch to \the 

Ambassador iQ land to usc:mCEUR, and which had bearing on this 

subject. He stated that the me.ssages were similar in content, and he 

asked if the Board would agree with them in pl:'inciple. He read the 

following draft message for the U.S. Ambassador inl I= 

"In event thd .. ·· .· //I re9-uest that thEj., .. ·./r ~;a i son offj ce=;~e llll' allowfd to toproperational areas o~ _ __ . their land should you cons ide"""r.....,..t..--a .... t-t ....h.--e_s_u_c_c_e_s_s....,... ....... - ..... 

conclusion of negotiations is dependent upon agreeing to such a 

request, tours can be arranged during periods of construction 

and prior to the time that units /become operational. In 

addition, tours (exclusive of certain crypto areas) could be 

arranged periodically, preferably at the discretion of commanders 

concerned, after units become/operational providing the operating 

units have sufficient prior notice to secure sensitive material. 

In order to do this, operations must be halted and considerable 

preparation accomplished prior to such visits. Opinion here is 

that should the situation arise wherein you would be required to 

agree to allowing I I liaison officers to tour operational 

areas, such agreement should be both informal and conditional 

along the lines indicated above since frequent tours authorized 

under broad authority could destroy the effectiveness of the 

units. In event you are faced with a request beyond the limitations described above, it is desired that you refer the matter to 

Washington. USCINCEUR is being provided a copy of this message 

for his guidance.n 

MR. ARMSTRONG asked if this approximated British regulations in 

similar circumstances. 

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COLONEL T0\4JNSEND replied that an effort had been made to conform 

generally with British policy in this regard. 

The members approved in principle the draft messages presented by 

General Samford. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR remarked that after USCIBEC action on USCIB 29.11/2, 

it appeared that the paper really did not contain much in the way of 

guidance. He expressed his view that the content of the message read 

by General Samford might well be incorporated into the paper now before 

the Board. 

THE CHAIRMAN asked if there were any objections to Captain Taylor's 

suggestion. 

There were no objections. 

DECISION: (12 March 1954) USCIB approved the recommendation by USCIBEC 

that USCIB 29.11/2, as am.ended by USCIB 29.11/3, be approved with the 

additional provision that the essence of the draft messages presented by 

General Samford be written into the basic paper by the Executive Secretary. 

This item to be dropped from the agenda. 

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