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'i'OP SJliSR:Rl! aL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

.Ml!MORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: C0li1INT Relations with._I .,..,._.,..,.__.,.,.f 

Reference: USCIB 29 .19 /13/of 6. December 19 54. 

1. As a result of. USCIB approval of the referen. .. ce the following was 

delivered to the Chairman, ~SIB/by SUSLO, London on 2l December 1954: 

___ 11U ..... S.._C...,IBagrees with I.SIB that in the matter of\COMINT relations 

with I lthere should/be maximum coordination between U.S. and U.K. 

and that full details of each party's intentions and progress should be 

exchanged at all stages/via normal channels. Meanwhile,\ USCIB has 

approved negotiations for site survey to be followed by negotiations 

for base rights. As/you have /suggested, DIRNSA, will reach agreement 

with Director, GCHQ, on definition of common UK.USA.standard of guidance 

and release of.information./iDirectors,NSA and GCHQ, further will agree 

on t"nternretation of elementary aspects ofl • •. !considered 

for ~- /Such agreements are con13idered minimum requirement before 

U.S. proceedf;lwith further considerat:i.on of this arrangement with 

I 

2. In response to the above the following has been received from the 

Chainnan, I.SIB via SUSLO, London: 

"Thank ;vO]i for r~ memor,..d ... dated Zlsjt ~ecember 1954 concerning Comint relations with : L.S.I.B. is pleased to note USCIB1 s 

agreement that there sho ;be the IIla.lCimum coordination between the U.S. 

and the U.K. on/this su~ject. 

112. ./Since my last memorand:t.un, further negotiations have taken 

place between the U.K. an~ f as a result Of which agreement ha~ been reachld for the U.K. to carry out a year's reconnaissance at ...._ ____ ..... on the following conditions: 

11 (a) The U.K. will pro ...,· t.l..M.....l.Llll.W.. ........ r..i..i..:;-time instructors and 

some radio e ui ent to trai for one year in 

(In both cases 

advance techm.ques will be excluded, to keep the training 

within the limits of Appendix P of the UK.USA Agreement). 

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PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

Subject: COMINT Relations with_I ~~~__... 

11 (b) The reconnaissance will be carried\ out privately by 

U.K. personnel only,/though suitable tasks will be passed to the 

training instructors to ass is ti · · I training. 

"(c) The reconnaissance set-room will\ be so sited that 

access by certairl t can occasionally be arranged. (Care 

will be tfen at such times to ensure .• · that n·. othin·· ... g is seen by the I _beyond the limits set by Appendix P). 

"(d) At the end of the year's reconnaissance, the results 

thereof and the progress in training will be. reviewed, and a 

decision taken as to the need for and possibility of setting up a 

permanent station. 

".3. The U.K. proposes to send a G.C.H.Q. officer tol I at 

the end of January 1955, to make arrangements for the necessary accommodation, etc. It is envisaged that the reconnaissance will be carried out by 

four operators, and results will be passed to N.S.A. through normal Comint 

channels. 

114. Director G.C.H.Q. is preparing detailed proposals in respect 

of the elementary Comint training envisaged in paragraph\2(a), which will 

be forwarded to Director N.S.A. at an early date. Beyond such proposals, 

Director G.C.H.Q. will await Director N .s.A •.. ' s views on a.. common lJlCUSA 

standard of guidance and release of Comint information tq ~ 

---- 115. I would be grateful jn due co1,;.se to know details of the 

progress of U.S. negotiations wit~~~~~--'· 

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