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23 May 1955 

MEMORANDtM FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: 

References: 

Alerting the Highest Authorities. 

(a) USCIB 9.2/34 of 26 April 1955. 

(b) USCIB 9.2/35 of 12 May 1955. 

1. As a result of the vote sheet action on reference (a) as 

recorded in reference (b), subject topic was discussed in Executive 

Session at the 115th meeting of USCIB on 20 Ma:y 1955. 

2. The discussion centered around the matter of providing crucial 

items 0£ COMINT to the National Indications Center (NIC) and a decision 

was reached as follows on that point: 

a. The Board authorized the Director, NSA to furnish to the 

NIC, directly or otherwise, such COMINT products as are required by the 

Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) to be so provided. 

b. The Board noted that the Director, NSA is strongly of the 

opinion that the NIC cannot afford to be without direct receipt of 

selected COM.INT products from the National Security Agency and therefore 

he recommends arrangements be made by the NIC for direct receipt by the 

NIC of selected COMINT material of an urgent nature. 

3. Accordingly a notification of this action has been sent to the 

Secretary of the IAC with copies to the Directors, NSA and NIC. A copy 

of that notification is enclosed herewith. 

4. In addition, it has been learned since the meeting that, in 

view of the assurances by the CIA member that the NSC Committee 

mentioned in the enclosure with re.ference (a) is including in its 

deliberations a study of the existing situation with regard to alerting 

the highest authorities, the Director, NSA is now willing to accept 

the recommendations of the USCIB Intelligence Committee as set forth in ~he enclosure with reference (a). Accordingly, reference (a) stands 

approved in the light or the understandings set forth above. 

Enclosure 

CIB # 00131 dtd 23 May 1955. 

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CIB # 00131 

23 May 1955 

M!MORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY CCMMITTEE: 

Subject: Provision or Communications Intelligence (COMINT) to 

the National Indications Center. 

l. At a recent meeting of the United States Communications 

Intelligence Board the question of alerting the highest authorities 

of the government concerning crucial items of COMINT was discussed. 

Incidental to that discussion the Board authorized the Director of 

the National Security Agency to furnish to the National Indications 

Center (NIC), directly or otherwise, such COMINT products as are 

required by the IAC to be so provided. In addition, the Board noted 

that the Director, NSA is strongly of the opinion that the NIC cannot afford to be without direct receipt of selected COMINT products 

from the NSA and that therefore he recommends arrangements be made 

by the NIC for direct receipt by the NIC of selected COMINT material 

of an urgent nature. 

2. The above is transmitted to you for the information of the 

Intelligence Advisory Cormnittee. 

Copy to: 

Director, NSA. 

Director, NIC. 

(Signed) 

RUFUS L. TAYLOR 

· Captain, U. S. Navy 

Executive Secretary, USCIB 

Enclosure with USCIB 9.2./,1.6 dtd 23 May 1955. 

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