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The CHAIBMAH in'ri.ted COlllHllt.• b;y' Kr. Poqr.oidea, Chairmnn ~ the 

ad hoc coJllllittee 111lncb had prepared the report now bef'ore the Board. 

MR. POLYmIDES said that he had nothing to add to the report., except, 

to point. out tw date erro:n which appearocl iD Appendix "D" • and whicb 

he thought all mmbers had been asked to correct. He .pluized the tact 

that the report was con.tined to consideration ot securit;y 'Violati.ona 

againat NATO claaa1ticat1an and c«W1nn1cat1cne procedures,·• and said that 

he did not consider 1~ autticimtq all-1nclwsi:ve t.o •ezoT•• u a basis tor 

diacuaaiona with the British. He int0ftl8d the ~ra that a further report;, dealing vith the "leakaaen problem aa opposed to the. queation\of 

technical security violatiou. wu nov being prepared and .,uld. be submitted tor possible use b;y' the u.s. delegation to the torthccming 

conterance. 

The CHAIRMAH reterred to the recCllllllfl!ldations in the report. and aaid 

that he wau1d. like guidance aa to how the yroper NATO authorities could 

be made aware ot these •ecurit7 Tiolatima j 

MR. POLYfDIDES stated that the nproper NATO authoritia" re.tarred to 

meant the proper u.s.-u .. 1. NATO author1tia 8 eince w have no COHINT 

agre-.nt with arrr at.her pawn. 

To cl.ar.lt7 this point it vu agreed to insert. "U.S.-U.K." in paragraph 18 ot the recamendatiOllllo 

The CHAIRMAN in<lUired if nu.s. authorit.ies" was 1.nt.end-9. to mean 

the Batianal Securlt.r Council. 

MRo POLYZOIDIS a.pressed the opin1Clll that the Board might prefer to 

keep the •t.ter m the COMDT lenl tor the time bei.ng• in Which caae. 

illpl-.ntatiOD ot paragrapa 1.8 would call tor u.s.-u.1. COIG:N'l'-J.evel 

cllecussions in adTBDce ot l"etenace to the MSC. 

The CHAIRMAN explained that u a result ot the change ot adll1DS.atratiaas in Januarr there were nev .lllllmbers on the National Secur.t.tr Ccuacil 

and n.w he~• : :~ mum.mt •::as •: ::lz ~ not aware of 

:·.:1:.n1 ~ :;.;tnm u~ ~ MJ111:: :1:,:: .... th• into tile pictun before tbe U.S.-Uolo ~ecuaaiona are held. 

Ml!st GODBL asked it it vu t.h• Chairman'• opinicn t.bat th• •peoial 

Ccad.ttee ot the NSC and the PN91dent mould be intoZMd. 

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The CHAIRMAN replied in the attirmative. adding that it mi&ht be 

unwise to arrive at a position at the COJIINT lnel llbich vaa not in lln• 

with the thinld.ng ot th• Preatident and the Secretaries of State and Datenaa. 

In the mauing diacusaicm it vu brought out tbat the Under SecntU7 

ot State vu tami.liar with th• aituat1on by virt.ue ot bi.a :recmt chairmanship ol USCIB, and that the Preeic1111t, mile Supr_. Allied Camander 1n 

Eu.rope, had bem aware of tho problm; howenr, it vu agreed that the 

problem would be new to the Secretaries ot State and Defense. 

MRo C-ODEL asked it the Chairllan had ill mind a tozmal or an informal 

approach to the Secretar,r of Date••· 

The CHAIBMAN replied that either wul.d be aatietacto17, auggeatiDc 

that it might be beat to discuss the matter intOl'lllalq with the President 

and the two secretari• after a met.ing ~ the NSC. He said that, U such 

wre done, USOIB•a recomendaticna 1n the matter vould undoubt~ be requested. Accordingly, he suggested that a briet or tbe probl• be prepared tor possible uae 1n thia regard. 

It was suggested that such a paper ahould be prepared b7 the ExecutiT• Camd.ttee. 

GENERAL CARINE. aomuanting upcn the probl• raised b7 the Chairman.,, 

said that he had sauwhat dittarent views. He pointed out that there was 

no u.s. COMS!C Baud in msten.ce and that USCIB had take ce:rtaill actlcaa 

to ~t a wcuua in the CCJfSIC tield - such act101111 being taken not u 

an inherent respansibilit7, but as a respomsibil1t7 thraugb default. He 

recalled that an attempt had bee made in the put to have the policy 

queaticn ot OOllIMT Tereus CCllSBC ruolncl by NSC dec1Bim; honnr9 the 

MSC had expreaaed its desire to caaaider each specitio cue an it• merits. 

He ccncluded bJ' stating bia opinicn that tJSCIB vu not th• final authorit7 in CCllSBC matters. ' 

In repq to the Chail'lllD' a :lnqu:117,, GENERAL OAHINK said that his canmmta should not be constl'lled as an objection to the •ua•ted procedure. 

H• •nll' wanted to n.ggeat 1 h• eaid, that thoee 'llbo vare to ba briefed be 

told that the Baud wa not the ftnal U.5. COEEC author1t7, and, canaequentq, vaa actina in an ad hoc capacit7. 

GENERAL C.&BILL suggested tb&t the nuaberehip ot a U.S. CCICSEC Board 

should parallel tbat ot USCIB, thus enabling the .... ...,en to act with 

authorit7 in either ot the two tieldll mcl a"f01ding the nec•ait7 ot USCIB 

act.1ng aa a "•pecial pleader" 1taen it presents secur:tv problma to the 

NSC. 

AlllIRAL ISPB reeal.lecl tb• tripartite aecurit.7 oamlt.t.•• Wd.cb bad 

'bem establ1a9d Wozott t.he change in edJn1 n1 atrationa. and 11a1d that be 

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thought a seccmd aecuritr surnr had bee made bJ' the coaaittee last 

October to detend.ne mat iapl"OY-t• bad 'bee made in Frech general 

••curit.T u a NeUlt ot the cOllldttee•s earlier recamendatians. He suggested that similar secur1t7 studies ot other countries woW.d be required 

to insure that intormation give'l them (dealing with the inadequacy ot 

their own ccmmmications aecurit7) wuld be closeq held. 

MR. POLIZOIDBS stated. that th• foreign count17 of prima.rJ' cancem vu 

Prance. in that the previous BRUSA discuasians and the reau1ting report, 

which bad been approved 'b7 NSC • dealt anq with the Prmch problem. He 

aleo stated that our recent exchange with U .K. authorities was the first 

indicatian that the caad.Dg ccmtRmce diacusaiana would ext.and berond the 

Prench problem to include ccnsideratian ot the general aspects of approaches to oliher countriea. It was his opinicn that the Board would not be 

in a poaitian to make a presentatian t.o NSC until tbelldiscusaicns 

had been held and cel't.a1n 4eciaie11a reached at that. l~ 

Referring to the French problem, the OHAIBHAN again gpreased his 

ccncem. that the present NSC membere might not be aware ot the action taken 

b.T their predeceaaon. He suggested that the importance ot the problem 

Jligbt 'W&l"l'&nt reaubmisaion to the NSC .. 

MR. .ABMSTBONG revi-d the hiato17 ot the Fnnch problem and indicated 

that the impending conterance., wb1ch would conaider, intv ~. the tim1Dg 

of an approach to the Prmch., had bem proposed b,y the British an the baai• 

of the second tri.part.ite report., 111bich had :revealed certain improTaments in 

general securl.t7 on the part. ot the French. He agreed that it might be 

wU to rater the probl• t.b the special comd..ttee ot the NSC tor reattirmatim. He augat.c that a brief paper reviewing the problea be prepared b7 

the Bxecut1Te Calllittee for Boa.rd appronl. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR, expla1n1ng that the Bncutin Committee membership had 

not 7ft been •tablillhed• suggested in the interest ot obtaining prcmpt 

actim9 that the paper be prepued bJ' Mr. Poqzoidea' comitt.ee. 

MR. POLY?.t>IDBS expressed bis wil 11 ngn•a to undertake the preparaticn 

ot such a paper it the Board agreed upon this course ot acticn. He added 

that the additicmal report.a being prepared bT bis cClllllittee ebould be 

&Tailable bJ' the end ot nu:t. week. 

The maa'ben diacuaaed USCIB ccmaideratiaa of th• &dditicmal ~· 

in achmoe or tb• ccnterence and afP,'8e4 that a special •et.irlg of the 

Board for W.S JIU'PCMI• woulcl be called later in the mmt.h. It wa lpeecl 

that the qμeat.ian at briefing the RSC woul.d be ginn turt.her conaideratian 

after the c~ttee nport had bem atudiedo 

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The CHAillWl asked 1t seour1t7 etudiea ot 8DT countries aliher than 

Pnnce had bsm macte. 

MR. DAI intomed the ....... ot hi• undentand!nc that the •tter 

of such additianal studi•• vu bld.ng cona~dered. 

DICISION: (8 Ha.1' 19S3) USCIB (a) not.ad the initial report; Iv' the ad hoe 

cmmittee and decided that the ccmittee lhould cmtinue its atudJ' ot the 

additional phuea ot the pl'Oblc u outlined by Mr. PolJ'midee v.1.th a 

viw to submitting a report. for the ccnaicloration ot the Board at a 

BJ»!tcial •etin& to be held 111 adw.nce of the 4 June BRUSA Canterence; and 

(b) lll"eed to deter canaideratiaa of a preaentatim ot this •tire prob1• to HSC until the ad hoc comittee report. had bem reviewed. 

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