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Item 2 0£ the Agenda for the 106"th Meeting of USCIB, 

held on 10 September 1954. 

Terms of Reference for U.S. t / / ~ COMINT 

Negotiations (Ad Hoc Commit.t.ee Report (USCIB 29 .16/4). 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN (General Cabell) introduced this item for 

consideration by inviting Colonel J. J. Davis .. , /Chairman of the Ad Hoc 

Committee which prepared the report, to comment. 

COLONEL DAVIS made the following statement concerning the Committee 

recommendations: 

"The Ad Hoc Committee unanimously approved the draft 'Terms 

of Reference' which has been forwarded to USCIB with a recommendation 

for approval. 

"In this connection I shou1d/lilce to invite your attention to 

subparagraph 3i of Phase II on .. page 4 of the Terms of Refel"P.Tlce. 

The statement is made that, for/ the guidance of the-negotiators 

detailed minimum security standards will be prepared at a la1,,er date 

and will be as agreed by the Ad Hoc Committee. They will be attached 

as Tab G to the Terms of Reference. 

"The Committee considered that the Security Principles for the 

Handling of SHAPE 1Y1 Material(Appendix P, Annexure P2, Exhibit 2) 

would be an appropriate/basis !'or these standards and would satisfy 

the conditions of para ... 15e of the Final UKUSA Conference Report. 

Tab B of the Committee Report is based upon the SHAPE 1Y1 standards 

and the U.S. ,...rnn°seri t .. ·o obt···iain assurances that these principles are 

acceptable t{ ! ati theitime of the initial approach (Phase I). 

"As to the precise details of classification, transmission and 

physical security standards to be agreed during Phase II, the 

Committee believed that it would be helpful to seek the views of the 

British on an inf orma.l basis as to how they plan to handle such 

details with the I r The Committee was particularly concerned 

over theo.i insuring adequate source protection for COMINT 

passed t .. To this end, SUSLO, London, has been asked to 

explore t is ma er informally with GCHQ, on behalf of the Ad Hoc 

Committee. As soon as his reply is received, the Ad Hoc Committee 

will draft the detailed minimum COMINT security standards. These 

will then be forwarded to all holders of the Terms of Reference as 

Tab G. 11 

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lwill have already been approached./ on. t.h. e SHAPE 11Y11 proposal when e pproach outlined in the instant report is made. 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN asked for conunents on.the Ad Hoc report. 

ADMIRAL ESPE invited the attention .or the members to paragraph 3!, 

page 3, and asked if the parenthetical expression therein, viz, 

"(at least twice a week)", is intended to be literally construed. 

GENERAL CANINE replied by stating that the frequency of contacts is 

most important and should be specifically provided for. He added that 

he was not, however, insistent that this specific wording be retained, so 

long as the need for direct apd freauent contac.t is re·.cognized. He went 

on to add that in the case ofL I there is a need for a type of 

agreement somewhat different from that normally: made with Thir,d Parties, 

adding that our eventual success in the case ot1 I\ will depend 

materially upon our ability to go into the problem thoroughly and wholeheartedly in the initial stages. 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN retumed to the proposal made by Admiral Fspe, 

and asked if there was objection to deletion of the parenthetical 

expression contained in paragraph 3f on page 3. 

There were no objections. 

MR. ARMSTRCNG referred to paragraph 5 on page 6, which provides for 

location of the NSA liaison officer in the U.S. Mission atc::::::::J, and 

stated that he does not have the Ambassador's approval of the arrangement. 

He said that he has no reason to believe that there will be objection; 

however, he added that it will be necessary to obtain the Ambassador's 

authorization before proceeding along the lines indicated. He informed 

the members that the Ambassador is not now indoctrinated. 

GENERAL CANINE then asked Mr. Armstrong if th ere was enough doubt 

about the Ambassador 1 s possible reaction to warrant the consideration of 

altematives at this time. 

MR. ARMSTRONG replied in the negative. 

The members noted this limitation upon implementation of the proposal, and it was understood that NSA and CIA representatives should 

coordinate with the Department of State member any contemplated action 

bearing on the paragraph in question. 

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MR. ARMSTRONG aaid that he wished to raise one other point. He 

expressed his opinion that the guide lines for the negotiators, as set 

forth in the report, should not be too strictly construed, thereby 

affording the negotiators reasonable freedom. ~ action. He noted our 

lack of knowledge of just what th~ ill ask for, and said 

that he would favor a governing concept which will not tie the hands of 

those attempting to work out an agreement. 

The ACTING CHAIRMAN said that he would pref er not to give the 

negotiators too much latitude, suggesting that it. would be better to 

have the Board itself open-minded and ready to act upon any question the 

negotiators might raise. 

GENERAL CANINE informed the members that Dr •. Louis Tordella would 

be his representative for the negotiations, and, explaining that 

Dr. Tordella was completely familiar with our requirements, said that 

he would be quite willing to have him exercise the. authority suggested 

by Mr. Armstrong. 

The members discussed this point further, ult:i.Inately agreeing that 

the negotiators should be guided by the basic plan; but that the Board 

should not be too inflexible in its application. In view of this understanding, Mr. Armstrong withdrew his earlier suggestion on the subject. 

DECISION: (10 September 1954) USCIB agreed: 

(1) To approve the report contained as an enclosure with USCIB 

29.18/4, subject to the deletion of the parenthetical expression, 

"··· (at least twice a week) ••• 11 in paragraph 3f, page 3. 

(2) That any action contemplated by NSA or CIA with regard to 

parag:t'aph 5, page 6, be coordinated with the Department of State member. 

(3) That the negotiators of the agreement with~will be 

guided by the basic plan contained in the report; how~SCIB will not 

be too inflexible in its application. 

This item to be dropped from the Agenda. 

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