USCIB: 13.7/7 

19 March 1954 

MEMORANJ)UH FOR 'llIE MEMBERS OF USCIBEC: 

Subject: 

Reference: 

Determination of "Need to Know" and Assignment of Security 

and Distribution Responsibilities for Organizations not 

under the Exclusive CJgnizance of a Single USCIB Member. 

(a) USCIB 13/351 of l3 July 1953. 

(b) USCIB Directive Number 5. 

l. A study of reports received in answer to reference (a) above 

indicates that many persons have been cleared for COMINT while serving 

in departments and agencies or on boards, committees, councils, etc. not 

under the exclusive cognizance of any single USCIB member. In many 

instances the "need to know" of these organizations, as such, has not 

been certified by proper authority. Furthermore, in most cases, definite 

responsibility for security and distribution control has not been fixed. 

2. Experience has shown that COMINT security is greatly enhanced by 

singleness of security and distribution responsibility. Many compromises 

or possible compromises might never have occurred had one single member 

been responsible for, and had authority to control, these two highly 

important functions. 

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3. It is therefore recommended that a determination (or redetermination) 

of the "need to know" of the organizations listed below be made by the 

authority indicated in the enclosure hereto and that responsibility and 

authority for CCMINT security and distribution control be assigned as 

indicated. 

4. This item will be placed on the agenda for discussion, deletions 

and additions as necessary at the next regular meeting of USCIBEC. 

Enclosure 

a/s. 

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"Need to Know" 

Activity Authority 

Armed Forces l-iedical Policy Council OSD 

Army-Navy Electronics Evaluation Group USOIB 

*Atomic Energy Commission USOIB 

Bureau of the Budget USCIB 

CE - NSA Panel OSD 

Committee for the Liberation of the 

Peoples of Russia USCIB 

Department of Justice USCIB 

*Department of Treasury USCIB 

Foreign Operations Administration USCIB 

Free Territory of Trieste (U.S. Element) USCIB 

Intelligence Advisory Committee 

Joint Advanced Study Committee 

Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Joint Communications-Electronics 

Committee 

Joint Intelligence Group 

Joint Strategic Survey Committee 

National Security Council 

Office of Defense Mobilization 

Operations Coordination Board 

Project LINCOLN 

SACEUR (U.S. Element) 

SACLANT (U.S. Element) 

Security Coordinating Committee NATO 

(U.S. Element) 

USCIB 

OSD 

OSD 

OSD 

OSD 

OSD 

USCIB 

USCIB 

USCIB 

USCIB 

USCIB 

USCIB 

USCIB 

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Security and 

Distribution Control 

ARMY 

NAVY 

CIA 

NSA 

NSA 

CIA 

FBI 

NSA 

STATE 

ARMY 

CIA 

AIR FORCE 

NAVY 

AIR FORCE 

NAVY 

Am FORCE 

CIA 

CIA 

STATE 

NSA 

ARMY 

NAVY 

NAVY 
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''Need to Know" Security and 

Activity Authority Distribution Control 

Standing Group NATO {U.S. Element) USCIB NAVY 

State-Defense Military Information 

Control Committee USCIB STATE 

U.S. Coast Guard USCIB NAVY 

U.S. Delegation to the Military 

Staff Committee, U.N.O. OSD ARMY 

U.S. Weather Bureau USCIB CIA 

Watch Committee {IAC) USCIB ARMY 

Weapons System Evaluation Group OSD NAVY 

'White House USCIB CIA 

*Security and distribution control for COMINT items connected with USCSB 

matters has been assigned to NSA. 

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