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Subject: 

Item 1 of the Agenda for the Twenty-ninth (Special) 

Meeting of USCIBEC, held on 2S April 1955. 

USCIB Co.MINT Requirements List (CRL) 

(USCIB 9.3/37, 39, 42). 

The CHAIRMAN (Captain Taylor) stated that the purpose of the meeting 

was to consider adjustment of the three (State, CIA and Air Force) Co.MINT 

Requirements Lists into a single list which could be recormnended to USCIB 

as a USCIB CRL. He suggested that, as a starter, the Committee decide 

whether or not the State Department list was usable and if so could it be 

combined with the CIA and Air Force lists. 

CAPTAIN HOLTWICK expressed his pleasure with the State list and 

commented that while the list is not quite in the ultimate form for a 

general list, with further subdivision and some rearrangement it would 

come close to what NSA had envisioned as a CRL. The CIA and Air Force 

lists, he said, fulfill steps in arriving at a CRL. 

MR. 0 1GARA stated that the Army would go along with any list. He 

suggested that even though the Anrry had not had much luck with State's 

concept there is so much promise in the State list that the Committee 

shouln try it as a hasis for submission of new Board guidance to NSA. 

CDR BRINGLE said that the Navy is in favor of getting a list to NSA 

right now and that the CIA list is a good beginning. He felt that the 

State list is workable but didn't think it takes care of the Military 

Services sufficiently. 

MAJOR MORRIS stated that the Air Force would be satisfied with a 

considerably condensed version of their list as long as there is a handle 

to which supplemental guidance to NSA could be adapted at a later date. 

He said that the Air Force had not attempted to put their requirements in 

the form used by State but were willing to try • 

........,,..,,.........,..,.-__.lexpressed the view that the CIA substantive approach is 

basically the most SO'lllld. He felt the State approach is more in the 

nature or supplemental @4dance. He said that CIA is willing to try to 

work their requirements into -f;he State list but as a matter of principle 

is against it. 

MR. GODEL stated that from the DefeJ1se point of view he thought the 

State approach to be almost perfect. He ag:i:-eed that a certain amount of 

military phraseology must be added. He envisa.g~d that Defense would 

ultimately get from USCIB a relatively complete paQket of papers, the 

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first of which would be a letter similar to the one State had drafted. 

The second would be similar to State's Basic Requirements List (a list of 

COMINT objectives) which would describe to General Canine how he should 

divide his pie. The third piece would be the principles of supplemental 

guidance and the fourth would be a consolidated list of Air Force, CIA, 

State, Army and Navy EE!. He said the latter paper would be an initial 

presentation of specific requirements and would be a continuing proposition changing from day to day. He suggested that the Committee start 

with the State paper and attempt to reach agreement on the cutting of the 

pie. He stated that in his opinion the CIA and Air Force lists were 

really EEI and could be consolidated at a later date with the EEI of the 

other members. 

MR. POLYZOIDES explained that he is interested in a method of 

procedure which would avoid the insufficiencies of the previous MRL and 

would lead as directly as possible to allocation of production resources. 

In preparing State's paper, the effort had been made to avoid old methods 

which had been rejected by NSA. He felt the State list to be extremely 

flexible and adaptable to the needs of the other agencies. When combined 

with the requirements of the other members it would not increase unduly 

in bulk. He pointed out that the State paper is directed against communications complexes not communicati9ns links and hoped that the Committee 

would choose to give the State approach a try. 

CAPTAIN HOLTWICK agreed with Mr. Godel that the CIA and the Air Force 

lists were EEI and constituted supplemental guidance. He stated that for 

the Committee to address itself now to supplementai guidance would be 

putting the cart before the horse and suggested that the CIA and Air Force 

lists be put aside, allowing the supplemental guidance mechanism which has 

already been approved take care of those lists. 

During the discussion which followed it was agreed that the State 

list should be examined in order to determine whether or not military and 

CIA requirements could be included. It was further agreed that while the 

CIA and Air Force lists could be combined, the State list is not compatible 

due to a difference in basic concept. 

DEC~SION: (28 April 1955) It was decided to form an ad hoc committee 

composed of Mr. Patton, OSD, as Chairman and including representatives from 

State, CIA and Air Force to study the State paper and to attempt to mold 

basic requirements of the other members into that form. It was agreed that 

the problem of coordinating supplemental guidance is to be handled by the 

Chairman, USCIBEC. 

The meeting adjourned at 1515. 

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