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SUBJBCT: Sepmt.te Codevord tar Cznltm:lal.1Uc Methods 

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GOVERNMENT 

1. !b9 J>:b:ector Ma reTS.evo4 tbe procedure• p:opecl far a 88];1GJ'ate cede• 

wr.m1. !'or eul.Jtlo •t.bob u eanta:t.Ded 1n • memrudm to JVU.1 4ated 5 Ma7 J.95211 

~ t!ae Cba.1.rman# 111CD Secur1t:r CGIZdttee (SICCOM). As a ftflul.t at tb18 Z'n1ev1 

i~ bu ~ ~ thai ~ A$.l ll08S.tlcm CJD t.lda •tter rem.ins aubstant~ 

tbe 88tlCt u that CG'ltatoe4 !n JWr memorandum cm th1a tNbJoct,. lated 15 Ja.nl.la17 

2952. t.o tba ~·~ ·~· 1. Die attac1:M!il 4Nft 'lll!COraidwt ( IDclosun) ror tbe Cbah'm,, SPl:coM,. ccmtalns • ftra AfSA JOliCT ptt1on m 'tb1a atter -1 -.txataf.D8 tbat MQilarate 

ccdevorda ror ~ •tbada 11114 CCJMift eaa. JrQ'l.UCt• llbou14 'be provs.ded. 

It ta iobe'l"Ctore reca1ande4 tbat the lDc109ure 'be~ to tbe ~,~COM, 

tor eonaidemttoD. 

Inclos\O."G • l 

Cok&lol"4 far' ~c Metba4e 

cc: Of'f'/Operations 

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tw ~ .. ~ ~ -4 inttlo ~' "19tn· 

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SBl1' ~ ptOt..cticln 91all - ~ '° \fe~~ .. Nlat.1 '° 

tihl trd poduct. bl .-dC" \0 IGnbd• \ht fOU1bl.9 ~oe tllri'dbla 

.,a, OJak't aeott••• llowesvW"_. -. t..o n..l.4t ot ~-tio 

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to ..torl.al. 1nol.\\dod M4 pc.oi1x•el 1mol.TO:t. ~t tb9 l&'IPliIMJ.oo ot ~ ood~ \o t• U •1'• te.1S.blo. In t.ha lia!Wd 

W. 01 rfW3Ar!P1 \hi ~*114.on tCNld • t.btt. ~ ~ oodoworJ 

aloa. ~ b!t aid ldJIH U. pot.at.ton Sllpli• the ,rot.ct.ion ot tht 

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et \be c'X*B:: 'tleld. Iia the l1dtt et w.., tJlf ~iOll iMt.. 

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th.-. la a mah IJtrioter lild.tation ot CClis:: ..t.hoda to the •DWI t.o 

JmWI pl'ine1ple, the~ to the 9tCUl'lt..y ot com."? lr,r \he aatabllahJrant 

ot a Mplll'ate ..thoda codnord 1a mt. .m.dAmt.. 'rh1• 1• .further eubltantiated bJ' the tact that thtA an "11'tualll' m conaumera ot th1• •terial. 

J. At the NOent VS/ul Ccm::unicatian a.ourit.7 Cont...,,ce, thia aubjeot 

wa clille\IUtd 14th .-bR• oft.be Iondon Cnh_. Foli.q IMrd. !he opt.rd.on• 

that ..,... tllpl"9ued on tbia .mattw wre u .tollowa1 

a. !he OK Npl"Uentat1,,.. .tatelthat, in t.helr op1.n1on. a~ 

~ ,an. doC\menta aontain1ng mthada and techniques, u dllltinpillhed 

1ra:l th• eodewrd tor document• contld.nJna •nll' the Cl4 prod.uot,a ot 

CCllI.Jrl' operatiOl'lllJ wuld l'MUlt in .,._t_. Jll'Otect1on tor the CXllD'1' end 

~ota. 'ftd.a opinion ._. bue-.1 on the fact that a .ta1r mm.ber ot 

pmple who VO\lld 1"9q\dn indoctrination tor t.he Mt.boa codeword 'WOuld 

• Jon.put NqU1re 111doctr1nat1on frna tbe 9llCl pl'Oduot codnord. 

l:t. The US repruentat1 na telt that the prodat.on ot a Hparate codeword 

1ICNlA nwult in inc...-..! eKUl'it.J' .hr ~c Jllllt.hoda N1d teohn1que1. 

Jlater1al et cona16'rable OJ7ptlll&l,tlo lmprrtance, CIUl"l"entJ.T u11protected 

'tv' codfnl0r4, oouldt under the FOPOllAl, be d.S.at.l"ibuted 14th a ;reater 

maaure •t MCUl'1t..J thin la nov po1dbla. 

o. Both t.t.. US &114 DX Np"U91.ltat.i.,..a ltO'eed that the propoled dl'ri.111.en 

wuld 11mplif7 the problc of i.Dd.oot.rination. In me ow, it would be 

1IMICU9U'J' to cU:wJ.ge t..tie eonient. w nature ot the C<lllHT mcl ptOduct 

to Pll"llOl'll ccmcvned ~ 1d.tb mthoda a techrd.ciu••• Th• COJ'Ollu7 

of th1a would. tollaw td.th N9pect. t.o tba indoctrination ot thoN concerned 

~14th t,he JIO-Mion am naluat.1on of the CtlW;T end product. 

4. It -. al.90 felt that, once ha'dr-« Adopted a codeword tor Mt.hod• 

llDcmtenta, th9J't1 would -1.don be neaealit.7 tor chang1ng the wrd on 

account ot it• actual _. .uapect•J c0ii\fll"Cli1d•t lllJ"ther • it wa felt that 

th• oodeword 1t...U ~ llDt be clua1tied u 1• th• codeword tor t.he 

ltd product. 

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4. ttJ.m:retere, the _USCIB Coord111ator nqueata \hat J'OU re tainine the 

procedure• tor elltabli.td.ng a eodeNoN tor ~o methoda1 u propoeed 1n 

J'OUf" lf.lmrllldum ot ' 1119 1952, :lD the l1gtlt et tb• APIA poliey position mted 

.. 111xne, ud tbe acr aecent reached on tbi• •ttv bet.wen the UIJ and UK l'tlpl"9-

Mntat1,.• at th• Neent Cmlr;un\c&t1on lecur1t.7 Conf.-.nee. 

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