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1. lt is agreed between the Ult and the US that by llCllle meat\a tbe 

Standing Group, NATO, muet. be made to promulgate; 

a. The concept. that 1naecure naticnal. ccamanication• 

or NATO member nations endaqJer the common secur.lty ot NATO; 

b. A liet of min1mum CCX"'l'mtcation •ecw:1t1" atandarda. 

2. Once the concept and the list. are promulgated, tt 1• the US 

proposal.: 

a. That the Standing Group request each nation to asaure 

the Security and Evaluation Agenc7, NATO, that the standards are met 

or exceeded in that nation's COlllDUftications; 

b. That the tac111t.1ea or the Security and Eval.uattan· 

Agency, NATO, be made available tor advice and assistance to any 

member nation requiring help in meeting the standards; 

c. That the Security and Evaluation Agency, NhTO, continwil.ly review the situation to be certain that the prcmulgated 

standards are being met. 

3. Once the concept and the list are promulgated,· it ia understood 

to be the UK pl"OpOsal: 

a. That a new permanent group be established under the 

Standing Group, NATO, to be distinct from the Security and Evaluation 

Agency, to be composed of equal representation from the UK, the US, 

and France, tor.the purpose ot guiding national cCllDIJIUllication 

securit7 or the member countries; 

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b. That this new group call before it, one b,y one, the 

other eleven NATC members, 1n order to 1'8VUw their onmmmloaticna 

security, each nation being asked to gin a campl.ete presentation 

or its cammmication =.security techn1quea and pl"&CU.ces; 

d. That this group reOOD1118nd to each nation the changea 

necesaarr to acr..ieve co.mmrd.cation securlt.YJ 

E>· That thin group review peri.odical.l.7 the CQ1•1111dcat1on 

secur.lt.1 status ot eaclt NATO ration. 

4. &'he US recognizes in the UK propoaal two ad'V81'ltagea1 

b. Possible contr1mt1ona to the COON? effort, ot th• UK, 

the us, and France, as a result or national disclosures to the new 

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5. The US feels, however, that these nc:lld.nal advantages are Gvel'-

weighed b7 eight major disadvantages, which mq be diaeuaaed under 

the hend1ngs of: 

a. Organizational duplication 

b. Misplacement Of initiatiYe 

c. \\orkload distribution 

d. Delq in reaching goal 

e. Incompleteness of reconmendations 

f. Infringement or national. prerogati Ye 

g. Security hazard to the DRUSA COMIN'l' operation 

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So Wq:kload D:istrib\t.ion. Closfl;y rela t.ed to this :is the question d 

wcrklmd djstrJ.butiion. Under the UX propmal, ndi arll7 the i.n1tjat1w 

but the ue.jcr inrt ot tha M>l"k devolves upon the mw group. Thi hal.d.1ig 

or heari~, lmg del.Jberatiom, secur.ltt,v otu:Uaa, etc., will represel't. a 

substant.1a.l - and, to the us, an· urwarrad:.ed - addition t.o the NATO l:u:1get, 

er to the b.rl gets oL the m, me. and France because ot the lose at\ services 

ot the group lD!lllbere. 

9o DeJ.ay in Reachim GgaJ:. The P"'OC8.:iS d strai&htenirg CJ& .N\TO mticral 

oommmi.catiom unier the UK prope&al 1s es1n:ially a sequential. JroC\9880 

This means that t.m ultim te goal is net. reamed until tlle new gl"CIJ.p .baa had 

oppcrtnnit.y to talk with each ration in turn, and to assuage all tm tactics 

~ noncooperation Wiich the US foresees will arise. An additiom.l delq\is 

intraluced through the necesait7 <L dispasizg ~ the Starrling Group mtiom 

befcre CODlll'Bnc:lfW operatiom with the ether elenn ocurt.riea. Tot.he US this 

seems net onl7 unwiel.cV but downrl&ht. dangerou. 

10. Incompletemss ot Recomeniationao It :is d the esaen:e d the tJI: 

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ll. IntrilJtmum. d Natioaj Prercgatift. Eit.be2'\appl'080b cm onl.7 

succeed by ach1av1rg whole•b9art.ed CO-OJBration t:l all 14 NATO countrias 

-worlci~ umel.1'1shl.1' ror tm common goal. Thil epU.1t can tGJ¥ be gained 

by treating free and soverei&n equal mtions as mch, MIT Non-StanUrg 

Group coudir;y is goirg to ow th9 Brit.is apprcach\aa a clear alll direat 

intringement. d Ma sovereignt7J. as. cut.aid• the soopt \(1 li\TO,, aid as a 

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ham 1 provides these ratiom ld.th wba t t.be7 need with out waitiJg \fOf! th•• 

to dfer their 319 tema and practices fa:- evaluation. 

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