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•• r-•1n ooaYlno~ ot th• ur11ent need tor aa 

etteotlY• approach to the ~acb an4 1 atter •tvdJ' ot the ••t 

ot paper• covered bJ. 7our MOP.seoe ot 23rd Deo .. ber• w are 

prepared '° aocept tb• Dft baal• of approaoh nbJ"' to t:be 

ao41t1eat1ona and ... ndmltnt• deaerllMtd "below. Th9•• ln ou• 

Tl•• bav• th• •tteet ot br1no1~ 1ti more 1ato lln• wltb the 

.19M &&ree .. at• but retala the empbaa1• oa the preparation 

ot a aeaorandwa tor th9 Standing Group aa the atartlng point 

tor ta. teobnlcal d1aouaa1ona. 

GEl'ERAL MODIFlCA!I?HS1 

a. .. oonald•r tbati the U.blln& ot a Minim• atand&rd9 

Paper., panloularl.7 la it• preaent torra, l• lllc•l.7 to b1D4• 

rather than help th• 11lpl ... ut•'1oa ot paragraph 188 ot th• 

JWDe Coaterenoe Repor\. •• accord1ng17 propoae that the 

ort.&1nal purpoae ot th• Minimum SbndaJ'da Paper ahould. H 

adhered to.•l•s •PJao•141rag gu14ano• to SECAN &n4 EUSBC ... tor ••tabll1h1~ a b••l• tor g1•1Dci adYloe to eaoh countrr•. 

s. The ... 1nobject1ona to handing auch a paper to \he 

Flteaob are the .... aa tho•• •• made in June to J)Ubl1catlon \o 

KATO nation• ot tb• Y1n1Jaum StandaJtda PaJ>41.P 1• 

(a) It 1• unlik•l.J to induce d1aouaa1on or how 

:rar•tcular oypbera -1 be 1mpro"le4. 

<•> Any aucb paper muat neoeaaarll7 be oomprehen•l•• 

and therefore contain matter 1rr•l•Yant to the 

probl ... ot any one nat1oa. 

'l'h• purpoae of 1n1t1at1~ the nqu.U-.CS t;n>e ot d1aouaa1oa with 

the French will, .. are ooa•ino~, be better .. r••d bJ tbe 

•ar1et tor Delegate• to the Teohnioal P1aouaa1ona• •• ... n49Cl 

1D tile appended 400-•'•• 

4. There are ~ hoba.1oal point• la '11• 9 Mlnlmlll 

Standard•• paper with whlob .. 41•&6J"9•• W. tberetare 

popo .. \hat we abould. torward. (}CHQ and CJMSF.C A&•no7 ocanenta 

to BSA aDd tba' t1aal aar• ... nt ahould. be reao~ on a11 po1nta relevant to \be d1•ovaa1on• with the Prenob at the pre11m1naJT ... ,lag ot the u.s. •nd u.K. delegate• ln London. 

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o.c.S.Q, CCJIWTS QI v.s. rQCU!UJI;;j Cli f!!QCR CW¥QICNl:IUi§ S£cyign, 

2, Aide M8901n, 

3, Agenda N!d M•' tor tllt !!tttlP' ot D!tl•nte• I 

trqp T,J,!.Q1 

4. Britt tqr ptl.tpHa $t Xttbp1ptl. llffB!ti• 

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Ro Change, 

(a) Sub•Utute for para 2 the tolloring ne1f para 21-

•It. i•, thaz-.taro, neoesaary to t4ke steps to enaure tM.t no 

NATO country uaea, rcr its natianal canunicationa, inadequately 

sec\Jl"9 crypwgraphic riDd tranaaiaaiaD iractioea which could 

diecloae aignitioant. 1nt'ona!lt.1an to a. potential Mie1118 , 

(b) ~ubatitute for para 5 the rollowring n•w para 5•-

•tm OoYernmeats ot the U.~. and UJ., propoae, therefore, tlat 

taolmic&l discuasiona aacmg the Ca:ruunioatiana Secruri t1 

expert.a of the three ;::tand1ng ilroup .i,owers be held forthwith 

rlth the obj~t or agreein~ upon s. :1omorandmn for is•ue by t.m 

Standing i.A'~ to all hnTO Qonl"!'..menta, Tha U,1, and U,S, 

Jov~rnmenta are, howeTezo, conscious of a nlll:lber o.r a&lmesses 

in their own netional cOll!lUDicaticn pract1ces1 the French 

GOYel'Dllent 11&1 al.80 have Dot.eel aimi] :;ar ••lme&MI in ita own 

pract.ioes, The U .1. Sid u • .s. GoYanuenta belieYe t.b.9.t it 18 

essential for the u.s., France and tbe u.K. to assure theeelns 

that their om 11tand•1'• ot Communicatiooa Seauri tJ a.re or a 

leftl autu•ll7 agned to be sat1sfaotoey and furt.bar propose 

that aotim adequate to this lld be 1n1Uated duM.ng tbe 

above tacbnioal disousaicma am before the iaaue at the 

1Mllorandm b)' ti. St.aadtng Group,• 

No Change. 

(a) Para 2, sub-para (d)a Delete t1nal H11tenoe and add to 

peaaltiate HD'ben•I 

• ••• and 1n diac:u.uicm ot its appen41z1 Liat ot Dangerous 

Pract.ioea, The u.~ &Dd 11.1. delegate• will f.17 to naah 

asn-ent with the 1r9lldl • 91atem tba1; are tmdamentallJ 

inaecure snd practices tlnt. nst be fOl'bidden aad M4* to get. 

the Dist at Dana-l"OWI Practice• aooep*, or pretenb~ 

aaplitied. • 
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S. StaruHpg Qroup MnorNJdlM. 

6. C1"'unig.+t1oU Sequrity Pri.nc;\plea apd W:p1:gp 

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' I>elet.e .u-paraa (•) tt.o~h (h) and aibat.1.t.utfl new w.b-p&ra (e) 

u tall.on •· 

•.&ve17 efton mut be act. to 1Dduoe tbe i'renah to d1aeuas thdJ" 

om Cfpbora, ~ J"ioaUcma praoUoea end p&"o•lL11'W. In 

JRO'ri.Ag t1'0ll the above tJ14tOHt.1oAl d1i2owsd.ota t.o ~oUoal 1•"'9• 

delegate• -1 hope t.o elicit trm the Frenob ac==>thing ot llhat 

thq alr•adT know b7 reterrinc to b'ECAN'o .:md oar oc e~enoe 

1n C~. The ex:iot. taot.ioa will be agrood bntween the U .s. 

ond U.l. delegates, initially at the prel1:111MrJ talks in London 

end, subaequentl.J, a.a may be neoeHar,y, by pri vato conaul tit Um 

1n the light ot the course the diocuaaicma tak•• Such tactical 

decisicma will be t;overned bJ the provi.l'd.cca of sub-para l(c) 

abon." 

(b) In para 3 a(2) insert a.tter u.~. • •• and u.K.". 

(c) Substitute far mb-pa.ra 4lb), new aub-para .4(b) as follows •· 

"COASEC • If the French aak, pointblank, QUo&Uctne about 

Mtional cypher systems ot the u.~>. ar u.x. a. f'rank answer 

should, Rherenr possible, be ginm. Ir the reply to mah a 

queatim would involw renlatim ot prinoipl.ea not ap~oved 

by the U.S •. md U.K. for releau, attempts should be made 

to 8Yl.de the question discreetly. In the h.st reaort the 

reply should be that this J:&rticul.3.r subj~ct ia one which the 

delegation 1.s :it preMnt un.<.Lbla to diacuas". 

No aM1lge. 

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~ ~ \_\.) (!-) The following devioe may be used if at any stage it appears 

~H~ :' \ \_ ~ '·t ~. '- Vi both the U. K. and U.S. delegates that it will further the 

real purpose of the discussions. The U.S. Delegation will 

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have been provided v7ith a suitable version of the "Minimum 

Standards Paper"• the final text of "'hich shall have bo0n 

agreed durin3 the preliminary discussions in London. At 

some natural point, for instance when the French Delegation 

have queried the reason for some restriction proposed by the 

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..,_ K. and the U .s., or v:hen some basis is required for a statement in the "List of Dangerous Practices", tho U.S. will make 

avaib.ble to the other delegates either the whole of this 

document or relevant sections, as if it were one of tho u.s. 

reference papers v:hich they feel the others might just as i.rnll 

see and vhich ".;;ould in all probability represent a brief 1 or 

part of a brief, for the guidance of SECAN. In arranginc the 

procedure for the introduction of this paper the U.K. and u.s. 

dolcgc~tes Hill bear in mind thc.t it must not tako on tho 

appearance of a document jointly prepared <.nd tho.t it is not 

to be presented as EIJ1 officii..1.l action paper. If the whole 

document is made avail2blc it must be ensured thnt the French 

understand that SEC.A.E would not propose to issue such a paper 

o.nd thr.t it must not be discussed outside those tripo.rtito 

discussions·.