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USCIB: 29.1.S/1.2 Item 2 0£ the Agenda £or the 1.0'4tn Meeting of USCIB, 

hel.d on 14 June 1954. 

Subject: IJKUSA Conference onl 

'L-----------~--------------- The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Dulles) stated.that in introducing this item he 

would like to congratulat.e Mr. Francis/Raven and his Committee for the 

excellent report which .has been submitted. · 

MR. RAVEN acknowledged the Chairman's congrat"Ulations. 

The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the report be considered, and 

s~es±pd trat it be taken .·u· p .. ·on a country ..... -by-coun····· try basir 0 startfov wit · He invited comments by General Canine on the I 

paper. • 

GENERAL CANINE said that he is sure he can "live with" the 

Committee's reconunendations o~ hnd proposed that they be approved. 

He added that he has /kept in reasonably close touch with the Committee, 

and believes its members have come up with a very good paper. It 

provides a way, he/said, of accomplishing what he had in mind when he 

first tabled the/problem s_everal months ago. 

GENERAL ER./ SK.INE said that thel f ecommendations are accept- able to him. · · 

MR. ~S.TRONG stated that he had one suggestion, namely, that the .__ ___ __.J paper be amended by insertion of a p~ragraph on mutual 

re-examination similar to that contained as paragraph 2c, Section f of 

thE! I paper. (Para. 2c of enclosure 5 with USCIB 29 .18/8.) 

It was agreed that such a paragraph will be added as paragraph 2f 

of enclosure 4 with USCIB 29.18/8. 

The CHAIRMAN expressed his opinion that it is advisable to have a 

saving, or terminating, clause in papers of this kind. 

MR. ARMSTRONG pointed out that these arrangements, when agreed, 

will necessarily fall within the provisions of the UKUSA agreement. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR read the provisions on termination from the basic 

UKUSA agreement for the infonnation of those present, adding that many 

of the individual Appendices also provide for review from time to time. 

He explained, further, that it is customary for each conference on UKUSA 

arrangements to provide that the work of the conference be reviewed at a 

later date. 

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The CHAIRMAN said that he would be inclined to put similar wording 

in each of these papers. 

MR. ARMSTRONG suggested, instead, that the conference delegation be 

instructed to insure that the conference report contain appropriate 

wording, similar to the UKUSA agreement, with regard to termination and 

review of the arrangements agreed upon. 

Mr. Armstrong's suggestion was approved. 

MR. AMORY raised a question concerning the last clause of paragraph 

fl(b)(4) of enclosure 4 with USCIB 2}1.18/8 which states 11 ••• insofar as 

this is compatible with the fulfillment of the objectives in paragraph a, 

above. 11 He said that the statement is confusing to him and is probably 

not intended. 

The CHAIRMAN stated that the clause is also confusing to him. 

CAPTAIN TAYLOR, stating that he too considered the clause turbid, 

suggested that the word "vital", earlier in the sentence, should suffice 

to convey the intended meaning. 

It was ~eed to er .. d the sentence in question by placing a period after the wo .and deleting the final clause as quoted by Mr. Amrrv rr .. was agreed, fur.ther, to delete the same clause from the paper 

on .(paragraph fl(b)(4) of enclosure 5 with USCIB 29 .18/8). 

GENERAL CANINE pointed\out a possible source of trouble for the 

Delegation in the U ~ntact with the .· He 

said that if the .UK.l_ __ Jarrangements deal only with ELINT there is no 

cause for concern;.however, i:f'\CCMINT is also involved it will probably 

be necessary to elicit all details if the conference is to a.chi.eve its 

purpose of bringing te> light\all\side arrangements. He suggested that 

the wording of the papers be left\ unchanged but that the Delegation 

recognize the problem and.be prepared to deal with it. 

It was so agreed. 

The CHAIRMAN invited comments on\thel.__ __ __.lpaper. 

GEN!fAT. CANrNE·· ... commented that som·. e\·a.\ c·. tion mus.·/ t be taken to obtain 

more frOOL and suggested that the British be given an opportunity 

to obtain informatiorfsa'f;.isfactory to us,\with the t1Ilderstanding that if 

they are unable to produce to our satisfaction we must be free to pursue 

some other course. He explainedt}l~t such<is provided for by the 

"reasonable time" clause; however, he .S\lgges.ted that the Delegation 

attempt to reach agreement upon just what a llr.ea.sonable time" shall be. 

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The CHAIRMAN agreed that the I I problernwilJ_ rE!tquire somewhat 

different treatment than that of I // u> r in view of tne .... 1 .... · r..___..., 

non-NATO status. He pointed out that the U.S.uhas much to offer[ I 

thereby pl.acing u.s 1 a positiwhere we "'l!il.d ,plq; a major par!: m 

any arrangements wit /With this inmind, he thought it might 

be unwise to agree t arrangementswhich exclude U.S. participation or influence. 

The advisability of a joint US-UKapproach to[Tiwas discussed. 

It was agreed that the Delege:hion sh.ould be aware •of the views 

expressed and endeavor to avoid acceptan.ce of arrangements which will perm~t anyJ tto playoff the U.K. against the U.S., 

or vice ve sa. 

Turning to the paper onl j the CHAIRMAN ~ concerning 

the reason for a somewhat/different approach to the L.._____J 

GENERAL CANINE explained that thel f effort is considerably 

smaller, their geography is probably not as desirable, and our knowledge 

of their potential is limited. The paper on! lis designed, he 

said, to permit the Delegation some leeway in dealing with these points. 

Thel lpaper was approved without further comment. 

The CHAIRMAN commented again upon the successful efforts of Mr. 

Raven's Conunittee, and asked if there were other matters to be discussed 

in connection with the conference. 

In the ensuing discussion the Board reached agreement on the following additional points: 

(1) That the U.S. position papers will.be expurgated, before 

forwarding to the U.K., by an ad hoc committee consisting of representation from NSA, CIA;· and Army, assisted as necessary by the Executive 

Secretary. 

(2) That position papers will be exchanged with SUKLO, Washington 

on or about 21 June 1954, and that the conference be scheduled to begin 

on 12 July 19 54. 

(3) That the U.S. Delegation consist of one representative from 

each of the following organizations, plus technical assistants as 

required: State, CIA, NSA, Army, Navy, and Air Force. 

··' (4) That the Deputy Executive Secretary, USCIB, serve as Assistant 

to the Delegation Chairman. 

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DECISION: (14 June 1954) USCIB approved the U.S. position papers contained in USCIB 29.18/7 and 29.18/8, with the amendments indicated above, 

and also agreed: 

(1) That an ad hoc committee of representatives of NSA, CIA, and 

Army, assisted as necessar,¥' by the Ex:ecutive Secretary, USCIB, 

expurgate the US9IB 29.18/7 and 29.18/8 versions of the U.S. 

position papers·~or transmittal to U.K. authorities. 

(2) That position papers be exchanged with SUKLO on or about 

21 June 1954. 

(3) That the U.S. Delegation consist of one representative, plus 

technical assistants as required, from each of the following 

organizations: State, CIA, NSA, Army, Navy, and Air Force. 

(4) That the Deputy Ex:ecutive Secretary, USCIB, serve as assistant 

to the Delegation Chairman·. 

This item to be dropped, temporarily, from the agenda. 

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