CIB # 000195 

2 July 1954 

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MEMQRANDUM FOR THE MEiMBERS OF THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE JULY 1954 

!JKUSA CQNFERENCE: 

Subject: Summary of u.s. Delegation Discussions. 

The enclosed notes reflecting views of the u.s. Delegation 

on matters to be considered at the coming coni'erence are f orwa.rded 

£or information. 

Enclosure 

a/s. 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 05-09-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 

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1. .3 (last 

sent) 

2. 4(a) 

,3. 5(a) 

4. 5(b) 

5. 5(c) 

6. 5(d) 

I INTRODUCTION 

U.K. Citation 

•t ••• thd lliave 

stopped their suppl¥ of~l~~~~~~~J 

to the U.K. 11 

11 ••• either U.S. or 

U.K. may act as 

Executive Agent on 

behalf of both ••• 11 

comment 

Some questio as to whether U.K 

ref errin to 

but genera conce e is ...,i,..,,s..-::-:~a=r-...,, s meant. U.S. paper 

indicates/ U.K. continuing to get a 

drop copy; know of no cessation. 

Agreed: Necessary to determine facts 

at conference, including investigation 

of possibility of U.K. being able to 

reinstitute receipt of drop copy. 

Army Eitrongly opposed to use of term 

"Executive Agent". U.S. papers not 

specific on manner in which one party 

will represent both. 

Agreed: To note that U.S. may not 

.want to use term "Executive Agent". 

II GENERALPRINCIPLES 

"Certaintv" of Inter-

"Existing COMINT 

arrangements ••• shall 

not be disturbed." 

Other intelligence 

interests not to be 

disturbed. 

f 

I I to be considered "upper 

limit". 

Agreed: Not practicable to prepare 

and exchange lists of specific items 

or systems at the conference. Cases 

should be treated individual1¥ and 

lists exchanged at later date. 

Agreed: To ask for evidence of that 

certainty. 

Understood to mean that U.K. plan to 

weave existing arrangements into a new 

plan. 

Indicates possibility that U.K. will 

wish to consider intelligence arrangements along with CCMINT. 

.Agreed: U.S. delegation must make 

clear, without delay, its position of 

inability to consider intelligence 

matters outside COMINT field. 

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7. 5(e) 

8. 8 

9. 9 

10. 10 

11. 11 

U.K. Citation 

11Feed.-back" to be 

provided explicitly on 

behalf' of' both the U.S. 

and U.K. 

Comment. 

U.S. purpose in/making a.ny disclosure 

primariJ y to be honeet •.with 

.__.,....,.......,...-..,.......,..... ..... 1 or, .ir necessary, to 

obtain what we want f'.r()In the U.K. 

Agreed: U.S. has/ not accepted as 

policy either (1) the Ex.ecutive Agent 

concept or (2) disclosure of collaboration. 

III METHOD OF APPROACH 

Joint U.S.-U.K. 

negotiations at an 

early stage. 

Simultaneous approach 

to 3 countries. 

Security guarantees 

with reference tQ 

revelation to other 

countries. 

Extent of' GCHQ and NSA 

participation in 

negotiations. 

.-= ..................... """'-...................... '""""'i~·.g U.S. Approach to ...._ ____ __. ___ ......_._o....r·K· approach .__ __ ___, ________ roughly' 

comparable/to U.S. po ition; however, 

agreed neither Sa nor Sb acceptable 

with final sentence of para.graph providing :for joint approach a.t early 

stage. In addition, Army Will accept 

Sb onl=/with understan .• ·.• ding t·. hat U.K.-

1 J agreement will :fulfill U.S. 

needs. · 

Not contemplated by U.S., and objectionable. Desirable 

1

to awai.t results 

of'I • contacts before 

approaching I I Agreed to inform 

U.K. accordingly, giving reasons for 

position. 

Not covered in U.S. papers. No strong 

objection to general knowledge of 

existence of COMINT relationship between U.S. and U. K. ; however, ·· .. would 

object to such information be:i.ng passed 

:from one to 

another. 

The U.K. has spelled out recommended 

channels of negotiations. 

Agreed no need for such specific details at this juncture. 

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1. 

2. 4 a 

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L 3 

U.K. Citation 

ELINT. 

Joint US/UK dealings. 

PL 86-36/50 USC 3605 

Proposals for breaking the "impasse". 

LSIB knows or no u.s. 

COMINT approach to 

t 

approach to the U.S. 

cominent 

U.K. serves notice t.h"+. li'T.TNT will not 

be exclude. f:t'om minds of the conferees. 

Agreed (l/m~st reiterate to U.K. our 

inability to d.:i.scuss ELINT; (2) willing 

to hear U.K. ideas at a meeting outside 

the conference; (3 )\willing to state 

our Government has under consideration 

the conso1i4at.iol1 of\ the ELINT problem 

without .t'urther details; (4). should 

determine whether. U.K. relati.ons with 

-----------' are··· purely ELINT or whetner they. also • .. include CmUN.T. 

t 

CIA .. ~rodn .• cep info. rma. tion·. indicating thatl • J wants to deal with only one 

country.• Clausee (a) and (b) indicate 

an int en.lf....l1JLL....1.&1u::....1Jt1.L:.L&...J.1..L.....J"1.Ll:L...J;u:..r...1.&.1..a.L1.......1.1.Mi 

separate 1....-"'"'.""""-:-:-----.------=;-----:-' Discussion indicat 

probably has, as a resu 

sions with the Air Force, considerable 

information concerning our\ELINT plans. 

These paragraphs deal, for the most 

part, with non-COMINT intercept, which 

is outside the Delegation's authority 

to consider. Agr.eed. that this, in 

effect, wipes out all of paragraph 4 

except 11 g11 , which deals with security 

regulations. Delegation felt U.K. 

should not enter :into a CCMINT\relationship with thel I 

Discussion of I I Intelligence 

approach to Army which .resulted in 

receipt of certain COMINT reports. 

Army distributed a briefing note indicating that\ r'IJ I Array 

willing, however, that U.K. be informed 

that the reports were not received 

through any CCMINT channel. 

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Par. U.K. Citation Comment\ 

2. 4 U.K.\ Noted thatUSCm has approved this; 

however, Army mem.per suggested it be 

~~:t ted onl.7 i£ \ the U. K. makes with 

\"----____ _ I~= .. lan/arran ... ·· ..• ·gj®t accrptable to the 

u .. s. .Agreed• U ... K.·. ·• \\ \ negotiations 

should be lefi;! so].,ely to\the U.K. with 

no niention of; u.s~. interests - the 

conver.se ot t.he U .s.q I negotiations. 

3. 6 b In event of I 

refusal. ,___ _ ___, .__r_o_!_/_· t-~-d_/_~_u_t_!_/h_a:_t_. -~ .... f~!;~:c~ne::~s i;r1 to 

1. 1 

2. 4 

Existing situation 

rel I 

Fear impact on U.K. 

intelligence interests 

outside of CCMINT. 

be done int.he event either objects 

when approach is made. Noted that this 

paragraph has value. to U.S. in its 

~~~.!~il~ :!hdraw £r~j·' l~~~J~e!:s. 

articular 

obtained 

Agreed U.S. must reject argument concerning detriment to other intelligence 

interests. 

1. General Notes on U.S •• Position 

a. U.S. not agreeable to granting U.K. an "Exclusive" wit~-----

b. U.S. paper recommends, in essence: 

(1) That U.S. contim,1e with their contact of the past three years. 

(2) That/no technical assistance be given th~._ __ __. 

c.I lcCMINT service is not under the Intelligence Service, as in 

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d. U.S. position does not make~ an 11Exclusive 11 for the U.S. 

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DEFINITION OF "REASONABLE TJME" 

In clari.f'icat[on of the 

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Reasonjble··· tiln.·e·· "/cla·u.s···: e co··· nt·. a:i .. ned··.· .. ·· .. in the u.s. position papers on it was agreed•that a "reasonable Mme" 

would be one year for negotiations, andan additional year £.or\.assessing the 

results of those negotiations. 

SUMMARY OF INITIAL U.S. POSITION AT THE CONFER.ENCE 

In view of the size.·andimpo. rtanc'f_,o..,.f.......,t ..... h ... /.... e.._l __ ___.l_.E.,...f.... f~ ort,\\.the\\.u .• s. feels 

that it is in about equal. balance with_ _ Thus, so far as 

these three cowitri" es are con···c·· erned the U •.. ·····K···· .• sho1JJ d conti nne t.o\· ... de,_ lo·· ... Np0 itchsange relations withL ~ land t.hy U.S. continue with_ _ is contemplated fo J ..__ _____ ___..,. _ __. 

POSSIBLE CONCESSIONS BY U.S.: 

(1) To permit the U.K. to pursue thei~· ... ___________ _,,,l provided 

this does not prohibit the U.S. from so doing. 

(2) Encoura e the U.K. to continue/efforts to obta· 

(3) Place dealings wittt .... ___ .... ~n a competitive basis, within the provisions 

of Appendix "P11 • 

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