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MEMQRAN])JJM FOR THE ?mfRl5M QF USCIBEQ: 

Subject: Procedure tor Handling Intercept Base Rights Problems. 

1. Pursuant to USCIBEC decision at its 21st Meeting the enclosed 

report has been prepared and subnitted by the ad hoc committee chaired 

by Mr. Madison Mitchell. 

2. This report is forwarded with a view to consideration at the 

24th Meeting ot USCIBEC, to be held on 28 January 1955. 

Enclosure 

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20 JaJ1Ual7 1955 

Ml!)IQRANDUM TO THE UECUTIVE SECRETARY, USCIB 

Subject: .Ad Hoc Camnittee or USCIBEC on Base Rights 

Inclosed is the Ad Hoc Committee's report on base rights setting 

forth the problems involved and the Committee's recommendations tor 

.future procedural arrengements. Although the Department ot Defense was 

not represented on the Caamittee as originally constituted, after an 

initial perusal of the problem it was apparent that the Department was 

deep~ involved in the entire base rights problem. At the request of 

the Chairman, Mr. ·p. J. Patton and Mr. Robert Drake, Office ot Special 

Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense, attended the Committee 

meetings and participated in the preparation or the report. Without 

this assistance the Committee would have been severely haDiioapped. 

FOR THE CCMMIT'IEE: 

Enclosure with USCIB 29./l2 dtd 21 Jan 55 

/s/ Madison Mitchell 

MADISctl MITCHELL, NSA 

Chairman 

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Subject: Ad Hoc Committee of USCilI!!~C on Base H.i~hts 

Reference: USCIB 29./6 dated 18 October 1954 

USCIB 29./7 dated 28 October 1954 

USCIB 29./10 dated 24 I·:overnber 195/ .. 

PROBLEM 

1. ~he 11.d Hoc Committee was established in order to (a) examine 

existing base rights procedures, (b) reconunend any modifications of 

existinr, procedures considered desirable, and (c) advise whether the 

creation of a standing corru ·it tee of U:JCIBEC is considered desirable and, 

if so, recommend its composition. 

DISCUSSION 

2. 'fhe Ad Hoc Committee believed that the CONINT base rights responsibilities both of and within the participating departments and agencies should 

be clarified for the infonnation of USCIB. The following specific interests 

were expressed: 

a. The State Department is interested in insuring that: 

(1) The existinr, CU?;rNT base requirements of all Services 

for a particular country be available for consideration 

at the same time. (To the extent possible, the ELINT 

requirements for the country should also be available.) 

(2) Before the State Department receives the Cm.iINT requirements 

they be coordinated with all interested departments and 

agencies. 

(3) It be consulted in the determination of the aP,ent to 

conduct the negotiations with the foreign rovernment, 

i.e., the Ambassador, Hilitazy Advisory Group, Area 

Cozr.ma.nd Headquarters, etc. 

b. Certain actions in fulfillment of COHINT base requirements can 

be handled successfully only in U.S, r~on-COJiINT channels. The Department of 

Defense desired that such actions be re1noved from COMINT channels as ear~ 

as possible. 

c. USCIB interests in r.eneral base ri~hts matters are as outlined 

in USCI B 29 ./6 and 29 ./7. All member agencies and departments have an 

interest in beini::, informed of COHIHT base requirements and initiation of 

ne~otiations for site surveys and installations as far in advance as possible. 

1'h~ also have a.:n interest in information concerning the pror,ress of negotiations and the deployment of units to the sites selected. 

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d. The r!o.t..:.on'll .JucurH-~r Ar;ency and the ;.erv:i ces fovolvticl ln 

procurin~ ri.~ht.r. for a "p.trL-i.c~1hr CC•i IiTI base n.re inture~terl in nll actions 

and corresT)ondence fror.1 the outset of net;otio.t.iomi thronr:h final completion 

of the in:::;tallation. 

3. The foJlowinr; allocation of Nspcmsild.ljties was dcterrn:inerl to 

exist within departments und a~··ncies p irt. i c.i pat.inp, in t.hc base rights procedures: 

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a. Department of Gtate 

(1) The Department of State is rezriomiible for: 

(a) Determin.i nr; the political fcasihi.1.ity and timing of 

conduct.inr; Cv!.lH'i' si tc surveys and acq\lirinp, COHINT 

base riehts. 

(b) Determining the ext.ent to wi !ich the Department of 

State should conduct or participate in negotiations 

for CONHn site surveys and base rir;hts and the proper 

person to be approached in the foreign government. 

( c) Conr\ucting ner,oUations for CC'; ;n:T site surveys and 

bo.se riehts when appropriate. 

(d) ExercisinG r;eneral supervision over the political 

aspects of all ner,otiations for COI-.IIrr site surveys 

and base rir,hts. 

(2) Within the Department of State tlle cr:eo~t'aphic bureaus are 

responsible for all ciiscusoion, correspondence anrl action 

on COI:IN'r base ri.r;hts except for the following duties 

assigned to the tipecial Pro,iects :Jtaff of the Office of 

the Special Assistant, TntelJi~ence: 

(a) Handling all r.a.t.tera which l'0CID polic~r reqt1ires 

to he handled in cci:.rnr channels. 

(b) Ha.ndline all discussion and correspondence on 

relevant Third Party CC•HIWl' arranr;ements; details of 

the mission or operation of C1... 11'tINT facilities; and 

a.n;r add nro CJUO involvinr, provision of COHINT traffic, 

training or j nformation. 

(c) Handling all in1111iries, correspondence and discussions 

relating to C(,i'I~T site surve;r,r requests and arrangements. 

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(d) Handling preliminary informal inquiries relating to COI-ili~T base rights. 

b. Departrr.ent.of Defense 

(1) The Department of Defense ia responsible for: 

(a) Detennining the military requirerient for CQI.;HJT 

bases. 

(b) Insuri nB the rnili tal"J CONIIJT base requirements 

are included in the over-all military base requiremento list and in country "packages." 

(c) Exercisin~ ~eneral supervision over the military 

aspects of all site survey and base riP,hts requirements. 

(2) Within the Department of Defense, the Office of Foreign 

Military Affairs, (OFMA), Assistant Secretary of Defense, 

(International Security Affairs), is responsible for all 

aspects of site survey and base ri~hts problems which 

USCIB policy does not require be handled in CONINT ch:mnels 

and which are not specifically assigned elsewhere. Among 

OD'iA responsibilities are included the following specific 

duties: 

(a) General supervision within the Department of all 

aspects of base rights and site survey actions. 

(b) Final a~proval of all Defense requirements passed 

to the Department of State and coordination on, and 

concurrence in, all State/Defense correspondence 

required during the conduct of negotiations. 

(3) The following named elements of the Department of Defense 

have been assigned the specific duties indicated. 

(a) Office of Special Operations, Office of the Secretary 

of Defense (OSD) is responsible for: 

1 Handling all matters which USCIB policy requires 

to be handled in COl>iINT channels, and which are 

not otherwise specificall,•r assigned within the 

Department. 

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,g Handling for OSD all discussion and correspondence on relevent Third Party COHINT arrangements; 

details of the mission or operation of Cml!IJT 

facilities; and any quid pro guo involvine provision of ClJEIN'l' traffic, training or information, 

when such duties have not been asnir,ned to NSA. 

~b) The Service l!:xecutive Agent of the ·Department of 

Defense for each country ~s responsible for: 

l Preparing and furnishing to the Department of 

State the 11 packa'_Se 11 requirements for both base 

rights and site surveys. 

2 Requesting the Area Command Headquarters involved 

to conduct site surveys. 

(c) A representative of the Department of State (rJ!r. 

W. Park Annstrong, Jr.) and a representative of the 

Department of Defense CI·1ajor J. Craig Teller, USAF) 

have been desir,nated under an exchan~e of letters 

for their respective dupartrnents to cor.anunicate directly 

to effect an exchan~e of information on site survey 

projects. 

c. Department of the Army 

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(1) The requirements for Arm,,Y intercept facilities overseas 

are coordinated unofficiall·: by NSA with the Army Security 

Agency (ASA), and are submitted by ASA through the Assistant Chief of Starr, G-2, Department of the Army, for 

inclusion in the Survey of Current U.S. Base Requirements 

Outside the Continental limits of the U.S. Acting for 

G-2, Department of the Army, ASA serves as the point of 

contact for all matters concerninr, Army COiiIWr base requirements and effects coordination and exchange of. information 

with other Services and Agencies in this field as appropriate. 

(2) Within the Department of the Army, the ACofS G-J is responsible for the preparation, consolidation and annual review 

of the U.S. Army base requirer:ients overseas and presentation of the require~ents to the JCS for consideration am 

approval. G-J DA specifically: 

(a) Supervises the Department of the Army participation in 

neGotiations for overseas bases. 

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(b) i onitor::i the Arrn;.r inturosts .in mwot.iating 

irwtructions th.:1.t are isoued by the D('r>artrnents 

of 3tate and I>ef':lnse. 

( c) Insure::; the lJcp:-.i.rtment of the Arn,Y and oversea::i 

con.mands a.re appropriatalj' represented in these 

necot.iations ~it.her by sending a repre3enta£ive 

from G-3 or authorizine the cornm:md concerned 

to represent tho Arrr~Y· 

(d) Provides the personal representative of the Secretary of the Army (Lt. Col. S. Youn~) on all 

matters portainin~ to base ri·~~ts nef~otiations. 

(e) Serves as central depositor-.r, within the Army, 

of all international base rid1ts a~reements. 

(f) Uotifies the overseas cor1unander of the requireMent 

for site surveys, uhere appropriate. 

d. Department of the Navy. 

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(1) Within the Department of the Navy the Chief of Naval 

Operations, Director of Naval Communications (DNC), is 

responsible for plannim~ detailed CCHINT base requirements on such tasks as are deler;ated to the Navy by 

Director, National Security A'3ency. DNC (Op-30) states 

Navy's COl·lillT base requirements in non-codeword terms 

and passes them to the Director, J..or,istic Plans Division 

(Op-40). At this point COJ.i:INT base requirements are 

outside special channels and are combined with all other 

Navy requiremant::i for that area. 'l'he logistic Plans 

Division (Op-40) passes total Navy base requirements to 

the appropriate component of the Service which has been 

designated service executive a·~ent for the Department 

of Defense. J .ogistic Plans Di vision ( Op-40) handles 

wh:i.t.evcr further coordination is req\1ired between ?Javy 

and the service executive a~ent until baae riBhts agreemenl,s are ::ii,:ned, aft.ar which tlr'le DNC (Op-30) again 

asst'UlleiJ responsibili t:;. in the event COI :Ii!T ~ nro quo 

is raisl.,)d by the forei (Tn countrjr via non-CC'J.IIHT channels 

leading to Iop;istic I'b.ns Division (On-l~O), that office 

would ir.nnediatel:r refer the, •·atter to DNC (Cp-30), who 

would in turn refer it t.o Director of i.fava.l Intelligence 

(Op-92) for a:1propriat e action, incl11dinf'" rnference to 

lJSCic. 

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e. Department of the Air li'orce. 

(1) General responsibilities of the Air Force in fulfillment 

of CCI.INT Dase Ri~hts requirements are: 

(a) Completin~ the preparatory ~rk prior to the initiation of nebotiutions. 

(b) I·:onitorin~ the international negotiations for military richts from the Air Force standpoint. 

(2) The role of the Director of Intellir,ence within the Air 

Staff with regard to procurement of C01'~NT ri.'!hts in 

foreign countries is as ~ollows: 

(a) Acts as point of contact within the Air Staff for 

transmitting to the Director of Operations information on sites and operating locations required 

by USAF Security Service. 

(b) Monitors plans and programs prepared in fulfillment 

of COMINT intercept requirements levied upon the 

Air·Force. 

(c) Initiat~s actions to obtain authority for AF COMINT 

site surveys. 

(d) Throughout negotiations for site surveys, base rights, 

and the establishment of AF intercept installations, 

monitors the correlation of AF Intelligence requirements with planned facilities. 

(e) Maintains close liaison 'Ki.th all Air Staff offices 

having interest in the preparation of C~fINT rights 

required, site surveys, and conduct of all air base 

matters in fulfillment of these CONINT requirements. 

(3) The Director of Operations, Hq USAF, is responsible for 

consolidatine; the AF requirements (including CONINT 

requirements) in overseas areas. The 11Statement of USAF 

military requirements" thus developed is forwarded to the 

Director of Plans for further action. (Note: If the 

USAF requirements have not previously been-:forwarded to 

the Director of Plans for consolidation in the JCS annual 

review, and are strategic in nature, the Director of Plans 

will forward these requirements to the JCS for approval.) 

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(4) The Director of Plans will upon reciept of a "Statement 

of Requirements" from the Director of Operations, which 

'Will necessitate international negotiations, initiate 

the necessary action to consolidate the AF requirements 

with those of the Anny and the Navy in a "statement of 

U.S. military requirements" which may be used as a basis 

for negotiations. 

THE AIR FORCE AS EXECUTIVE AGENT 

(5) The preliminary work of any particular series of neeotiations is the responsibility of one military department, 

as mutually aereed, which acts as the coordinating agency 

within the Department of Defense throughout the course 

of negotiations and until an agreement is successfully 

concluded. 

(6) The preliminary work of the Air Force when designated 

Service .l5xecutive Agent, prior to the opening of negotiations, consists of three steps: 

{a) Consolidating the military requirements of the 

three Services into a single "statement of U.S. 

military requirements". 

(b) Insuring that a draft of an appropriate agreement 

is prepared; or, in the absence of such a document, 

indicating the type of arrangements desired. 

(c) Coordinating the development of negotiating instructions with the State Department and the other interested ae;encies. 

(7) The Director of Plans, Hq USAF (when designated Ex.ecutivd 

Agent) will in coordination with the Air Force General 

Council, the Department of State, and the other Services, 

insure that a proposed governmental agreement to provide 

the necessary military rights, is prepared. If a formal 

full-scale agreement is not required, instructions as'to 

the type of arrangements required will be prepared as a 

substitute: The Director of Plans, Hqs USAF, will complete the 11 nee;otiating package" nonnally consistin~ of: 

(1) A stat~nent of military requirements. 

(2) Proposed eovernmental agreement. 

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(3) A letter from the Secretary of Defense to the 

Secretary of State elaborating on the first t'WO 

documents. - The letter to the Secretary of State 

will also formally request that negotiations be 

initiated for the military rie}1ts desired. This 

"package" will be coordinated uith all interested 

agencies. 

(8) In actions during and following neeotiations, the Director 

or Plans (for all cases in which the USAF is the coordinating Department) will continue to represent the Department or Defense in al.l phases of the negotiations. This 

involves continual coordination with the Army, Navy, 

Departments of State and Defense, as 'Well as the other 

interested offices within the Air Staff. 'l'his responsibility continues throuehout the entire course of negotiations and during the period following the completion 

of negotiations when certain follow-up implementation 

actions nmst be taken. 

t. National Security Agency, through Plans and Policy Di.vision 

is responsible for: 

(1) Fonnulating the COI•aNT base rights requirements for 

approval by the Secretary of Defense. 

(2) Preparing COlL!NT quid pro quo recommendations for approval 

by UGCIB. USA is also responsible for providing a technical consultant to the neeotiators should one be required. 

(J) Nominating the r.ii.litary service (or services) to perfonn 

site surveys. 

(4) Providing Terms of Reference for site surveys and for 

providing technical assistance as may be required in 

implementing the surveys. 

(5) Anal,yzing the results of site surveys and determining 

the specific location of the unit in the country. 

(6) Handling informal inquiries relating to COl·~IHT base 

rights and site survey matters. 

RECCJ.llENDATIONS 

4. The Ad Hoc Connnittee reco:rmnends acceptance of the following 

additional responsibilities which will satisfy specific interests of 

participating departments and agenciest 

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a. The office of the Secretary of Defense be responsible for 

forwarding approved COMINT base rights programs to USOIB for information. 

b. NSA be responsible for advising USCIB when the Service has 

been nominated to perfonn a site survey. 

c. The Department of State or the Service assigned responsibility; for conducting the negotiations be responsib~e for advising USCIB when 

negotiations for site surveys and/or base rights'' a.re about to begin and on 

major developments in these negotiations. 

d. Individual Services be responsible for advising USCm when 

units will be deployed to the bases granted. 

5. The Ad Hoc Committee further recormnends that participating departments fami1iarize themselves thoroughly with approved procedures and with 

the responsibilities of participating departments and agencies. 

6. The members of' the Committee consider that if the above recommendations are accepted, the establishment of &'Standing Connnittee of USCIBEC 

is not required. 

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