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Minutes 

of the First Plenary Session 

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1. J\:ppointment of Conference Secretary. 

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Mr. W.F._ Friedman 

Mr. F.C •. Austin 

Mr. J.R. Chiles 

Mr. T.R. Chittenden 

Mr. H.J. Stukey 

Lt.Col. F. Chilton 

Maj. W.M. Getchell 

Mr. i ... W. Small 

Mr. D. Wolfand 

Car. J.C. Hargreaves 

Mr.' H.M. Beck 

Mr. l!\T. Grimm 

Mr. W • .l~. Haypes 

Lt.Col. ll1 • Marshall 

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The Chairman nominate~ ~as U.K. Conference Secretary ond. asked 

Mr. Friedman whether he wished to nominate a U.S. Secretary. Mr. l!1rieclman 

declined, saying that he was content to leave all Secr!3turia.l matters in the hands 

of the U.K. Secretary. 

2. Opening Remarks by Chairman • 

.J:he Chairman said: 11'i'his meeting is the formal opening of the 1953 

}omrnunications Security Conference mid I should like to extend a very warm welcome 

"Go the U.S. team~ Some of you have in fa.ct been working together for the pa.st 

fortnight having informal talks, which I understund have been of great benefit; 

we now ceme to considering formally a.Ll_tha.t you have .been discussing informally. 

V'{hen, in 1952, it wo.s recoum1ended that tho Conference should take place in June of 

this ye& in London we had in mind that you would be able to see some of the 

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events connected with the Coronation. Owing to the shortage of hotel 

accom.~odation, however, this was not possible and it was decided to postpone the 

Conference until Octob0r. We are very glad to welcome you here and hope this 

Conf0rence will be very successful e.nd that you will enjoy your v,isit to us. 

The aim of the Conference is tc achieve o. very wide agreement on all 

aspects of communications security snd it is hoped that, from the fUll and frank 

discussions between experts, much benefit will be derived. The exchange of' details 

of work the.t hM been going on 3,000 miles a.part will be- of great mutual interest 

and in the clash of minds you will get the beat answer. I would like to sey that 

we in this country are S•3riously perturbed at the ste..te of cur communications 

security as distinct from cryptographic security. I am inf(·rmed that our 

standards compare very unfa.vc·ure..bly with those of some other countries. 

The CYPher Policy Board, of which I am Chairman, has now materially enlarged 

its terms of reference and has broueht into its main poiicy-making committee the 

three Service Directors of Intelligence; it has enlarged its Secretariat, 

,...... ....................................... .....,as an ..:'1.gency and appointed.I las Director of that .Agency. 

L... ______ _._h_aa_, gI'ca.t experience in aignhl, intelligence· and supply matters. 

did ri()t f:ormaJJ.;r _______ J ___ ·_o_ in ___ t_-_-__ he____ .ii.g--e ____ n ___ cy until to-d.a:- ___ t ____ ·_he_ Conference +---..-e--c...,.o--n .... u_c __ e_..,.. cn the U .K" aide byj J ·---.I hope that this 

Conference will be very successfUl andinaddj.tiop. that our U.,S. friend.a 

enjoy their stay in England. 11 

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Iv.Ir. l!1riedman replied: 111'1irat I would like to say on behalf of my t.epm how much 

we appreciate your cordial welccme. We are vary glad to be here and incidentally 

I shall put in a request that we get full marks for bringing such lovely weather 

with us. Seeing London is a great plea.sure to begin with but seeing it und0r such 

favourable conditions makes it very much nicer. This is No.4 in the aeries of those 

Conferences, which began in October 1950 for the purpose of surveying certain 

features cf communications security of interest beth to your Government and to mine. 

The purpose of course is to provide a mechanism for exchanging t~chnical informo.ticn 

and keeping in step t0 ensure that we ha.ve adequate moons with which to communicate 

securely. I am one of the old timers in our group and in 1941 we we.re oonfronteil 

with the immediate necessity for ccmbined communications in a high grade system. 

There wc-s a very serious lack of o. secure Combined system. You had youI' high grade 

ma.chine and we' had ours but -they could not interwork. How serious this we.a I hardly 

need point out to all those present. In fact I mey. aey that tha.t lack occasioned 

the loss of many lives and of millions of pounds sterling-_in material. We must 

ensure that this does nat happen e..go.in. 

This Conference is especially concerned with several requirements. First of 

our communicators and second cf our intellisence crn:nmunity. It was originally 

decided to hold this Conference in June but this was postponed owing to the 

Coronation end also because we hoped to have more clearly before us· the requirements 

of N'i~TO. Mentioning the N.ATO. requirements brings to rrry mind the c1isea.ae ··to which I 

have applied the term 11 c_ryptclogic schizophrenia. 11 On the one hand many of us are 

concerned with the provision of secure means fer communications, on the other hand, 

part of our organization has a natural reluctance to this c0urse of action. i~ for 

myself I have learned how to handlA some of the symptoms of that illness; I hope 

the same is true as to the others present. 

The work of Phases I and II of the Conference has been ~reatly facilitated by 

the informal discussions which have been helrl in the last two weeks. The" two 

Phc-ses were in the background or the minds of the perr:· ~c rt arcw:d ~ ... he table 

at these informal discussi;ns o.nd I am quite sure, a.a ha.a er~reased, that 

these infcrmal meetings are very, very useful things. t is, 0wever, a question 

for rliscussion whether we want these informal discussions to continue their present 

form. , I will not ap·ena. any more time on that nc·W and again I D.gree wi thl I 

os to the great value of these Conferences for combined comrnunications and also for 

Nii.TO communications. /I 

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I listened with great interest .to whc.t I lhe.a. ~'Q aey about the neeJ 

for improved communicati.:ms security in the widest sense. I mey say that personally 

I have been cons iclerably clistressed about the things a:h whiC_h he hinted in his 

very brief remark 0n that point. I feel that we are handing information 

to our enemies on a. si1'.'er platt.er instead of forcing tti;em to devote_ great effort 

and to expenc1 a. ereat deal: of money in an unprofitable enrleavcur to obtain it. 

Thank you for the cordial welcome which you have e:ll.~resset1; I also wish to 

express my appreciation _of the worki\ie; arrangements which \have been provided for 

our team and for their comfort. 11 

4. Appointment of Executive Committee. 

The Chairman nominated U.K. representatives as followsi-

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I lwas ric)minateil as observer. The Chairmen added that he would like 

to reserve the rie;ht to no.ni:iri£tte one 'or two other observers for i;he purpose of 

elucirla.tinr:; ony technical points~ 

Mr. l!1riec1me11 agreer! an11 norninaterl the U.S. r.if)resentatives aa f·:Jllows:-

Mr. 

Mr. 

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Austin 

Chiles rerres. enting N. S. A. 

Chittewlen 

Small rP-preaenting tho U.S • .l;;r.TD:Y (with Lt,Col. Chilton, 

Major Getchell end Mr./Wolfaru-1. as e.lterna:tes) 

Cur. Hargreaves representing,the u.s. Navy. 

Lt. Col. Marshall or Lt. Col. i;.nc1erson irepres enting the 

U.S. Air Force. 

Mr. Friedman alsc reserved the right to introduce technical advisors or 

observers from time to time as required. 

5. i.1.npointment of Chairman of Executive Committee. 

The Chairman offereLl to Mr. l!1rier:lman the Cha.irmanshin cf the Executive 

Committee. Mr. l!1riedman replied that he was rlelighted to be offered the 

Chairmanship of the Executive Committee but would preft:r that a U.K. member of the _ 

Executive Committee should serve as Chairman. 

The Chairman th.en nominateu. I ... ________ .... taa Chairman, Executive Committee. 

6. Fi'rst Meeting of Executive Committee. 

It was a.greed that the first meeting of the Executive Comqiittee should telce 

place immediately after this Plenary Sessicn. · 

7. Date cf Next Meeting. 

The Chairman then anncuncet.l th.~t the date of the Closing Plenary Session had 

been tentatively fixed for 3 o'clock on Tueauey, 10th November and he asked all 

members to hold. themselves in readiness to attend. He a.dde-a:-

"Before closing this Plenary Session I shoulr1 like to wish you great success in 

your r'l.eliberations and I look forwar~l to seeing ycu to-night at the Cocktail P9I'ty." 

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