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HELD: Pentagon, 26 J:ulJr 1951 J 4 tJ lJ M""""4 I 

PRESENT: Ir. William F. FRIEDMAN, AFSA, Chairman 

Capt. Edwin A. TAILOR, USB, NATO 

Colonel Bardon E. DAWSON, USA, ID 

CDR lark T. LITTLE, USN, HA.TO 

Mr. William HARVEY, CIA 

Ir. Winston SCOTJ:', CIA 

Mr. Ro~F:;PACKARD, 'Jsd Department of State 

4..,ve,d',·PH (Fil#t. .,AlleJ-~t: The CHAIRMAN opened the meeting by' asking tor corrections to the Minutes 

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of the Fifth Meeting. CDR LITTLE tilt asked that the sentence of page 2: 

•-.and CDR LITTLE confirmed this impression. In reply to lllr. 

FRIEDMAN 1s query wt\Y this was so, CDR LITTLE stated that no - reason had been voiced by' the nations -- they simply had made 

no effort to compile their 01IJl National settings." 

be amended to read: 

. • ••• and CDR LITTLE stated that no information in this regard had 

boen receind.n 

Ir. SCOTT asked that the sentence ' 17 7 (pp.2-3): 

Dl!r •. SCOTT referred to the memorandum mentioned in the previous 

meeting which had been sent to the Director, AFSA b;y CIA ti.th 

regard to the re.i;est of the Portuguese 1•'•*••''•••'•••4wSi•'• 

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. amended 

JnD••••••4xlwxr••4 because of its fact"11 inaccuracy be •••4•• to read: 

- - "Mr. SCOTT referred to the discussion with AFSA which bad been 

mentioned in the previous meeting with regard to the request 

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Mr. PACKARD asked that the sentences on page 5: 

11 (1) Whether it should be regarded as an lllH indirect approach toward, 

and laying a background for, the improvement of the communication securit7 

of Portugal; 

(2) ~ Portugal md been selected from among the various nations for 

this impro"V9Jllent; and11 

be amend8d to read: 

11 (1) Whether it should be regarded as an indirect approach toward, 

and l.ay'ing a background for, eventual, direct efforts to improve 

the colllDIUldcation security of Portugal.; 

(2) llv' Portugal bad been selected alone at this time from among 

the various nations for this improvement; and" 

Mr. PACKARD also requested that the following sentence be struck from the 

minutes (page 9): 

•Mr. FRIEDMAN 1a question whether the school might be placed under 

the State Department met with negative response from Mr. PACKARD 

for reasons Of seCt11"it7 and politics.• 

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.Mr. FRIEDMAN noted that through an error of the recorder ·' ? ? 5 '' 

the abbreviation NDA had been substituted for the correct abbreviation MDAP 

(Mlftual Defense Assistance Pact)1•·•-h•afwli+eteg1•••t+•cw in the sentence: 

(page 8) I 

neo1. DAWSON remarked that under the IDAP program it was possible ••• " 

•m lszal b bee 

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Rerlaion ot draft. repart bf Ill'. FRIEDKAN: '1he Cha1nBn then passed 

to ilembera of the Cara:ittee copies of a report. on Portuguese cOlllllUDication 

aecuritJ" which he bad written aa a dratt. report of the Ad Hoc 

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Committee to lmCIB. He uked 'Wile oonn1i••• i1 ~e;:l:c M brietq Bild 

~ cmaene upon. - A detailed anal.pis ot the changes in the report accepted. 

bJ" the CClllld.ttee will be found in the Appendix. Where possible the name 

ot the member proposing the change will be found in brackets tol.l.ow:l.ng 

the change. All changes were made b7 conmon consent, and in no instance 

was a dissenting voice raised to a change as tinal.q adopted. 

SUbsidiarz coaments 'bz mmibere: 11th regard to Paragraph 4 the 

tollarir>g COlllllenta were made: 

Capt. TAYIDR noted that the wording "intormation that cl-.rq tails 

within " the limits stipulated by the definitions Would by definition 

include national comment disclosing COSMIC iDtormation since such camaent 

ia COSMIC. Col. DAWSON replied, however, that the abad.ed cases were those 

which made it difficult to determine whether COSMIC information had been 

included. Jtr. HARVEY reaarked. that the whole bCJd7 ot national comment 

on NATO and COOJIIC .matters there was more revealing intormationAthan in 

the CCXUIIC material itself. He considered the log-range answar to be 

a drive through SHAPE toward conrincing the countries concerned of the 

aecuri'Q' ot the T!PEX aystem and insisting not onq that thq stamp 

COSMIC on the material but that they send it through ll)'Btema authorized. 

tor COSMIC. To CDR Lr.rl'IB1a objection that SHAPE had no jurisdiction 

over Portugal, Mr. HARVEI replied that Portugal must then be approached -.\s-o 

aeparateq. Capt. TAYLOR"'remarked .S.0-tbat SHAPE bad onJ.7 military · . 

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CDR LI'l'i'IE recommended an approach to the Council Deputies through the 

Staniing Group, and Kr. HARVEI concurred with the additional. remark that 

the steps should be (1) to strengthen the confidence ot NATO members 1n 

the use ot T!PEX and (2) to insist that national canment containing 

COSMIC •terial be ellCl"J'Pted. b)' T!PEI. Mr. FRIEDJrAN agreed that this 

would be excellent, 1t it could be done. He pointed. out, however, that 

even the United States did not wish to restrict itself to fiPBX in this 

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SJ"81;em" Olpt. TAYLOR agreed and furnished aamplea of U.S. opinion in 

this matter. 

With regard to Paragraph 5, Mr. PACKARD asked if' he •s correct in bis 

:lnterpretatl.on that no •tter was conaid.ered COSMIC until a formal pa.per 

had been submitted and tabled either jointq or by one nation. Upon 

receiving contirma tion fl"Clll CDR. LITTIE and CAP!' TAYLOR, Mr. PACKARD 

noted that there could be ~ number of cOJJllmUlicationa to and tram a 

government am its representatives discussing utters which would be 

defined. aa C<mfIC onq- when the;r were tabled. It would not; be eu:r to 

extend the definition ot ccmac to the preparation ot such papers because 

ot (1) need for wide, sometimes world-wide, distribution of such prepara-· 

tor;r papers, and (2) the difficulty ot instituting an extensive regist17 

tor such papers should they be defined as canac. CAPT TAYIDR agreed 

that should this be put into effect, the Department of state WOl1ld. be 

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pu.t to considerable diaad.vantage. llr. HARVEY remarked that• this substantiated his opinion that it was possible to stop onq a ...U part or the 

"violaticmsn ot securitT, and specifical.lT those clearl,y containinl 

COSMIC information. To Ml-. FRDDllAN's question about the feeling or the 

British 1D this matter, CAPT TAYU>R replied that he •••not present.. at 

the meetings at which this was decided but that he was• or• the opiDi.On 

that the British concurnd. llr. SCOTT pointed out that the British, \of 

course, were uaing ma: or one t1llle pads and that this regulation 

therefore waa agreeable to them • . 

llr. PACKARD referred to page 2 ot USCIB 23/18 1'b.ere it was stated 

that the information dis•losed by' 

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writing ot the report, howaver, serious breaches or securiv involving 

CmllIC attairs or poll tical import had occurred. • He therefore urged 

tbat the Committee concentrate on the improvement or •cur1t7 •anrea 

in regard to the handling of COSMIC mterial, diasociating thia probl-. 

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CHAIRMAN demurred with the question bOll' one type could be told apeciticall,y 

tram the other. llr. PACKARD replied that d:lr•ct demonstration ot the 

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strongl,y opposed bJ' the CHAIRllAN and. the CIA representatives, Jllo. HARVEY 

am llr. SCO'n', who felt that another tJ'pe of ~oach was required. 

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CDR LITTIE objected. to Paragraph 7 because ot ita tactual inaccurac:r. 

He indicated. that (1) all TIPEI machines had not ;vet been diat.ributed as 

waa stated am (2) the machines 'W8re in the heme ministries of HA.TO 

countries and in the embassies of those countries having members of NA"JD. 

Thua the United States has a TIPEX machine in ••sbington, Iondon, Paris 

am Rome. '!be 200 T!PEX machines which had been allocated had been 

distributed on a priority basis ot (1) international agencies ot NATO 

such as the Regional Security Ccrmdttees and the Standing Oroup,(2) 

milit&17 representatives of the member governments, (3) Foreign otticea 

am embassies in each of the places where thq had representatives in 

NATO, and (4) the highest level military authorities. •••••wlw• 

PllllUCX*lld"1111qm•p1pline..,.,a1kr CDR LimE also reiterated his 

opinion that a wider distribution of T!PEX machines would extend rather 

solve the iroblem and therefore suggested that the paragraph be struck. 

With this the CClllllittee agreed. 

With regard to Paragrap!! 9(7)*, the CHAJRIWl asked it CAPr TAYU>R 

could query the British whether a:q requests for the British .memoranma 

describing the method ot cOPQ>Uation of simplex settings had been 

received trm member nations ot NATO. CAPT TAYLOR inli.cated. that he bad 

asked the British 18.sai.on this qu.estion on 19 J~ bat had not yet 

received a rep]T. He said that he thought the channel available to the 

CHAimlAH through CDR CHILm of the U.S. Li.aison Office at GCHQ was an 

easier method ot ascertaining this than the channels available to hia. 

Jlr. FRilimlAR agreed 1.amediate]T to ask CDR CHn.F.S to obtain this 

information. 

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Mr. PACKARD asked whether we would wiah to allow the Portuguese to 

prepare their own settings without reference to the Bl"itish memorand• 

on how it was done· I I 

With regard to Paragraph ll (9) the Camittee desired to emphasize 

the seriousness or the most recent violation b7 pointing out that it was 

a 'Violation ot COSMIC securit7 regulations. This tact •• 1ncorporatecl 

in the revised d.ratt. Mr. HlRVEY asked that the source of the Portuguese 

text be ucertained and the CHAIRllAB :lnlicated that he would have the 

Portuguese text and the trane1ation rechecked letter for letter. 

With regard to Subparagraph 12 (10) ,!! CAP!' TAYWR remarked that 

courier service at the disposal of RATO was limited. basicallJ' to 

Washington/Imld.on. Prom I.ondon the various naticmal countries were "an 

their ORD". Col. DAWSON 1s question whether 81>1' space had been provided. 

tor national couriers received a negative repl.J' tram CAPr TAYI.DR and 

CDR LITTIE. Br common consent this subparagraph was struck tram the 

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CDR LITTIE reiterated, with llr. HARVEY•s· concurrence, that it was 

desirable to hQld the distribution ot T!PBX machines to the barest 

min:laum. 'lbe part of the paragraph toll.owing ll) was theretore atruck 

from the report a.snot reflecting the thought ot the Camnittee. 

At llr. PACKARD 18.81lggestion the following sentence was added to 

Paragraph l4 (12): 0 Jn order to be assured that such a training program. 

would be applied to all those levels ot the Rational Gonrmenta which 

would. be bandli ng these commmiQations, these courses should. be established with the approval ot the Council Deputies." * 

:ur. PACKARD suggested that a third pl)aae be added to Paragraph 

16 (14) either to effect the inclusion otl ~nto the 

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CAPTTAYIDR suggested that an attempt be made t.hrough Ml". SPIFFOBD, 

President Of' the Council Deputies, citing the 'Violation of CaDIIC 

securitq ·regulatiom. .Contrary to Mr. SPAFFOBD 1 a iutructiona that the 

information he had given be stnt home onq by courier, the Portugueae 

were known through an agent to haw reJ.qed the material by wire. 

Ml". SCO'rl' pointed out that the approa~h did not guarantee &n1' future 

improvement\in Portuguese conmunication aecurit7procedurea. CAPT 

TAYLOR said he thought this approachwoul.d succeed it the message itself 

could be used. 

llr. PACKARD argued that the Portuguese would never be perauaded to 

use tor natioml cC11111SDt a machine provided bi' NATO. In his opinion 

the emphasis should be laid upon getting the Portuguese to UH courier 

aervice tor COSMIC •tters. 

CDR LITTLE was of the opinion that the matter could be handled aa a 

violation ot standard securitJ' regulations applicable to COSMIC matters. 

'lbe lllBJllber nations had undertaken to protect the secrets ot other nations. 

Thia bad clearq been violated. by Portugal and the Standing Group could 

cite Portugal tor violation ot a securit:;r regulation without disclosing 

int.imateq the nature ot the violation. 

CAP!' TAYLOR renarkad,hcnrever, that a specific uample would be 

.required b:;r Portugal it CDR LI'l'T.IE'a proposal was followed. He thought ,, 

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that the idea ot convincing the Portugueae ot the security ot T!PBI 

could not be disaassociated trom 

:ur. PACKARD remarked that this was true ·anc1 inevi tabq 

With regard to Paragraph 17, Kr. HARVEY questioned ·(l) the need for 

the approval ot the National Securit:r Council for an approach to the 

Portuguese and (2) the need ot a precedent afforded by the situation in 

regard to French cOllllDUlication securityw He said that he believed it 

u uscm wished to carry the matter to the NSC, this •a ~prerogative; 

he believed., however, that mcm could act without the authority ot NSC. 

Ill". SCOTT supported this view with the observation that the matter ot 

French security had been considered on a tripartite level; whereas with 

Portugal. a unilateral. approach was being considered.. Mr. FRDDllAN 

expressed. some concern about the approach to UV" goverl'Jlll9nt on a .matter 

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replied. t11:';tic~·=~- sufficient,.. he 110 $. He pointed out that the 

matter ot French aecm-i ty bad alread7 been approached tram a higher level 

before USCIB was involved. As earq 8'I 1948 General JfABSHALL bad 

considered the possible improvement of French securi'1:.7. He reiterated 

that it USCIB wanted to go to NSC that would be its prerogative, but the 

Ad Hoc Comittee need refer the matter onl.7 aa tar as USCIB. B.r common 

consent the paragraph was deleted. 

All members agreed that although a unilateral (U.S.) approach 1188 

preferable, the British llDlst be informed ot the situaticm and of IJZIT 

remedial measures taken. At llr. HARVEY'& suggestion the second and third 

sentences were deleted am a substitute sentence ~ed. Again at llr • 

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HARVEY's suggestion the last sentence was deleted in view ot placing it 

among the concrete reoommend.ations of the Cmmittee. Mr. HARVEi' 

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and a.pressed surprise that the 

Brit 1 ah had not alreadT upressed their concern to the U.S. about the 

two recent violations of COSMIC security. 

A possible answer was offered by llr. SCOTT and Mr. PACKARD who 

reminded the Committee of the reluctance ot the U.S. to take iJllnediate 

steps in regard to French security when the BritUh were most anx:l.oue 

that emergency measures be taken. It was suspected that the British in 

this instance bad assunai an attitude ot 1'118.tchf'ul waiting". 

With regard to Paragraph 20 (17), CDR LITTIE cited for the CHAIRKAI 

a document ot the Standing Group (SG U/13} ot 10 April 1951 which 

outlined (para. 5) even more clearly than D.C. 2/7 the responsibility ot 

the Security Coordiuting Ommdttee for the security arrangements of the 

m811.ber nations. Thia document was placed at the CHAIRllAH's diapoaal 

tot' inclusion ot pertinent paragraphs into the Conm:1ttee 1 s report. 

'J.he Committee then branched into a discussion of the best means of 

bandl1ng the iamediate Portuguese situation. 

llr. PACKA!m expressed the vi• that the best method was the revalation I I He ~uated the dfl,age 

inherent in continued violations such as the last one as meriting 

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Jlr. PACKARD reminded. tbe Coalllittee that he thought its main taak •s 

(1) to eliminate impractical solutions to the problm, such as the om 

recen~ suggested that a massage be sent to General EISl!mlOllER to 

instruct the Portuguese in the matter ot security, and (2) to gift tlSCIB 

a number ot practical solutions from which to chooee. He mentioned 

among the practical suggestions aJ.read7 proposed. by the Committee the 

extension of' the use of' com-ier service, investigation by the standing .. Group ot the security ot member nations and. a long-range training course 

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CDR LITTIE agreed with Ji&o. HARVEY's remarks insofar as, according 

to his observations, the Portuguese alread.7 f'elt sanewbat inferior in 

compariaon with other NATO members and would. be thorougbq frightened. 

bJ" such an approach. He stated again that the last 'Violation 11U in 

most flagrant disobedience to CQ9M:IC security regulations. 

Under pressure of' time, the CHAmMAN adjourned the meeting until 

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the next da7, Fridq July 27 at 1300 hours, Pentagon 2D8S8. He asked 

that members of' the committee consider caretully possible solutiona to 

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