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20 July 1955 

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Hl!HORANDUM. FOR THE Ml!HBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: in UKUSA. 

Reference: USCIB 2!J.20/17 dated 5 July 1955. 

Pursuant to USCIB decision an the reference at the ll?th meeting 

the enc1osure has been forwarded to the Senior U. K. Liaison Officer, 

Washington. 

JORF.s 

Secretary, USCIB 

Enclosure 

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Ml!HORANDlM FOR THE SENIOR U.K. LIAISON OFFICER, WASHINGTON: 

Subject: in UKUSA. 

I woul.d be gratefu1 if youwou1d pass the following message fran 

USCIB to your Boa.rd in response to the message contained. in your MOP 

4649 of 13 June 1955: 

111. Your agreement to deier action on this matter pending 

further consideration of respective courses of action is appreciated. 

as is your recognition of U. S. inabi1ity to subject al1 U. s. CCIUNT 

units in Germany to international contro1 and inspection. We would 

preier to guard against future comp1e:xities and embarrassments by 

agreeing upon a single course of action. 

112. USCIB views on your paragraphs 3a through d follow: 

a. Reference your subparas a and b, USCIB does not think 

that the considerations noted overba1ance the undesirab1e aspects of 

placing U. S. units under SACEUR. German agreement to the continued. 

stationing of forces present in Germany at the time of its entry into 

NATO weakens considerably ~ effect on German political integrity. 

Describing these units to the Germans now wou1d seen gratuitously to 

raise doubt on matters covered by that agreement without rea.14r 

bettering future cooperation. In ~ event this aspect cou1d be taken 

care of without p1acing these units under SACEUR. 

b. Reierence your subpara c, USCIB is info:nned. that paragraph 4 of the Resolution to Imp1E1I1ent Section IV of the final Act 

of' London Con.f'erence concerning the Powers of' the Supreme Allied 

Commander Europe was not intended to cause a revie'w" of' previous 

practices and that the reference to forces which NATO 'has recognized 

as suitab1e to remain under national command' wou1d be interpreted 

as meaning that forces not previsously listed in NATO's Annua1 Review 

of Forces can properly continue in that status. Therefore USCIB 

believes that COMINT units ~ be covered in the initial report 

called for in paragraph 5 of that reso1ution by sane such reporting 

phrase as •certain specia1 administrative, line of communications and 

special purpose instal1ations under nationa1 camnand and now in p1ace 

in SACEUR•s areas are not reported herein. 1 

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Subject: in UK.USA. . ------------------------------------- 113. USCIB has also noted that this situation was anticipated in 

Paragraph 12 of Annexure Pl to Appendix. P wherein it is provided. "that: 

1F.a.ch nation with .forces serving under SACEUR mq indi vi.dually arrange with the au"thori"ties concerned to operate in 

the theatre national C<JUNT tmits not provided specifica.l.ly 

or exclusively for ·direct support of the forces under SACEUR. 

These units will not operate as part of the SACEUR Y 

structure and will not be subject to t.he arra.ngEments for 

inter-allied cooperation.• 

c. Reference subpara d, all of the above would prevent any 

assertion that the units are being operated. covertly against the provisions of the NATO agreEment. 

114. We propose "to act in accordance with "the understanding 

stated in 2b above and to cover these units only mider the general 

phrase described in that subparagraph. 

115. USCIB would be grateful if LSIB could reconsider its position with a view to adopting the U. S. procedure. However, if this is 

not possible, USCIB would hope that LSIB could agree that the separate 

solutions discussed in this exchange are mutually satisfactory. 

If this is the case, it appears unnecessary to have the previously 

suggested discussions on this subject. 11 

(Signed) 

H. D. JONES 

Acting Executive Secretary, USCIB 

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