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22 April 1955 

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MEMORANDUM. FOR THE MEMBERS OF USCIB: 

Subject: Indoctrination for Access to COMINT (Director, ARFCOS). 

1. Approval is requested for the "need to know" of the incumbent 

Director, Armed Forces Courier Service (ARFCOS), Lt. Colonel Robert P. 

Muhlbach, USAF. ARFCOS is a joint agency of the Army, Navy and Air Force 

operating under the Chiefs of Staff of the three departments concerned. 

Direction is vested alternately within these departments. The Air Force 

has recently acquired directorship and it is expected that the incumbent 

will remain in that position for the normal two year tour. 

2. Contacts with the previous Director of ARFCOS (Captain J. A. 

Morrison, USN) involving CCMINT (air crashes, pouch service, etc.) did 

not entail any difficulty because the then incumbent and his principal 

assistant were familiar with the workings of USCIB and its membership by 

virtue of their primary duties in the Naval Security Group. Conversations 

with the present incumbent have been hampered by the necessity for 

"double-talk". The opportunities for misunderstanding are considerably 

multiplied under such conditions. The Executive Secretary believes that 

clearance of the Director, ARFCOS may become even more desirable due to 

his active interest in certain projects similar to some now under consideration by USCIB. It would be helpful to discuss with him USCIB1 s related 

doings. Examples of such projects are: 

a. development of a secure carrier for classified material, 

b. development of a non-floating courier pouch, and 

c. development of a more efficient reporting system for 

courier material involved in air crashes. 

3. If Lt. Colonel Muhlback is indoctrinated, it is anticipated that 

he will be furnished mainly "information about COMINT11 • However, discussion of matters involving control of Category III and II COMINT while in 

transit in pouches handled by ARFCOS couriers may become necessary in the 

future. Such instances will probably be extremely rare, but, if they 

should arise, full freedom of discussion would be most helpful. A requirement to provide COMINT codeword or related inf o:nnation by means other 

than verbal discussion is not envisaged although it also may arise. 

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The Executive Secretary recommends the following: 

a. approval of the potential "need to know" of the Director, 

ARFCOS, 

b. authorize the Air Force to conduct his investigation and 

indoctrination now leaving the question of if and when 

he will be given COMINT to the discretion of those members 

of USCIB and those of this office who will have business 

with him, 

c. charge the Air Force with the responsibility for handling 

and security control of any COMINT documents it may become 

necessary to show to him. 

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5 •. Accordingly, it is requested that your concurrence in or comments 

on the above recommendations be noted on the attached vote sheet and forwarded to this office by 1600, 4 May 1955. 

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