Thill doc11111en be r89d only by thOM penonnel olBal8l1y lndoetrlnated in ~ca with com• municatlon lntelll1enae nl!llrlty resulatlmu and authorized to reeelve the information reported herein. 

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Subject: Allied (NATO) Commmication Security. 

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lo USCIB met 1n special session on 28 Mq/1953 .and ~Viewed 

the report. ot its Ad Hoc Conmittee on the problem ot/Alllecl\(NA'ro) 

Comm.mication Security, The Board accepted the raport with. •\few 

changes proposed and agreed at the meeting,/ In addition to. th• changes, 

it was agreed that sanitization ot certain pages was required prior 

to sutanitting the report to the British, .. 

2o USCIB accepted the recOlllllendatione ot the Chairman,·· .• U.s. 

Delegation contained in a Hemorandwn tor the/ ChBJ.rman, USCIB ·• .•. ~ted 

28 May 1953, subject to a change 1ll the wording /ot paragraph .), The 

final version of the recommendations 1a as/ tollowa: 

a. The Conterence be". held aa sehedul.edo 

b, Neither USCIB/nor NSC adopt prior to the Conference a 

c. The u.s. Delegation ~direct.eel to use the Ad Hoc 

Camm:Lttee Report.. aa amended. as cuidance•tor d.iacuasion with the I . . 

d, USCIB 1ntonC::::]itorthw1th that the USCIB wiahea to 

ext.end the .Agenda to . include • review f)t all the conclusions reac.hed 

at the 19511 Ion thie ..- subject, and that the pteaent r-li>aper (DGC/3441), together 14tJa the US paper (Ad Hoc Comittee Repo~s sanitized) will be used aa/baaea tor diacuaeion at the 

Conference, 

. 3.. Ten copies ot the final sanitised version ot the report were 

banded to Brigadier TUtman•a repz-eaentative on 29 Mq 1953. Nw 

pages reflecting both the agreed changes and the aanitiu.tion proceea 

have been circulated tor insertion 1n copies of the report. held bJ" 

JDEbers ot the U.So Delegation, and, ot course, by Members ot USCIB. 

Declassified and aooroved for release by NSA on 02-26-2014 pursuant to E.O. 1352e 

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Thia doeum~t 1i to be r•d only by thOll8 penonnel oftlciuly indoetrinated ID aecordance with COlll• mwiication lntall,119nce Hcurity regulations and authorized to receive the information reported herein. 

5,. During the di:JCUSsior, Of the ~'.on·~.:.1..1.sions ar:J lu!IC¢rnrer,:lal toi:s 

ot the Ad Hoc Committee Report, certah. proposals were inade a matt er 

of record as being the consensus or the Board Hen:bers.,, Altl1oufn it 

was agreed that these proposals would not be included i:n the fin\al 

version of the Report, it is the desire of the Board that they be 

used tor guidance purposes by members of the U .. 3,. Delegatior~o Fo.r 

example, following the discussion and agreement upon the new paragraph 

2 ot the RecoDDDendations, Admiral Espe proposed the addition of a \new 

paragraph aa follows: 

"It it is considered that the above demonstration techr,ique 

will not achieve the desired results in a reasonabte time, plar.s 

'The Bo-.rd did not desire to include this paragraph in the Report but 

agreed that it represented the consensus of the Members and should 

serve as guidance for the U.S. Delegation, with the understanding, 

however, that the u.s. negotiators would not adopt this position at 

the Conference without further &peci!ic authorization ot USCIB. 

6. It waa further agreed that the U.S. Delegation might reach 

a point ot diaeuaaion in which they are ta\'Qrab~ impressed by the 

British point of view but find themselves at variance with the guidance 

already provided by the Board. It this sh()uld happen USCIB will convene a special 8eaa1on to provide the necessary guidance. 

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