14 February 1952 

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1. A meeting of the USCIB Ad Hoc Committee on the Seclll"i ty of I I 

Connunications was held at lL.OO hours, 30 January 1952, at the Naval Security 

Station. Members of the Committee present were: 

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Mr. William F. Friedman, Chainnan, .AFSA 

Col. Gordon E. Dawson, USA, ID 

CDR Mark Little, USN, NATO 

Mr, Robert F. Packard, State Department 

,__ _______ ___.lcrA (representing Mr, Winston Scott) 

Also present: 

Mr. Frank B, Austin, AFSA-41 

Mr. Sydney Jaffee, AFsA-23 

Recorder: 

Capt. Mary c. Lane, WAC, AFSA 

2. Statement of Problem: . The status of the Report of the US/UK Conference on the Security ofl ICommun..ications (USCIB: 14/132) was reviewed by 

Mr. Friedman, viz.: 

a. The report had been approved by USCIB on 27 May 1951; had been 

sent by the Chairman, USCIB to the National Seclll"ity Council on 8 June 1951; 

and had been approved by the President on 11 January 1952. 

b, LSIB had approved the report on 1 June 1951 a.rxi had decided that 

it did not require the approval of any h~her authority. 

A conununication dated 10 December 1951 from the Chairman, LSIB, to 

the Chairman, USCIB (USCIB: 14/185) announ::ed that LSIB had examined the 

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• Comments b Chainnan: Mr.• Friedman. n.oted that al thou h one of the 

further delay. 

Mr. Friedman then read . the·· letter which had .been sent on 24 January 

1952 by the Chairman,, USCIB, in reply to the Chairman, LSIB,, \(USCIB: 14/196) 

the main points of which were: 

a. At the J!S/J!]( Confe,.,,,.,ft. imnmyement in t.rul genera] ~~u,...~\~] 

exam1nat.1.on of present security concl.iti.ons and. a catalog of' stanaarcts iiii 

procedures ltlich,, if afnrnved and imp. lemented,, might produce th··.e·.. necessary improvement in general_ !security. 

definite,, implementing action on the basis of its approvil. 

d. Follow:ing these develo~nts 1 USCIB would, as previously agreed, 

be prepared to discuss the means forb laJ.ong\the 

general lines recommended in the let r from LSIB. 

Mr. Friedman then asked the manbers of the CoJl'JJnittee for their 

conmenta or suggestions on this matter. 

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Mr. Packard noted that at present the US felt less urgency in tlli.s 

matter than at the ti.me of the US UK Conference in Ma 1951 since a roved 

Mr. Austin remarked. that from a cryptographic point of view also, 

further del a ared. advisable. Because of recent findin s in re a.rd to 

changes, etc., all of llhich might be avoided by a period of delay. 

on. 

The Committee accepted Mr. Packard's recommen:lation and the Chairman 

stated tha. t such a resolution would be drafted by him for approval of the 

members of the Committee. If possible, the recommeIJiation would be presented 

at the next USCIB meeting, February 8. 

5. ~ lcolllMUllicaticm Security: Mr. Friedman asked Mr. Packard 

for the a test iritormaflon reg~i'ding the question of I I communication 

I security. l~~:;~j repof~ ~~~~er~s.::~9$1 and had l~t ~l~a~~d :e 

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lDibas··.s. ador had expressed himself ~s s· .. ·.·.an·······.·. re jregard to the impression he had made upon the Premier, and altho~h had said that some rumor of 

insecurity had reacherl him previously,< <~re been no reply from the 

I \ !Premier in the 40 days which had .e:Lapsed since the Ambassador• s 

approach. 

Mr• Packard felt some concern lest Ainbassad.()~f I who had 

recently bee1 I would eave n:;rs post in 

I lbefore DIS cruc c1ons CoUiu oe Sent nnn Mvising him not •tl9 leave this 

matter in the hards of a Charge d 1 Affaires am. not to have Premier I I 

send his reply to a Charge d 1 A.ffaires but to wait for the new Ambassador. 

Because of the pressure of other matters, Mr. Packard. had not been able to 

approach his chief in this regard. He hoped to do so in a few days. 

Mr. Friedman also read from the comments on the above message, prepared by the Special Research Branch, ID. These conunE11ts noted that there 

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B. Meeting Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned by the Chairman with 

the statement 'Ehat, although no report from this Committee was among the 

items for the forthcoming meeting or USCIB, he would attempt to prepare 

~that meeting a draft of the recommeaiation regarding the problem of 

L___Jc<11D11wiication security, as outlined by Mr. Packard. 

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