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21 April 1954 

UNITED STATES COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

AGENDA FOR 

Fourteenth Meeting at 1400, on Thursday, 29 April 1954, 

in Room 2054, Que Building, CIA, 

Washington, D. C. 

Captain Rufus L. Taylor, USN, Chairman 

PART I - Agenda Items 

Date of Initial Subject 

Consideration Numbers 

2$ April 1954 5.3/ 

26 March 1954 13.7/ 

29 April 1954 13.5/ 

2$ April 1954 13.7/ 

29 April 19 54 13.6/ 

29 April 19 54 13.5/ 

Sub,ject Submitte9.J?z 

l. Approval of the Final Minutes of Secretariat 

the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th 

Meetings. 

2. Distribution and Security Control Exec. Secy. of CCM.INT Required by Certain NonMember Organizations (USCIB 13.7/7). 

3. Possible Compromise of COMINT 

Information (USCIB 13.5/43). 

Exec. Secy. 

4. Emergency Dissemination of COMINT Ex:ec. Seicy. 

to Non-indoctrinated Persons 

(USCIB 13.7/11). 

5. Transmission of COMINT Unencrypted Exec. Secy. 

over Third Party Territory 

(USCIB 13.6/17). 

6. Violation of USCIB Policy Re Exec. Secy. Classification of Subject Matter 

Related to CCMINT (~SCIB 13.5/54). 

(SECRETARY'S NOTE: It is requested that each Member notify the Office of the 

Executive Secretary by 1500, Wednesday, 28 April 1954, of the names of representatives who will attend the meeting.) 

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE INFORTfiATION AND SHALL BE 

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PART II - Background Information on Items to be Considered 

Item No. Subject and Summary 

1. Approval of Final Minutes of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Meetings. 

Connnents on the Minutes of the 10th, 11th, and 12th Meetings have 

been received and distributed to all Members. Comments on the 

Minutes of the 13th Meeting will be circulated immediately following 

the reply deadline of 22 April 1954. 

2. Distribution and Securit Control of COMINT Re uired Certain NonMember Organizations. USCIB 13. 7 7 was scheduled for considera.tion 

at the 13th Meeting; however, consideration was deferred "to permit 

necessary preliminary administrative action to be taken by some of 

the Members". Background information on the matter is contained in 

USCIB 13. 7 /7. 

3. Possible Compromise of COMINT Information. USCIB 13.5/43 contains a 

report and recommendations by the Chairman, Security Committee, 

based upon his personal investigation of the facts surrounding the 

plane crash at Keflavik, Iceland on 22 August 1953. The comments of 

the Executive Secretary on the report are also contained in USCIB 

13.5/43. 

4. Emergency Dissemination of CCMINT to Non-indoctrinated persons. 

Available information on this subject is contained in USCIB 13 .. 7/11, 

and the enclosures therewith. 

5. Transmission of Co.MINT Unenc 

Last September 1953 USCIBEC 

acknowledging the seriousness of the existing situation which permitted widespread transmission of Co.MINT by air over Third Party 

Territories, agreed to take individual action to reduce to a bare 

minimum the volume of Category III COMINT being so transmitted. 

It was agreed, further, that the Executive Secretary would report 

again on the situation in six months. USCIB 13.6/17 contains this 

report. 

6. Violation of USCIB Policy Re Classification of Subject Matter Related 

to COMINT. This item pertains to the article entitled 11The Final 

Secret of Pearl Harbor", which appeared recently in 11U. s. News and 

World Report". USCIB 13.5/54 contains available information and recommendations by the Executive Secretary. 

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