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C O f' I 

SUBJfCTi Preliminary i'·iscU88iOna Co!'lcernlni; The ijritish 1,e ueet 

tor (1) Complete lnt.erchange of Crypto;.::raphic !evelopmant 

.PI'tgr~a or (2) J.elease to the Brithh of the 1·ri:iciples 

or tha Sl'JA& 

l. The re;ue:st waa adcreHeC:. by the Brithh Joint Chiefs of ~ta!f 

to the U. ~;.. Joint Cf-,ie.fe of .:.>taff a.no ea.~e t:-.. rough the JC~ to the Joint 

Security and Cryptographic rianel. Discussions we~• helu by that panel on 

three successive days in ~n atte~pt to arrive at an agreed-upon reply. 

Tha Amy mettbers took the star1d that the first put of the proposal. was 

eo=pletely unacceptuble but th'it tirn second part, the g1v1:ig to t!'\e British 

of the cr;11,tcgraphlc prLclples of the 5IGf,BA., e~ould be u.ccepted. The 

Jravy- and 'ir Force members concurred. Ho~ever, the ~avy ~~hers stated 

flatly t.h~t. J\drr,ira.l ;tonl!!' wvulc! n'il'Yer :J.P~-rove of ~oceptanoe of tho second 

British request sinee he had ax,pres;~ed strong ,;111ap; roval on several 

pravicus u:·ctl.sions. '!'he Arfr,y Secur1 ty .r.._t;enc1 membel"s also mentioned t\i-'.tt 

.it na t' eir belief ti-.at -J~r.oral Cla:rl-:e would not apt:rove the request 

either. 

2. At this polntt on tho tr·ir,: day of t:iscusaioo, Via Chairm,,n, 

Dr. Sinko·.; called into tho discussions, Colonel Conrad, fmy Coordn-:;tor 

of the JCIOC: to .;et his advice on \':"hat fietlon should be ts.ken. Colonel 

Conrad concurred in the or;inio:"x exi;·reased by the 11uniber15 1.;f t.h~ JSC thut 

th-s probla::n V\ould havl') tu be evant:.w.1.1,y decl<led in · /.::iA B.fld th.,. t t!1e 

proper t '-ling to do mis to rooollll1leud tu the JCEC th*it t'h~' problam be 

referred to AFJA • 

.3. A draft p&;::e:r waa pre}'.&.re<l w!:iich inG.icl!.ted the p~nol's !'i.pf.rova.1 

of tho second par,r.'tion of th& 3ri tish r•csuaet but μhi ch reeottn"!lencted th.at 

JC&: forward the :t"eCAuest 'l'!i t hout action to Af'SA for t '· '3ir decision. 

4. That afternoon several of tha J.;.c • anel llldl!lb&rl.! in!:·luding the 

two P;rr:.y Security .~eacy e.:·:mbers attended a conference in .:,.ntlntl Stone 1 e 

office on ~~other subject. ((;ec·1rity for the North ,.,tl.."1ntic Pact natio!1s). 

At the close of that confere:1ce on'3 of Vva ;-iav;r Deiribers of th~ panel rhoY.-ed 

Jdmiral tono the rou~:h t.:rtd't of th0 paper rei"err•d to in po.rngra;.11 J above. 

J..dmir;ll :tone agroed t'":at the S'..tbject waa an .fSA ,r,atter but he r;ould :t'.'..lt 

go along d th tho ideu of the paper to JC!:'t cont a lnine t.hA stat~e:it of 

tha panel's ap1-'rova.l of tho i)ritish request. Th~ref'ore, the p11psr .from 

the >;anol s.1 delivered tc • .!CID itcrely ir.entionee t-i...at th& J~C !>ad been 

able to reach no <.lecision and recoin.mendod thqt t'1e elltl:re n:~ttl!tr be f:or-

•arded to 'fSA. 

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SE:E~REI. 

Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 09-20-2013 pursuantto E .0. 13526-=-
CSGAS-8.3 

5UBJf.CTi 

SECtt:.E!' 

g ,QI. i: 

~ ::epte-::ber 1949 

Prelains.;r.r ti1euesiona Concerning Th• Britbh :,:.ec;ueat 

'£or (l) Comp.Let• Int.erc:hanp of Crypt.ographio Dev•lopm~nt 

Proir~• or (2) R~lease to tha ariti1h of the Principle• 

of the SIG4BA {Continued) 

5. So far .a.1 we have been able to deteniine there i• no copy 

in existence of the draft paper of the rA.nel, nor ••r• ainutea kept 

of t!1e clirscu5sions he.l.d. Ho·nvar, to the best of our r•collection a.a 

~ Security Agency =embers of th~ panel, the above ia a true and co~plete atat m6nt of events. 

I•/ A .. SINKOV 

Chie.f, See'_irlt.r -1vieton 

/e/ i.R.iii..NX C. AU~T!~ 

Ch1e!' 1 Yet':::od• 3ra.neh 

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