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PL 86-36/SD USC 3605 

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RBPOR! BY TD USCIB COORDlltl!OR !O 

'?Bl trlrl'BI> .STATES COJOOJHIC.A!IOD JO.ARD 

lllAStllU:S !'OR IN'CREA.SBD SECURITY OP' OOJQlt'IICA'l'IOJr IITELI.IGEtCB 

':BE PROBtml \ ""',_ l. What additional measure• ahould be taken to proteot Jff·preaent fi f "h,rv 

COKI~ aource~·cJ .(l.~ ... ,l.Gh JWW....JWu.reea ..... '11111/.'T w-npeotett-•cnm ·to yield. 

~-j(~\c\.c :JrAets BE.iRIJIC UPOW T.BI PROBLEM A:ND DISOUSSIOW 

I. .U ••t forth 1A Pa.ragn.pha l-li. in the ~noloaure. 

COICLUSIOHS 

'· It 11 oonoluded that 1 

a. A rsview ot tho entire p;roblem of the Hourity of prement 

COJIIft 1ource• i• arranted 121. tho light 0£ the preaent • ituation. wherein 

there a.ppeare to ho a gradual lesaenin:; ot •ecur1ty in. the ta.oj!..pt a moro 

pre1eing need therotor. 

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'• tt 11 reoommcn1ded that• 

a.. USCIB diroot the 'OSCIB Security COJ1l11'11tteo to ake tho 

rertn retorred to bl Par. S!. and to aubmtt reoomaenda.tioua arising t'roa 

a •tuq baaed upon oonsider•tion ot Pe.r/. S!?, ..... J9i ot the foregoing 

00110lus1 O!UI • 

b. 'the tJSCIB SooUl"ity Committee be d1reotod to 1ubmit its 

_)~~ \~ ..... report to USCIB not later than 16 le••~ i:l66. 

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t:o a.~{h )(2) FACTS JJEARilJG UPOlf 'l'liS PD.OBI.Ell A'RD DISCUSSIOI PL 86--36/SOUSC 3605 

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:i. Binaetl>.e end ot World War II there has been a continual 

ilaprovamelit in the typos ot' (Sr".fPtosyate• employad by torelgn govermnonta 

u.4 a steady tighta:rdni; ot acmmunioatiQ!l •ecurity praotioe1,, makine the 

pt!r~0Wid1...u.l-otl'i~on~•ot....,C"IOllI~'l'l~··.t-;alrf.,· :::::=1'1yai··· ....,1nn,.'()1'1"l"e"""a ... •l"f!1~·J1g-· .... ~dlitll11'1'1oult~. 

- I. \In the fe.oe ot the 1norea81-ng d.1f£ioultie• 111 ita production, 

the d.emand.\tor COllII! has beooma enn. grea1;•r and the need tor the protection ot all COMIIT aouroe• 1norea11ngly impttr11-tiw. l'ot onl7 1• thi• 

true a1 J"Oga.rds all ourrent OOKlll'? aource1, but we m:Ue:t; a.nt:toipate ewn 

greater neoi tor\ the protootion of new •ouroe1. ~-exa.lnp1~~----

---..:~_t..-.oj~._~tnned..e~SA. -•uoa!lda.cl.J.n_ a.olvi13& .. oort&iD 

---- ~yatema,-the-.truit.t.J;..hf.roor. were J,O.on de:iaiecl --ua beoause .o.t. ~the 'lfith-

~1 f.r.cml-aeaee ...af....a.Uj lhigh-lewl •ll•tv• soon a.rter 11\lOceaa in 

treb i~OIL ....-a:ttained·,---Nl.d 'ft '.have UAW been. Xirtually out -O.t ... :t.9.UOh 

, El t~ ~laveL o~in2 Q!..Y..on. -ffW 'thl"ff.· yeara • ·- It-,,. should 

ljl)C&ita...Q....~t-.ot~ ~-:J;hen .lgJtt it ..ao.Ut.!!..~9_q_..,to. -be -.dAicd.~ 

"f'tte.l '8'1mtee. ~ lllp*4....!.Gl"-•c-muoh-l~i«b­

¥ &. The baeio •Hentiala for •t.t'eotiw aeourity o.ontro~. o 

COUIB'l' haft finally been eatablbhed attGr yeara 0£ e.ff'ort and th& 

••ourity •1tuation haa been oonaiderably improved. 

b. 'there i• a genaral appreciation. ot tho value ot COllI?fT and 

tho mt•d for proteotinp; 1ta •ouroe•1 and n now ha.'"' the following 

•obani•u tor bettor proteotiona 

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(1) • taderal protoctive lrgr (Public law Ho. 513). 

(I) ImproT&d inveetiga.tive maohineey. 

(s) An interdepart.1'.enta.1 authority (USCIB) 

(4.) J. •inglo u.s, produoor ot high ... lavel 001(]'.'HT (.AFSA). 

(6) Common aaourity 1ta.ndards· 

(6) leourity agreement9 nth OU1" toreip ooll.&bora.tora~ 

_::~. a. 'l'he part played bl' USOIB in the foregoing improvement• in 

\I) aeourity .ai"9 notable. USCIB DireotiTe Wo. 1,, a.pprovod on 18 1'ovembor 

1948. and reviaed a• ot lS Cotobur 1950. providea1 

ft4. • •• Tbs Board will perform. auoh funotiona a.1 :may be 

~equ1red to acoompliah its objeot1ve. but it will place 

partioula.r empha.a h upon the .rollawillg 1 

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(o) heaoribing be.aio security atanda.rda and dis-

•emination policies to proteot all Communications 

Intelligence aotiTities and aoureea." 

b. The Batto reference (Par. 12) eatablishea,. among other 

•tanding committee•• e. COlm'!littee on Seourity with the tollowi:nt remponai• 

bilitie•i 

"{b) Securi'Sr• Formulation ot interdepartm.en.tal 

aeourity and d11111emination poUoiea,. and coordination or other eeourity matters under oogniaanoe 

ot USCIB." 

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•• USOtB Direotive lo. 4, approvod on 14 January 1949• and 

revi•ed aa ot 86 Ootober 1950, eatablishes "Instructions tor the 

Compa.rt.m.entation ot COliU:VT inf'or!JUl.tion" • inoludi~ certain "Preoa.utions 

in d.1a1emination and ut1111ation of results." 

~. .b a co:naequenoe of tho tore,oing, thore has been inetitutod 

within AFSA. itsolt a~;c"Sil'~•:ratem or oompartmentation of problema, I 

" teature which militate• against teolmioal etf'ioienoy ill COKift produoti~ but which ia oonaid$red eesontia.l for eecurity • 

. f. a. lfevertheleH, the tTSCIB Coordinator 18 beoom.ix;g i:noreaain:;l:y 

oo:noerned over wbat appears to be a gradual loHeni:at; or the aeourity ot 

COIUl't~~ Although iaportut . a.ud baste atep1 have 'been tabn. lime tbe nr to e1ta.bliah security on a 

firmer toun.dation. othor development• have ooourred. whioh have• to a 

large extent, 'nullified tho ertoots oi our 1.d'Qlloea. 

o. Deap1to the meoha.ni1DU1 and ta.otor.1 for better control,. it 

1a not beliewd that tho seourit;y situation baa been ht.proved to a. degree 

whiohwarranta bruahing uido@all tear that ourrent and future auocea• 

on high-lewl problems may be :a.ullitied by leakage or information to tbe 

Governm.on.ta whose communications are noir beint; or ~ bo aucc•••-

tully attaoked. In f'aot, the bad• tor continued appre!18}101uJ on thia 

aoore remains the le.m& or even atronger than betore • beoauae of certain. 

new taotor• in the OOllIIT •eour1 tT picture. Among them. aro tho 

following I 

(l) There has boen a •teady and •ub•taat1al increaae ot 

both worker• and coM'Wl:Pr•. Tho li•t ot indoot.rinated oonaumera alOJl& 

has rben from 5'H: b. February 1947 to l,ZSZ in June 1950. In add1t1Qb.1 

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Awtft&-'c~ 'f:hor• haft be•a bmume:rable 1n ~ ~ rlduale 'brou:ht into the tri11te ot 

knowledge tor a.dmi:n.iltra.ti \l'e.. ou~etar;y, or other reaacma • 

(I) Certain aiasem.1nat1on aa.teguard1 havo gradually been 

relaxed. Material J.S nn distributed and ma1nta1nod in a J1W11.ber o!' areas 

1J111'aahington oui;::,ide the produoin3 agenoie•, whore 1t waa never permitted ~ 

before. '€!reov::.., diotributiQn baa been &uthwise4 to &ddit1out oeerioi;;;μJi;,~ ~ 

Re11trictil):ns on tho distribution or material to. and maintenanoo in, - oooupied area.a ha.'1'9 alao bsen eased. 

(3) The adminietrati"nt, oontrol, and budgetary machillGJ!7 

ed prooedurea a.re •uoh that larbo number• ot ind1'rlduab mu1t 'be 

a.ppr1aed or :o:umerou. details ot COJll:rtt aotirt tie a. {The large num.bor ot 

agenoie•, oi"!'icea. board.I, and committeoa concerned with the opora.tion 

e.:a.d adminiatration ot COlfIJl'l' aot1Tit1ea nece1aitate1 innUJ!l'3rable reports. 

justiri ca.ti ons, eto. • whiob. aro very he.zardou1 to aecuri ty. The arrange• 

mnts govorni~ the operation of CU are muoh more conduo1w to aecroc;y.) 

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certainly will be tollorrod by suoh col'Jlequonce• upon our_C~Jtr.NT' aotiv:tie1~ 

During World War II oertain special eeoudty 1a.t'eguard1 we" 

eatabliahed in particular ••gmonte ot the German COMIIT pi-oblom. J.ctual 

experience with tho•e 1ate~uo.rda am.ply dem.onatrated. their teaaibility and 

the practicability ot oparatillf; eucoentully with an extremely limited 

number of oporat1onal personnel who had a real "uoed-to-Jmow")and with 

the absolute minimum. ot diHo:mi:aation. i'h&t experience proved the 

poaaibility ot ma1ntain1JJ4: tho utm.oet eeourit;y under difficult oircum.-

atanoe~and oomititutea a. oontradiction ot tho frequently-heard content1Ql1 

that operational e!"feotlwneaa et COJl!ft ill inevitably defeated by too 

•triot limit•tion or d1asemi.nation to oonauner•• 

f. It i• po .. ible to sateguard COKil'l by empl07i223 a pecial dia-

;uiaei which will not handicap it1 umetulno1a and whioh at the same timo 

will aerve to hide the e:xe.ot source tram. which it ocmos. 

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re. !hs latter po1•1bil1tJ-, tocetber with more ricid limita.tiona 

On dbaem1uation Slq' be nece11a.ey to iMure ua aga.inat 'the drying up ot 

tM aourcaa of thi1 vita.1 inf'orma.ticm.. 

1e. a. In oonaideri.ng what additional etepa ahould ho t-.Jcen aa 

soon. •• poHi'ble )it ia oonvenie:ait to di'V'ide the whole problem ot COJl!ft 

1eo~i~ into tour prinoipal 1egmo:nts1 

(1) Seourity precautions applicable to all etep• in 

the production. ot the intorma.tion, 

(I) For-.t ot tho i'inal produo-t (whether or not tb& 

•ouro• or thf.I intormation, whfJn it leave• the produotion 

ageno;y, is obvious). 

(3) Ocm.trol ot produotion ot oop1e1 and their di•• 

1ominati0ll to oonsW11Ctra ... 

(4) Seourity proaautiona applicable to tho operational 

use or COUIITb. tJndor ite charter USOIB preaoribea be.aio security standt.ria 

and d.iasem1:nat1on policies and therefore it baa cD,ni1ance or all four 

ot the a.bove-mentio».ed segment1 $ , , f; 

~~~ 1t. a. The U8CX:8 Coordinator has" juriadiotion over only the first 

•egmon.t {Par. lla{l)) and ho.a instituted within AFSA. as rigid seourit1 

oontroll in the produoti.on o£ COKilf int'ormation a• praoticable under 

tbs meohan.101 ot proaeaaing. CC!lpa.r'taontation baa been e1peoia..lly ri,:Ld 

in :reapaot to the prooe••inc: or the principal high-level orypto1yatema 

and it it d.oubttul whetMr turther 1tep1 oa.n be taken in that direotion 

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the other three eagir..ent• of tho problem and beliena tha.t it 1• to thoae 

a:r:-eas • G•peoially (I) and (a)# that USCIB •hould now direct its 

atteittion. 

c. The USCIB Security Committee oould be dirooted to •tudy 

those ••gm.exits of the problea and aubmit reoomm.o:uda.tions as regards the 

greater 1ecurit7 proteotion ot ourrent a• well •• antioipa.ted _., aou.rooa 

ot COMilr. 

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