IOTAC MEETING OF 6 MARCH- -THE 44TH MEETING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01634R000300060082-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: March 11, 1958
• Content Type: MFR

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11 March 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: IOTAC Meeting of 6 March--the 44th Meeting
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1. The undersigned attended the 6Md Meeting on
6 March in the absence of the regular - members.
I did not attend the first half-hour of the meeting when
matters of Special Intelligence2 abeing discussed.
This was done as a courtesr5Xt1c% representation.
2. On ODM matters: of RSB/SR reported
that the ODM draft statement re a ng to paragraph 5b
of NSC 169 had been approved by the Director of ODM.
I Volunteered that the paper, of AJ8*ay to the NSC, has
already been coordinated by the
I said that our position was that interpretation by
ODM to their monitoring responsibilities in this proposed
revision did not appear to indicate a possibility of their
encroachment upon broadcasting monitoring operations. OC
and OSI cAR 1 gped their coordination as well.
3. requested the DDP's comments on
recent OCB matters. I stated that there were two recent
items, one being an ODM affair. (a) I explained that the
ODb2Efl81t on Radio Broadcasting Facilities, drafted
by for the President had been studied further
by the DDP. I said that we had presented a coordinated
position from the DDP to the B remove the attachment
to the report which discusses
as well as some of the historic inaccuracies in attachments
to the report. I explained that 8tails of our
position had been discussed with of ODM, and
with State and USIA representatives and that ODM would
revise the report . I added that the DDP had recommended
that the report go to the Radio Policy Committee for
comments and recommendations. (b) I Stated that the
proposed revision of NSC 169 by Mr. Staats, Chairman of
the OCB, pertaining to lack of feasibility of technical
monitoring behind the Iron Curtain, had been nullified.
I said that an agreed position by CIA and the State
Department's OCB Board Assistants had helped to nullify
the proposed amendment. I explained that we felt the
technical monitoring proposal was the only true safe-
guard available for the presently operating non-technical
monitoriXng conducted behind the Curtain.
4. of OSI reported that the internal
monitoring program was moving along with some satisfying
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 Approved For Releas001/07/28 : - P78 -01res J~e1a He stated that the portable receivers (part of
the equipment support recently provided by OSI)
would be dispatched to th p Curtain monitoring posts
soon. A model of the rec z de available to the
IOTAC representatives and of OC)
made by OC
explained the modifications which were to we
to improve certain ecial characteristics in the receiver.
The set is a ZenitfPAasisto d radio that sells retail
for approximately ~ which 1rteen purchased in numbers
by OSI at a relative cost of It appears to be a
suitable radio and with a miniature recorder to record
monitor comments, it will improve the "take". The set will
not be pretested due to its commercial ratings and the
time involved.
5. On the subject o2f'Xtltga broadcast technical effective-
ness monitoring program, expressed his
considerable personal concern over the problems OBI was
having in trying to resolve the future activities and
responsibilities of the EMW branch and especially the
BES Unit. He stated that the DDP letters attesting to
the need for the evaluation reports led him to feel that
it was the type of report produced that was the first
concern. He suggested that a DDP representative and OSI
get together to make recommendations on how best to
tailor the reports to the consumers. He recommended
further that the technical materials required by the
broadcast engineers might be disseminated on a reduced
less refined format so that time lags could be erradicated.
He said that the non-technical audience for these reports
might prefer t,,,,qc~ r eive edited reports on a bi-annual
basis or a mox~inent readable, report which measured
trends, etc. of OSI and the undersigned have
already worked on this matter. We will continue to
study formats and try to present a report by the next TEAC
meeting to get a better response from the broadcasters,
prior to the subject at IOTAC. I suggested that TEAC be
conviened for this purpose and OSI agr 4A9a
I was personally impressed by
apparent sincerity in continuing to carry the responsibility
for evaluating broadcast effectiveness in light of the
many commitments placed upon 03I for technical intelli-
gence support. I believe 0SI will continue to meet their
responsibility so long as the BES is told what to do in the
way of satisfying the variagated demands for effectiveness
reports b1XqP& RFE and RL.
6. was called in to report on the2-gifts
of the final On of the draft memo on Project
for the DCI. stated that the memo, as
revised at the last I meeting, was ready for signature
by IOTAC's Chairman. explained that the
memo would be distributed to a offices for their
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comments and that it would not go to the DCI until agree-
ment was reached by all interested agency divisions and
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7. Following mention of Project
considerable discussion was undertaken on whether IOTTAC
should consider making an evaluation of the Agenc1A9a
responsibilities and interests in this activity.
said that it was his belief that the study of jamming was
complex enough to be of interest to IOTAC as well as other
agency groups. He explained that as the Chief of OSI's
Electromagnetic Warfare Branch, he wore two hats on the
subject, as did the Office of Scientific Intelli ence
who chaired the Inter-Government panel on 25X1A2d1
activities. He clarified their positions by saying that
because there were definitely general areas of interest
for the various offices represented on2k? what were the
opinions of the group in the matter. of OCI
stated that he felt his office's charter on the subject
(the interest in whether or not jaamm%t gg vas used to
shield communications) would prevent ft1A arom making
any agreements to action by IOTAC.
countered by saying that as long as OCI was represented
on IOTAC, it would necessarily have to be interested in
an decisions made to evaluate IOTAC's position in regard
25X1A2d1 to ctivities. The subject was left for
consideration.
8. The proposed new charter for IOTAC was then
brought up by the Chairman. A survey of the IOTAC members
indicated that few had read and digested the paper. It
was agreed that this draft-proposal woul45 Sscussed
fully between now and the next meeting.
stated that he hoped all present would consider the
proposal seriously sometime within the next ten days. He
reminded the group that action tad been contemplated on
the draft-plan sometime for the first of the year, that
it was now almost the end of the first quarter, and it
should not be postponed. He asked that any changes,
concurrences, or comments would well be forwarded in
writing or verbally to the IOTAC secretary. Two minor
considerations were given to the proposal, one that
the Director of Communications not be the addressee but
rather, that the DDS who was a signatory, be the addressee.
This was noted. Secondly, the matter of TSS representation
should be decided. I said that I believed TSS would or
could be interested if the draft-plan delineated the
new fields proposed outside of NSC 169. I said that I
would talk to TSS and see what their thoughts were prior
to forwarding any DDP stateme2filAAft the plan.
9. Under New Business,
of ORR, asked me whether there was much being said during
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the East-West Exchanges about jamming. I said that as
far as I was informed, this had been a part of the US/USSR
negotiations but was not a part of the official communique.
I added, that I would suggest that IOTAC be informed of
any activity in this area. I also stated on an FYI
basis, that jamming was currently very much discussed
insofar as plans for the IFRB were concerned.
10. The Chairman proposed that the regular meeting
date for IOTAC be changed to the first Tuesday of each
month to avoid conflicts in his schedule and that of
other* present. It was agreed that this would be
auspicious. The next meeting will fall on April Fool's
Day.
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