SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS IN (SANITIZED) PROGRAMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03424A001300020011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 30, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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Office Memoranaum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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TO :
Chief, Research & Development Branch DATE:
30 March 1955
FROM :
Chief, Research & Development
Laboratory
SUBJECT:
Security Considerations in
Programs
1. The joint USAF-CIA Steering Committee meeting held in the
Pentagon on 29 March 1955 generated a number of questions regarding
security which should be considered by this Agency in the very near
future. Previous joint security agreements apparently are not suf-
ficient in light of the advanced status of the subject programs.
The Air Force is anxious to secure guidance from this Agency and
feels that the policy for handling these programs should be generated
by this Agency. The Air Force is presently operating by disseminating
the information on these programs on a strict "need to know" basis.
However, the definition of "need to know" in this instance leaves
much to be desired.
0 The specific problems mentioned by the Air Force are as
follows:
a. To what extent may the information on the
program be transmitted within USAF?
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To what extent may the information on the
USAF?
programs be disseminated with the
c. To whom and to what extent shall the
programs be divulged within NSA?
d. Would CIA consider a joint Army-Navy-USAF-CIA
high level policy meeting wherein the
technique and
are openly discussed.
3. It was brought out by Colonel Konkel that they are somewhat
uncertain as to the?wav in which liaison with NSA should be conducted.
For instance, a from NSA made contact with WADC and
requested information on the programs on the
basis that NSA is
The Air Force refused to divulge the information at the time,
but felt that this seemed to be an area which represented "need to
know". Also Colonel Kenkel voiced the opinion that the NSA should
soon be made cognizant of the programs so
that lanning might be initiated
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Konkel has
to other military services, Colonel
put out a "feeler" to the Navy suggesting that a joint
discussion
of might be both possible
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able. Colonel Konkelfs
reasoning was that the Navy system
is so simi-
lar to the system
and that the Navy might suddenly decide to
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put their system into operational use on a large scale, thereby com-
promising both the Navy system and the USAF-CIA system. Therefore,
he felt that some sort of joint security policy should be generated
for the mutual protection of the military services. Colonel Konkel
would like to know what the CIA reaction might be to such a plan.
Colonel Konkel is also aware that the Signal Corps is
conductin
programs and operations that might benefit from the use
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or similar equipment.
Therefore, he was interested in
knowing if the
CIA plans to divulge
information to the Signal
Corps.
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5. At this Steering
Committee meeting it was further
learned that
the SAC has ?ueried
Headquarters USAF with respect to the delivery time
of one
base station. It was implied that the
SAC requirement
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that they desired
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is rea y or
to use the equipment in conjunction with an ionosphere sounding project.
General White, Vice Chief,of Staff for SAC, generated this query and
is awaiting a reply from Headquarters USAF. Col. Konkle stated that
he would request guidance from CIA regarding the fulfillment of this
request.
6. The above discussion summarizes the problems which exist with
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promised to attempt to get a statement of the CIA position with regard
to these problems which would be based on the present status of the
subject programs. Col. Konkle is awaiting this information.
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