RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH BBC MONITORING SERVICE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010125-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 125
• Publication Date: June 29, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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Attaehed for your signature, if you,ooneer, is a a a rondua for the
Diroetor of Centrol--iatoilipnoo, subjooti Rooiprooal Agrswsnt with MC
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*bJ..ts Rseiprosal Agreement with BBC Monitoring Barrios.
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TSIS, of 18 8opton or A" attached.)
b. llawraainR to DLreotor, 1123, from Col. Wright of
11 saber 1644. (TAB "B" attached.)
a. Blrsoraadns to Chief of Staff, U. S. Arrgr, ataatiwar
Cast Sipal Offiwr, from, Direstor of Coatral
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Istollipneo, of 13 November 1944. (TAB
1. Moaoroadas free Direoar of
IatsUipass, BOOS, to Dirsator of Central Iaalli-
pan, 9 Dseoabar 1944. (TAB "D" attached.) 25X1
o. *aorwsdas from . IYetias
Aa.istaat Chid Sipal OfflOW, o rsotor of
Costral Iat.llipaso, 11 Dsnabor 1944. (TAB "E" attached.)
B. Dariag the war, ms Mad an informal notpreoal atroeent with
tks lraitorias Service of Me British Breadea.ti*S Corporative, the
British lei.iatry of Isforantive, and the U. S. Office of War Infsrastiss,
t.roby the foreip broaloasto intercepted by the tear apaoies wall be
freely iat+rrehvepl? The Wrpass of the agreement was to street a ass .s
by dividing tie job of worIA-wide asaitorin4 and .11almatiaS ens essoary
deplieatiaa. a* esrw1ttoe ttiak eoordiast.d this arraapasnt as losema
as the United Natiew 1(6siarias Committee and had its hsadgeartors in
Loader.
i. Taco 110 Blaitwriat Sevin iaarwptsd fonip bro"w" from
drops and toraod the eveteat .rer to MS editors looatod at the BBC
statism am Lam,dem,? So Britt" Ministry of Information monitored
toreip broodeasts from the Middle Seat at India with stations heated
at Cairo and New Dalkie this bnad.ast material was tamed ever to OWI
reprossatatiws is these cities. TUB aveiared broodeasts free the
Per Nast, Latta Morive, lfriea 04 Serape mad ads the material avail-
able to British ntaistry of lafsrsative rwpressm,tativos located is
^ashinftsa d sea Franisoe. The sly parts of this rosipreal some-
most whisk have oostla wd a teastive sizes the and Of the at are the
Vre t
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arcehap .t S Stops assiterwd material via rsls is Ls"m at
as flan a m& N.tns ieMr.spt ass nil with Briti.h rspswlsatatines
in "in. aa aiit m1 sfaWan at assumed rrati.asl swain of w
t. *0 point n stpr sal arnapnnat siws this swatry tar
wn Material truth as British tMa in rstarso ass. the ac 1istsni"
pest soar Lesbs provides rill with approximately 1006100 words of
lewd sot test *a& day, +ntsrw the yen post is Cain. Mobs saailw
able is w British less that 1:.000 ards at broadcast fist at day.
1. Us British we istsnets is .tttalistss tae r.siprNal ssaw
sat by hattsl 710 provide then with Maltsnd material true the Vat
Bast sad Latin dMsrisa that is set possible for the Britt" I. Sst.rw
dept is Lades. It is is the Interest@ or on to enter Sate at a
insssat with w Benin sizes it an rotas. to tors sir to In
the pros t t of its Bsrnpson staitsriq. it woaid .set GIs at Isaot as
stilts. Mlles a year to doplisama the SC saitsrin< spssatisa.
1. dy rosiprssal arnapasst .bald be a j tiatsS as sat w
possible is order that ws sty hasty our ssaitrats prior is the sod of
the pn.est Sisal Your. it is tb desire of us arils of Opsratis.e
to so" w Chi.! of the psnip &aad.Mt Ist.raati.s Brash aid the
Clidsf Of as 0I0 C.uetdsatiues Atfisia to Lasda early in aS te
aoptiats a proper rssipnsai anapatat with the Dlr.et.r of w BBC
M"iters" Ssr.ise out ether tstsns ed British .metals. a .wider
it sslsssary to Most it Lodaz rather than is Nashislta buses w
Unstop or the It 16sitsria= forties .wt see to the waited, States
prier to w sad at Bey. Oft with Its Mn, hw.ir, it is iMpntabii
that he Nall .suit ether apaoi.o at It. .sir-MSat to a final Knew
rat sad a.ssttatisss s4sht astiar..ir an s.tad.d period at ties.
Tbn are taperbat ieesser mast are .arNed with w r stpnsat
.prsssat preps" bsl.s ties make it iw attn that nsipnetty be
eve" to at the earliest psosiblo date.
t. Ths tsllni ss plat for rssipitsity is sabaitts for CIG?s
a. br-ils provided w Gaited $taM"s by Ina'k sriteins
the .ssit.red test, rashly 111,110 words daily,
of Media an sari 1.n-pound short uses tonip
brsadeaf istsrlspt true sweeps* this won" be
aodo enailabi? to r1IB Niters is Lendsa, a. at
IMtMrisatis ad aid by British athsritiss for
no to Satan a llddls Bastess sesitsriss
stalls on the lalaad of Cyprus. This aid said
SsslaM traseaissisa of th. lspy to Lsadst by
w British or aawriaatia ter ?BIB to .psrats
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its scam traarsdttsr from Cyprau to a point is
Oeraaay.
A espy is Landes of the toniaa broadcat ma-
terial Eatsnspted at the PAIR Middle Rosters
listening post. This material scald either be
sent to London by the British or a drop espy be
given thu of the file seat via as PAID trams-
sitter.
A 26,000 word daily the of broaaast atonal
intereopted by FBIA from Latin Tsarina and the
Per Bast. This file would be sslo,tsd and
transmitted by a total of fear ran empleyese
is Washington at a cost of approximately 16,000
per year. An altornatin ?lauid be to have 310
provide its on personal to wort at Pill head-
quarters. This would be eenparable to W
present arrangement whereby a staff of PAID
editors mad teletypists an located at the SIC
of loos in Cavsrsbom.
The tile of "looted Par iasMs and Latin
Amorieom broadoaste would be seat to Loadoa via
Signal Corps tasilitios. (CIO has boss advised,
by the Signal Corps that the latter can handle
this trafflo.)
6. It is our opinion that the above plan would represent as otuit-
able a reciprocal agnassat as is prastieal. So British would be
providing we with apprnadaately 100,000 wards daily of tereia bread-
east text reprsssatiag m"Itorlag onstage of approximately 1,0009000
words from aareps. In addition tasy, would make it po"ibls for PSIS
to establish its Biddle tutors monitoring post in a relatively stable
area aM save a osssiderablo as of ray that is presently being spent
for u_rsial esmmssisatlea. In return, PAD would am ear daily
is no 40,000 era "looted tree monitored sovoregs at approximately
1,600,000 wards. If the seleotien of this file in lashimatea were
handled by nix edit,", it would sent CIO not more than $16,000 per
year as long as the Signal. Carps provides sonmralaetioa facilities.
This espatiare would be imoigaifisaat so%mrod to the $160,000 per
per it nail asst PALS to sestinas its present use of essnonial
fmoilities from W riddle lust.
9. one a pratieal noipr"al program is worked out in Lsadea .
between operating personnel of CIO and operating porsoesal of S.
adtish, it probably will be amnssary to obtain a final decision from
S. British Foreign Chios. When this swats, the Merioaa aabaesatr
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 M St best hssdlo wish 204otiatlsao. In view of thiso we bellow that
the state Department should be adtrised at are plat is Ntsaea as wt
It* is treat, Will hat time, to tritest the Ambassador Is Lssdas of the
Americas pelisy as tb w Mptiatiss.
We the out of the Ms Musics is Landes hate iatenisl this ethos
1st the *itisb an age omblo to holdias IS prps.M ^eotlay is LaNas
MW tits after 10 mesh 1M7.
a. that CIO Grew M the rniprwal program outliasd is
paragraph 7 above.
-. That *e stat. Doportmrst be adrla d of our latent
is this attar had that Its Ambassador is Latta assist
ars urns is wrlia& out this atnamiat with
the .
Go bat the Critt at 7512 ash Us Chief, Cosmiaiwttas
Dds#sia. Clse be oast to '- I&an- to aapti&N
tr saes tawsule n sipnoul spesaasat possible sithis
the cam it outliaod is pan~ 7.
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