RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION MONITORING SERVICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003400110025-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: February 13, 1947
• Content Type: MF

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13 February 1947
MWORAl i FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Subject: Reciprocal Agreement with the British Broadcasting
Corporation Monitoring Service
ring the war, the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service (now a branch
of the Central Intelligence Grp,) had an informal reciprocal agreement with
the tonitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation whereby foreign
broadcasts intercepted by the two countries would be freely interchanged. The
purpose of the agreement was to effect economics by dividing the job of world-
wide monitoring and eliminating unnecessary duplication. The British Broad-
casting Corporation is providing us with the product of its uropeen monitoring;
in return,, we are giving them a relatively small file of Middle Eastern
broadcast material which is intercepted b- our Foreign Broadcast Information
Branch at Cairo.
We understand that the British are interested in equalizing the reciprocal
agreement by having the Foreign Broadcast Information Branch also provide them
with monitored material from-the Far Fast and Latin America in return for the
ecctenatyO.Araropean service it is providing this Government. 'fie, u ure of our
listening post in Cairo is questionable. Lebanon, Syria, ax4 t yprus pr_ esent
possible alternates. We desire to enter into a working arrangement whereby we
would make available to the British, in London, our product of Far Eastern,
Latin American and Middle Eastern monitoring in return for the continuation of
the present British Broadcasting Corporation European coverage plus their aid
in effecting a transfer from Cairo to a suitable Riddle East location,.prefer-
ably Cyprus.
It is proposed that we confer with the State Department to discuss the
proper procedure to follow in negotiating such an agreement with the British.
ief, Foreign Broadcast Information Branch, will
represent the Central Intelligence QroV on this matter It woul& be eciated
des ted representative would call
to arrange a meeting for a d vemien of r details
parts o t desired reciprocity.
00 and OO/FBIB
Executive Registry
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:Return to General Sibert
St Aback
HUIT S. B
Lieutenant General, USA
Director of Central Intelligence
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let Ind 15 Jaaiaz'y 1947
Aes'istent Dirsotor for Operations
Daily &ammary of Foreign Rio Bma casts
A eort y er*eriee nt. That distribution is it receiving?
Should it in briefer form become a 2nd section of the CID deify, now
GIB
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