SIGINT COMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1964
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DDS&T #2631-64
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: SIGINT Committee
1. In connection with your desire to strengthen the
SIGINT Committee, I should like to make the following points:
a. For some years the intelligence community,
since the abolition of the United States Communica-
tions Intelligence Board, has generally made a
practice of having its technical specialists
represent them on the SIGINT Committee. While these
individuals have long txperience, particularly in
COMINT matters, there has been a tendency to
approach problems more from a technical point of
view than with a broad perspective. It is
necessary in my view, therefore, that the USIB
members designate as their SIGINT Committee
representatives individuals who can represent
their agencies and departments on a broad front.
b. The SIGINT Committee should continue to
have available to it the technical proficiency
represented on the present SIGINT Committee. This
should be accomplished by establishing a COMINT and
an ELINT Subcommittee of the SIGINT Committee. Some
could argue that one technical stikpommittee would
fill the technical support requienents to the
SIGINT Committee, but I amponviisced that COMINTers
and ELINTers are not interatangErble, and that the
best ELINTers in the community and the best
COMINTers in the community should comprise re-
spectively the ELINT Subcommittee and the COMINT
Subcommittee.
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c. I would suggest as the
appropriate COMINT Subcommittee chairman as he
Is the senior and most experienced COMINTer in .
CIA; and George Miller, Assistant Director/Office
of ELINT, as the ELINT Subcommittee chairman. He,
Is a pioneer ELINTer and the most experienced in
the Agency.
d. To best serve the Agency on the SIGINT
Committee itself, I believe that a senior officer
of the DDI should be designated the CIA Member
and I would suggest J.J. Hitchcock, Chief of the
DDI Collection Guidance Staff for this assignment.
e. The issue of membership on the SIGINT
Committee will of course arise and arguments will
be advanced to seat representatives of the Army,
Navy, and Air Force. In my view, I believe the
same pattern as now exists on the Watch Committee
should be followed, where DIA is the member and
representatives of the Army, Navy, and Air Force,
who do not sit at the table, act as observers or
advisors to the DIA Member. The composition of
the Committee should be: The Chair, CIA; DIA;
State; NSA; FBI and AEC where their interests
are specifically involved.
f. I have reviewed DCID 6/1, SIGINT Committee,
and find that my foregoing suggestions are
compatible with its terms.
8. In proposing your concept for strengthening thei
SIGINT Committee, I believe that all of the above points, ex-
cept the names of the individuals, should be stressed eo'that
your objectives can be achieved.
Distribution:
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1 - DDCI
I - ExDir
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