INTER OFFICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: November 12, 1957
• Content Type: MIN

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12 Ncvember 1957
INTER OFFICE TEIECO ]NICATIONS ADVISORY COPA41TTEE
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MINUTES
Minutes of the 40th meeting, held 6 November 1957 at 1000 hours in
room 1521, Barton Hall.
0/SI - Acting Chairman
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/SI - Secretary
1. Minutes of the 39th meeting (2 October) were approved with the
following substitution for paragraph 8, 4th sentence:
It was felt that more US groups should be sent to the USSR, that
their time and geographical area coverage not be unduly curtaile+i, and
that their access to important electronics and telecommunications
installations be on an entirely equitable basis. It is important that
each group be organized to cover thoroughly only one particular aspect
of electronics and telecommunications, such as, research and development;
production; or operational telecommunications; and each group be properly
briefed on our interests and needs.
2. noted the action by the NSC on 4 October concerning
NSC-169 which bad the effect of:
a. Removing the requirement for periodic reporting.
b. Referring international broadcasting aspects of ESC-169
to OCB (instead of ODM) for coordination.
c. Laving all other aspects with ODM, giving 0DM permission
to make agreed changes in NSC-169 policy.
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In addition the President requested a brief report by 0DM.n
consultation with CIA and other agencies on the location of rad.o broad-
casting facilities abroad and the allocation of radio frequencies.
3. For RSB SR
reported that:
ao has been assigned to problems of ITU Conference
preparatory work.
b. The report of on collocation of RSB with NSA will
shortly be ready for distribution to the Committee. noted
that NSA is not preparing any further recommendations as a result of
visit.)
c. The big tabulation of unclassified usage information
(1500 pages) will be printed in view of expressed consumer inte-:est. The
previously recc?nended classification of Official Use Only may not be
acceptable to the military because of inclusion of some (unclassified)
military usage information. It was suggested that if necessary to
maintain the OUO classification the list be published excluding the
military usage information, with a classified supplement for the latter.
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reported on his recent visit to Europe including:
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The Schramm Conference.
A seminar of Embassy personnel engaged in monitoring.
Visits to the, Defense jaa?er surveillance `;Operation bases;..
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Visits.to:
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out, that the conferees recognizes the neea-ror.improvect equipment, for
25X1A9a occasional visits by technicians to the embassies, for more monitoring
by Embassy travellers,'aizd for inclusion of more information from inter-
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comented;,that he.doubted the wisdom of our proposing to
State the suggestion of the Schramm conference that wives of embassy
officers be used for signal monitoring.
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reported that the Working Group evaluating Project
have had two Meetings, ;and a third is scheduled for 12 November.
It is possible that the Group will be ready to reprint by the next
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meeting of the Committee. Discussion of the Soviet Amateur Sputnik
reporting net indicated the need for establishing requirements, If any,
for information from this source.
7. reported the change in the status of Eaubas 3,Lr
monitoring during the past month. It was noted that the selection of
persons to participate in this program had been left to the Amba3sador.
A budgetary staff study is being drafted to provide for equipamen and
25X1A9a travel expenses for this proLgram.
25X1A2g 8. reported on the value to date of the
MM reports by NSA. ORR/S/COM has found them very useful: in
several instances the published report was in response to a specific
requirement by S/COM. 0/SI.hcl found five out of the first seveY
surveyed to contain information of use in its area of interest.
25X1A9a suggested any comments and suggestions should be put in Writing Which
0/CI could pass along to NSA.
9. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 4 December at
1000 hours.
Respectfully submittel,
Secretary
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