Intelligence Support for the Voice of America with Regard to Soviet Jamming

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000100040080-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 1997
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary of the
National Security Council
SUBJECT: latelligence Support for the Voice of America
with Regard to Soviet Jamming
REFERENCE: (a) Letter from Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State to the DCI, dated 24 March
1950
(b) IAC Meeting on 31 March 1950
(c) Memorandum to DCI from Executive Secretary, NSC,
dated September 1, 1950
ENCIASURE: Six copies of Report of the SAC Ad Hoc Committee on
Soviet Jamming of the Voice of America, dated 2 June 1950,
with copy of Air Force Memorandum, dated 27 June.
1950
1. Transmitted herewith are six copies of the Report of the Ad
Hoc Committee on Voice of America Jamming for distribution to Members
of the Security Council. With respect to the above references this
Committee was authorized for the express purpose of considering intel-
ligence support for the Voice of America with regard to the penetration
of Soviet jamming.
2. The Report and its Recommendations have the unanimous.concur_
rence of the Committee members and bear a direct relationship to NSC 66
now pending before the NSC.
Ereos,af unqualified approval have been received from
all Members of the IAC except the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
USAF* A copy of his letter dated 27 June 1950. is attached to the Reporto
L. With reference to Recommendation 3 in the Report about an
additional monitoring facility, I recommended to the Intelligence
Advisory Committee that this Agency be directed to expand its present
monitoring service as a "service of common concern" under Section 102
(d) (1) of the National Security Act of 19117, as amended, and to coor-
dinate this to avoid duplicating the existing facilities of the Federal
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Communications Commission and Armed Forces Security Agency and other
organizations into a worldwide monitoring operation. This is not
agreed to by the intelligence agencies of the Army, Navy, and Air
Force. They recommend that this matter be given further considera-
tion by the United States Communications Intelligence Board and by
the Armed Forces Security Agency Council.
5. Accordingly, Recommendation 3 in this Report will be referred
to the USCIB.
R. H. HILTNKOETTER
Rear Admiral, USN
Director of Central
Intelligence
cc: IAC Members (less enclosure)
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