THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD (PFIAB) RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO SIGINT

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• Publication Date: March 13, 1964
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13 March 1964
1'LEMO}.ANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: The President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB) Recommen-
dations with Respect to SIGINT
t(EFERENCE: Memorandum to SecDeef and Chairman, USIB,
from McGeorge Bundy, 7 February 1964,
subject: The National Signals Intelligence
Program
1. This memorandum is for the information of the
Director of Central Intelligence.
The annexed memorandum has been prepared for
your signature by way of comment on the recommendations of the
PFIAB concerning MIGINT. There were five recommendations
in all. You, in your capacity as Chairman. USIB, were asked
to submit comments with the Secretary of Defense on recommen-
dations one and four. These recommendations are in substance:
a. that steps be taken to introduce effective
evaluation techniques into the SIGINT community, and
3. L ecommendations two, three and five (on which
comments were not requested from the DCI) concern:
a. the establishment of a special operations
research and systems analysis group;
b. the initiation of long range studies to improve
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COMSEC?
4. Dr. Fubini asked me to meet him in the Pentagon at
6:00 Tuesday, 10 March to approve a proposed joint comment (Tab B)
to McGeorge Bundy to be submitted, presumably over the signature
of the Secretary of Defense.
5. General Blake, who was also present at the rseeting,
and I both objected to the draft on the grounds that it was too long,
involved and in certain respects confusing and obscure. I also
objected on procedural grounds, indicating that you would want
to comment separately and as DCI.
7. Dr. Fubini tried to get an extension of the deadli e
for submission, which is 15 March 1964. This was refused by
Mr. Coyne on the grounds that the President's Board meets on
the 2nd of April and must have the report by 15 March. As I
understand it, a modified form of the Fubini memorandum will
be submitted to Cy Vance for signature on Saturday. I have
advised Fubini' a office that we would probably comment directly
to the President's Board with copies to appropriate elements of
DoD.
8. I land I believe that the annexed letter (Tab A) 25X1
is all that is necessary under the circumstances.
JOHN A. BRASS
D/DCI/NIPE
Attachments:
A. Proposed letter to Bundy
B. Fubini draft
C. Letter to Fubini
cc: DDCI
EXDir-Comptroller
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