DISSOLUTION OF THE U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BOARD AND THE NSC SPECIAL COMMITTEEE FOR COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000800050058-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: April 4, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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April 19
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resident's Board of Consultants on
4-'ereign Intelligence Activities
Dissolution of the U.S. C
Security
Board sad the MC Special ern rnitt se for
-oremunicatiens Security
?posed Letter to Mr. rrederick G. Dutton
with the proposed caacellittion of NSC SM. ZS
es are the views of the Director. CIA:
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a. An inter-departmental policy body in the field of communications
curity is nave:teary since the Depertment el ..3tate. Department of
the Treasury. the Federal Unreels of breestigation. the Atomic sargy
ommission and the Central Intelligence Agency are aU users of
cryptographic material and it is essential that they participate in
the formulation of policies in this field. While we are in sympathy
with the desire to eliminate boards and committees where advan-
tageous we believe that even if the present Coiniritnications Security
Board were eliminated, assignment of its functions to .one corn.
parable body would he required.
b. The possibility of traselerring the responsibilides of the
Communications Security Board to the Intelligence Board was
coneldered in January 1959 and was not deemed desirable. It
has been reconsidered and still is believed inadvisable. On the
other hand, sasigninent to the Department of Defense. in addition
to that Department's responsibility as Executive Agent ler com
matnications security. also seems undesirable singe it would d*prlie
the other interested Department* anal Agencies of any woke in the
determination of policy affecting these asetters.
c, 04hi1e the Corn unicetions Security Board has met only
infrequently, it has. from April 1956 to March 1961, in addition
to its meeting agenda dealt with 49 items on a votesheet basis.
most of which directly affected the national interest.
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d. We raca.unnd dM the U. S. Connunnicatioas Security
Beard condone te function in accordance with its present charter.
Should yen desire farther clarification a say point, a representative
of this Agency is prepared to disease the matter with yoga.
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Note on transmittal
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slip to IG:
-.IAN B. KIRF PA.TRIC1.<
Inspector General
"The Director requests that the reply to
go over your signature. The substance
of the attached was cleared with the DCI this morning."
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