IMPLEMENTATION OF JSG RECOMMENDATIONS - CURRENT STATUS

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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: June 23, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
JUN 2 3 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
ATTENTION: Assistant for Coordination
SUBJECT: Implementation of JSG Recommendations - Current Status
A decision on the reorganization of DOD intelligence is still
awaited. Consequently implementation of No. 1 and related recommen-
dations continues in abeyance.
During the period of this report, implementing action was
initiated on No. 29 by the assignment of officers from the National
Security Agency, the Army, Navy and Air Force to the coordination
staff of the Director of Central Intelligence. Action by the Joint
Chiefs of Staff has been delayed in order to give Major General
Richard Collins, USA, an opportunity to familiarize himself with de-
tails of this arrangement and to approve the selection of a JCS
representative. General Collins relieved General Breitweiser as
Director of J-2 (Intelligence) during the period of this report.
Toward implementation of No. 6, an ad hoc group of Service and
Joint Staff representatives has completed a study of the Special
Security Officer (SSO) systems undertaken in response to a request
from the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations).
It was found that in no instance did more than one military service
SSO serve a particular embassy or other non-DOD agency. The Army
provides SSO service on a cost basis to Department of State agencies
overseas. It would therefore be expected that if there were duplica-
tion, State as the customer would be quick to terminate the service
as an unnecessary expense. However, the ad hoc group found no evidence
of this. On the contrary, the Department of State gives every evidence
of being fully satisfied with the service provided under the arrange-
ment.
The report further pointed out that the SSO system involves more
than a simple courier function. The SSO of a command must also provide
the commander served with staff advice and execute various actions
necessary to protect COMINT from unauthorized disclosure. It is this
latter function rather than the comparatively unimportant duties which
form the basis of the rank structure of the SSO systems.
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Departmental regulations prohibit an SSO from placing his own
interpretation on the CONINT material transmitted by him, stressing
that evaluations must be developed in the light of all available
intelligence and in cooperation with the intelligence element of
the command. As a result of the ad hoc investigation, additional
emphasis has been placed on these regulations to insure compliance
throughout the system.
The interdepartmental committee studying implementation of No.
39 met on June 16th. It was agreed that matters had progressed to
a point where a proposed action could be drafted. Mr. Nordbeck of
the Coordination Staff and Colonel Arthur Smith, USAF, of DDR&E
will collaborate on the paper which is scheduled for consideration
at the next meeting. It was also agreed that No. 39 could not be
fully implemented until action was taken on No. 21.
CLYDE W. ELLIOTT
Deputy Assistant to
The Secretary of Defense
(Special Operations)
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