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JOEC 581 -rAgeJicii Item Noe 59)

18 O~tober 1949

JOINT OOMM\JNIC.l\TIONS0 ELECTRONICS COMMITTEE . ------..... ,----= - .... ~,~=.:::s..----..-......:-------

!2!e by the Secretaries

The enclosed draft memorandum is circulated for con-

sideration of the members· of the Joint CommunicationsM

Electronics Committeeo

Po Co CROSLEY

Jo Lb l~ILES

Secretaries

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JCEC 581

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ENCLOSURE

DRAFT

DCEM ----~tEMORAND'UM FOR: The Director». Armed Forces Security Agency

Subject: Coordination Between the Joint Oomm.unicutions~ Electronics Committee and the Armed Forces Security Agency

l~ In order to avoid duplication of effort and confusion

between the Armed Foroes Security Agency and the Joint Comm.un1-

cat1ons-Electron1cs Committee in the handling or communicntion

security and oryptologio matters 9 your concurrence in the follow!~

general procedures is requested:

,!c· That the security and Oryptoeruphic Panel of the

Joint Commun1oat1ons-Eleotron1cs Committee be considered inactive

as soon as the items now before that panel ure acted upono

]?Q That all new itemsv which would formerly have been

referred to the Security and crypto3raphio Panel ot the JCECi

be referred by the Direotor9 Commun1o~Jt1ons-Electronics to

the Armed Forces Security Agency for appropriate actiono

.2."· That the rBquired AFSA coordination of JCEC pane~

papers be obtained through form.al request to tbe Directora

Armed Forces Security Agency by the Director8 Oomm.unications~

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_go That mutual advice between JCEC panels and the lower

echelons of the Armed Forces Security Agency be obtained by

int'ormal request directly between the appropriate officers of

the panel and AFBA concernedd In this oonnect1on it is to be

.noted thut this does not constitute coordination and the advice

so given is not to be considered as oommitting either the

Joint Oommun1cations-Elactron1os Committee or the Director~

Armed Forces Security Agenoyo

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,!o That the security and cryptographic Panol ot the

Combined Communications Board continue to handle combined

communication security .and oryptologic matterso

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Ho Mo McCL3:LLAND MaJ o Geno 9 USAF D1rector 9 Communications~

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