CONTROL NUl fl31£'R 1942 OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN DATE RECEIVED 10 Jul 78 Joint Chiefs of 10 Jul 78 OFFICE CIRCULATION OF THIS UMENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ICE OR OTHER DISPOSITION RKS I 11 July 1978 RELEASE MESSAGE sktop reconsideration of telephone speaker staff area of his to IVORY ITEM exercise installed such a ce sessions and has utility but also the ty of voice communicacting CJCS GEN Rogers ·hlighting the sensitive exercise and the inference participants Ir that he can better n-making process with EM support team His those immediate staff irs essential for supper CINCAD points out that has been imposed by y those persons conduct the exercise ro IVORY ITEM conference the proposed message lquest Recommend CJCS l t' W Y SMITH Lt Gen USAF Asslstan t to the Chairman COLONEL WOLCOTT CONTFtOL NUl fDll R 1942 DATE RECEIVED l O Jul 78 GENERAL DAVID C JONES I CHAIRMAN JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 10 Jul 78 DATE _ _ _ __ OFFICE CIRCULATION OF THIS MENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ICE OR OTHER DISPOSITION KS 11 July 1978 ELEASE MESSAGE reconsideration of ktop telephone speaker taff area of his to IVORY ITEM exercise nstalled such a e sessions and has tility but also the y of voice communica ting CJCS GEN Rogers lighting the sensitive exercise and the ference participants that he can better -making process with M support team His those immediate staff s essential for suppor CINCAD points out that has been imposed by those persons onduct the exercise IVORY ITEM conference the proposed message uest Recommend CJCS 1 DECLASSIFIED - - - Authority t OI ½ k2 I U S-lt COLONEL WOLCOTT ··THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVl U tN I no • •--· - · DOCUMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS INDICATED BELOW THE DOCUMENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ADM INI STRATI VE OFFICE FOR RECO D PRIOR TO DISPATCH TO ANOTHER OFFICE OR OTHER DISPOSITION THIS FORM WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM SUBJECT DOCUMENT REMARKS TO NAME INITIA CHAIRMAN JCS 00 11 July 1978 oz 1 ACTION REQUESTED - RELEASE MESSAGE THE ASS I STANT TO Ot THE CHA IRMAN 2 CINCAD has requested reconsideration of --------------- his request to use a desktop telephone speaker ADMINISTRATIVE 04 ASSISTANT located in the battle staff area of his 1 1 - - 1 - - - t - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- c o mmand post to respond to IVORY ITEM exercise • CHAIRMANS STAFF GROUP AIR FORCE MBR 01B CINCAD has temporarily installed such a cHAIRMANs_s_T_A_F_F_G_R_o_u_P____ device for local practice sessions and has NAVY MBR 01c confirmed not only its utility but also the 'l'l-- - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - 1 cHAIRMANs sTAFF GRouP consistently good quality of voice communicaMARINE MBR o o tions In March the Acting CJCS GEN Rogers t--t-c_H_A_I_R_M_A_N_s_s_T_A_F_F_G_R_o_u_P-r -- fdenied his request highlighting the sensitive ARMY MBR 01E nature of the IVORY ITEM exercise and the LEGALA_o_v_1_s_o_R_A_N_o__-4-' - -'-1requirement to limit conference participants LEG1sLAT1vE AssT 01F CINCAD believes however that he can better SPECIAL ASSISTANT - - 1- --1support the NCA decision-making process with the aid of his IVORY ITEM support team His SPEECHES 0IG 1---lf-------- --- ---fteam is limited only to those immediate staff MARINE AIDE 05 members whom he considers essential for supper - - - - - - - - - - T h e proposed message to CINCAD points out that ARMY AIDE 06 t e privacy requirement has been imposed by 1---J-- - -- - - - - - --r-- - highest authority Only those persons absolutely required to conduct the exercise 1- f---- - -- -- - - - - t a e uthorized access to IVORY ITEM conference Within those guidelines the proposed message L--1------ - - - --g iJ 17 itWOuld grant CINCAD's request Recommend CJCS release message l - ' _ - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -'--' '-I s COLONEL WOLCOTT 1 I DECLASSIFIED tfJ ¼ b U 3 9 Authority O FFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN Joint Chiefs of St aff 11 Aug 78 d1EMO TO Ge n O' Ma lley Per Gen Smith the attached is returned to you He also advised that its being handled i n a nother message I've told ODJS I ' m returning the package •1 i · ·· I ACTION OFFICER · - s · · ' _1 ' _ COORDINATION APPROVAL A · STEWART · ·· OFFICE ' ' i o · · •NAME EXTENSION OFFICE NAME • - EXTENSION -' LT C US A r' n ' • ' ----1-- _ -- ----t---- t-----1r------- ----1 EA Div J-3 ¼ J- 3 --- _ ' · ·' if Ext 45110 ' 7°F · k ' ·- ·- · DAT E OF PR EPARATION 'l WASHINGTON CJCS l C C ICS CINCAD PETERSON AFB CO 6 p SEC RE J SPECAT FOR GENERAL HILL FROM GENERAL JONES CJCS SENDS DELIVER DURING WAKING HOURS ONLY SUBJ REF EXERCISE IVORY ITEM U CINCAD MESSAGE 0520502 JUL78 TS IMPOSITION Of PRIVACY REQUIREMENT FOR EXERCISE IVORY ITEM HAS BEEN IMPOSED BY HIGHEST AUTHORITY ONLY THOSE PERSONS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THE EXERCISE ARE AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO IVORY ITEM CONFERENCES YOUR REQUEST IS GRANTED WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES XGDS-3 08 NNNN CJCS DJS J3 C A • STEWART L TC US A X45110 ADIV OPS OFFICER 10JUL78 DAVlD JONES GE NE RA L us AF CHAil MAN JOINT CH 1Ef S Of ST l r- DECLASSIFIED-·--··· Al Authority t U I 0- b J '3