TOP SECRE : ner, ALB PY mR i boVaP ae ar,a ef he "(>) ‘This proposal has been implemented only to the following extent: The Coast Guard has acquired 138 portable devices ($96,000) and the Customs 6 sta- . tionary and 13 portable devices ($39,000); and the Treasury is not asking for funds for FY 1959 to augment the number of devices. "(c) Under this situation, the Immigration Ser- vice (Justice), which conducts inspections for Customs in certain instances, has not put into operation the 31 portable detection devices ($21,000) which it ac- quired under the limited program accepted by the IIC and ICIS. "(a) Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that the devices used by the Coast Guard and Customs have, during the brief period of their use, detected smuggled watches with radioactive dials, which when sold by the Government realized $136,000 and brought in $6,000 in fines; and have revealed radioactive ore samples coming from unexpected geographical areas." General Cutler then called on Mr. Hoover, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference (IIC), who stated that from an internal security and intelligence point of view, the devices should be used wherever it is practicable to do so at ports of entry. It was his thought that the present device program should be expanded to the extent that budgetary limits permit. He said that while the present devices are not perfect, they are beneficial from the standpoint of the clandestine entry problem, and they do serve as a deterrent to clandestine introduction. Mr. Yeagley, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security (ICIS), was of the view that the devices will [HEE 2990.2 waa 7 98 09at The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission indicated that no one thought these devices were perfect and they were never so represented. It was his view that the present devices constitute a deterrent and therefore available devices should be used. Admiral Strauss then referred to the old problem of what agency should be responsible for bearing the cost of these devices and for operating them. He said that all agencies concerned with the problem, except the Treasury Department, were of the view that the Treasury should bear the cost. He assumed that this was no longer & problem, however, inasmuch as the devices have paid for them- Be, co tem ad Bwoe selves through recoveries resulting from detections made by the devices.