RELEASE OF NIE 100-5-56 TO CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000300140055-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: May 24, 1956
• Content Type: MF

Approved For ease 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP61-005490300140055-8
SECRET
C E N T R A L I N T E L L I G E N C E A G E N C Y
21i. May 1956
MEMORANDUM FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: Release of NIE 100-5-56 to Certain Foreign Governments
1. The Board of National Estimates has reviewed NIE 100-5-56,
"Chinese Communist Capabilities in the Taiwan Straits Area and
Probable Courses of Action over the Next Six Mon=t.bts," with a view
to its release to certain foreign governments and regards the follow-
ing considerations as pertinent:
at Precedent. Estimates on this general subject 25X1C
matter recently released by the IAC
25X1C include: SNIE 100-11-56,, "Possi-
bility of Chinese Communist Military Action Against Certain
Offshore Islands, 10 April 1956, and NIE 13-56, "Chinese
Communist Capabilities and Probable Courses of Action
Through 1960," 5 January 1956. Moreover,., Watch Committee
references to the threat of hostilities in the area are
2fijUMarily released
b. Classification and Sources. The present estimate
refers to no specific intelligence sources and does not compromise
NOFORN materials originating with this Agency. We are not able
to determine whether there would be a compromise of sources or
NOFORN materials for which other agencies are primarily responsible.
Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP61-00549R000300140055-8
 Approved For Re0e 2000/08/03: CIA-RDP61-005498000140055-8
25X6
25X6
With respect to substantive content otherwise, the Board
perceives no objection, from an intelligence standpoint, to
the release of this estimate.
d. Other Considerations. The Board believes that a
significant factor favoring release is the fact that this
estimate deals primarily with Chinese Communist intentions and
capabilities, which is a type of intelligence we previously have
disseminated
(e.g., NIE 13-56 and SNIE 100-11-56)? Also, since this estimate
was designed in part to supersede SNIE 100-1j-56, which was
released to those countries, it might be important to keep
those governments apprised that the earlier estimate no longer
represents the latest US official thinking on the subject.
2. Conclusion.
subject to review by other agencies of the ^' ^
the Board perceives no objection, from an intelligence viewpoint, to
the release of this estimate
and recommends such release,
Deputy kaeistant Director
National Estimates
Distribution "A"
Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP61-00549R000300140055-8