MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 214 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AT 9:30 A.M., 11 DECEMBER 1958

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• Publication Date: December 11, 1958
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Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 214
Adaninistration Building, Central Intelligence Agency
at 9:30 a, rx~? , 11 December 1458
Colonel Herbert A. Jordan, O.AC~I
Mr, Ray E, P_dcock, O.ACSI
.Commander J, 1b1, Larsen, ONI
Mr, Edward C, Nielsen, ONI
Mr, Laud R . Pitt, ONI
Colonel James H, Macia, Jr, , AFCIN
Colonel William L, Vdalker, .~~FCIN
Major Robert J, Coursey, AFCIN
Middle East Requirements
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1. The ARC agreed that there were no ur ent requirements for
coverage of Y.owever, of the Office of Current
Intelligence called attention to the tension in the area and pointed to the fact
that there is no collection available to keep abreast of developments on the
critical airfields in where one would expect indications of
hostile intent. He referred to the ~Tatch Committee?s views on this matter
in support of the concern of his Office that periodic checking of these airfields
would be in order. The Chairman requested that the names of the airfields
be given to ham for discussion with the SA/PD/DCI,
~o In cannection with. the foregoing, Colonel Macia, joined iyy both
Navy and Army members, stated that he believed it was each ARG member?s
responsibility to weigh the views of various intelligence committees (such as
the Watch Committee in the current instance) against other requirements and
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factors and that the views of the Watch Committee, as such, would be
pertinent to the .ARC requirements only in this way. He recognized,
he said, that if General Cabell, as Chairman of the Watch Committee,
felt that certain situations warranted action, such as require-
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3. At Colonel Macia's suggestion, it was agreed that Colonel Kexrp
report at an ARC meeting next week on the status of the - 25X1A2g
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4. It was the view of the ,ARC that at the moment,and in the light25X1X4
of the recent-coverage of the there were no urgent
requirements for TALENT coverage of that area.
Highest Priority Requirements
5. In the course of the review of highest priority requirements, it
was agreed that the Air Force would present to a working group on Monday,
15 December, in the office of the Chairman, an opening statement for the
new paper on highest priority requirements and that each agency would have
available the specific list of targets which it believed should be included.
Further steps in the development of a new paper on priority requirements
would be determined in the course of that discussion.
Chairman
Ad Ho~quirements Committee
OACSI (cy 2)
ONI (cy 3)
AFCIN (cys 4&5)
A.FGIN-Z (cy 6)
NSA (cy 7)
State Dept (cy 8)
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