PROGRESS REPORT TO THE IAC

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• Document Release Date: September 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: October 29, 1953
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29 October 1953
ME)RANDUM FORS Secretary, Intelligence Advisory Committee
SUBJECT: Progress Report to the IAU
REFERENCE: Memorandum, dated 1 October 1953, to Chairman,
NSCID #7 Committee, from Secretary, IAO, same
subject
1. Because of the present responsibilities and activities of
the NSCID #7 Committee, we do not believe it would be appropriate
to submit a report to the IAO. A brief review of the Committee's
history and present status will explain why such a report is not
necessary.
2. The NSCID #7 Committee was established in accordance with
paragraph 3.f. of NSCID #7, which was issued by the NSC on 12 February
19118. The intelligence components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, State,
AEC and the FBI all assigned representatives to the NSCID #7 Committee.
The DDI of the Joint Intelligence Group, JCS, concurred as a member of
the IAC in NSCID #7, but did not subsequently designate a representa-
tive to serve on the Committee.
3. The NSCID #7 Committee's initial meeting was held in March
1918. It was agreed that the group would henceforth meet on the sec-
ond Wednesday of each succeeding month. The meetings were usually
opened by the Chairman with a review of the activities of the Contact
Division during the past month, followed by discussion of specific
facets of the domestic collection program. The meetings provided a
method of informing the other agencies of progress of the Contact Divi-
sion, from the standpoint of policy, organization and procedures. The
representatives of the other agencies acted as the focal point for any
required implementing action within their respective agencies. The
minutes of the NSCID #7 Committee meetings were duplicated and trans-
mitted to the other agencies.
Ii. At a meeting during the fall of 1951, the State, FBI, Navy
and Air Force representatives proposed the dissolution of the NSCID
#7 Committee on the grounds that the domestic collection program had
reached a state of such maturity as to obviate the necessity for month-
ly meetings. The Chairman noted that the Committee could only be abol-
ished by NBC action. He recommended that the NSCID #7 Committee remain
in existence, but that meetings only be held when basic policy issues
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arose. The other representatives concurred. The only problem merit-
ing an NSCID #7 Committee meeting since that time was a proposal in
April 1952 by the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency to take over the
exploitation of the telecommunications industry in the MS. At a meet-
ing in May 1952, the group discussed in detail this proposal.
5. Although the NSCID #7 Committee has held only one meeting dur-
ing the past two years, it has served a vital function in placing re-
sponsibility on individuals in the other agencies for coordination and
implementation within the other agencies. For example,, the ONI and CIA
procedures for handling "salt water" sources within the US were worked 25X1A5a1
out with the ONI representative. As another example, the AFOIN repre-
sentative assisted the Contact Division
nal example was the coordination on DCID 7/1, which was
effected through the NSCID #7 Committee members. Because of the nature
of the assistance required of the Committee members, they must be at
the policy echelon.
6. Because of the present status of the NSCID #7 Committee, it is
not deemed appropriate to submit a report to the IAC.
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Chairman, NSCID #7 Committee
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