MINUTES OF TWO-HUNDRED-EIGHTIETH MEETING UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD USIB CONFERENCE ROOM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1030 HOURS, 24 JULY 1963

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Approved For Release 2005/02tr cJR t6B00403R000200060015-6 USIB-M-280 24 July 1963 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOAR D Minutes of Two-hundred-eightieth Meeting United States Intelligence Board USIB Conference Room Central Intelligence Agency, at 1030 hours, 24 July 1963 Director of Central Intelligence John A. McCone Pre siding Mr. Ray S. Cline, Deputy Director (Intelligence), Central Intelligence Agency, acting for Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Mr. George C. Denney, Jr., Acting Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State Lieutenant General Joseph F. Carroll, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Major General Alva R. Fitch, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army Rear Admiral Rufus L. Taylor, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Intelligence), Department of the Navy Brigadier General Jack E. Thomas, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence United States Air Force Dr. Louis W. Tordella, Acting Director, National Security Agency Mr. George B. Pleat, acting for Atomic Energy Commission representative to USIB Mr. Alan H. Belmont, Federal Bureau of Investigation representative to US IB Approved For Release 2005/02/~1.p, ~{ 6B00403R000200060015-6 Approved For Release 2005/02 GPflR6B00403R000200060015-6 USIB-M-280 24 July 1963 1. Approval of Minutes 17 July Meeting (USIB-M-279,. including Annex distributed through special channels) Approved as circulated. 2. Watch Committee Report No. 674 Approved as amended. 3. USIB-D-41. 14/ 55, 19 July 1963 (Limited distribution; response to paragraph. 1. c. of USIB-D- 41.14/ 53) (An account of the USIB discussion on this matter is contained in USIB-D-41:;,. 14/56, limited distribution through restricted channels.) 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/02/x,j6B00403R000200060015-6 Approved For Release 2005/02lGRFF6B00403R000200060015-6 USIB-M-280 2'4`-July 1963 ii 5. Communist China's Advanced Weapons Program (SNIE 13-2-63) Subsequent to a discussion of tabled change sheets on the subject, a. Approved the subject SNIE as amended. b. Noted that the Board of National Estimates would review the paper to determine if it could be downgraded from Top Secret to Secret. * c. Agreed that the State member should apprise the Director, USIA of the substance of the estimate, with the understanding that, if the latter requests any further distribution in USIA, the USIB will have to consider and act upon any such request. d. Approved release of this estimate to the Joint Committee o Atomic Energy. Executive Session The Chairman convened the Board in Executive Session at 1200, during which a number of matters were discussed, including the following: *4SNIE 13.2-63 was subsequently downgraded to Secret. 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/02/10 - Rp.'f 6B00403R000200060015-6 Approved For Release 2005/028J2 Ck E! 66B00403R000200060015-6 USIB -M-280 24 July 1963 6. USIB -S-29. 11 /6, 23 July (Limited distribution through special channels) (An account of the USIB discussion of this item is contained in the Special Annex to these minutes. ) 9. Oral Report by the Acting NSA Member (An account of this item is contained in the Special Annex to these minutes. ) . Adjournment: 1250 Executive Secretes y 25X1 25X1 - 4 - Approved For Release 2005/02 11.4 CJA 66B00403R000200060015-6 Approved For Release ( ? J USIB-M-280 24 July 1963 SECRETARY'S NOTE CIA Memorandum on "The Situation in Haiti", 22 July (USIB-M-277, 2 July 1963, item 2) In response to the requirement contained in the reference, CIA circulated an advance copy of a memorandum on the subject to USIB members, noting that the paper will be published on 26 July with the Current Intelligence Weekly as a "Special Report". -5- Approved For Release 2005/021f :. ~ 9 - 6B00403R000200060015-6