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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000200060015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 24, 1963
• Content Type: MIN

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