MINUTES OF TWO-HUNDRED-SEVENTY-SEVENTH MEETING UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD USIB CONFERENCE ROOM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1030 HOURS 2 JULY 1963

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UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOAR D
Minutes of
Two-hundred-seventy-seventh Meeting
United States.. Intelligence Board
USIB Conference Room
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1030 hours 2 July 1963
Director of Central Intelligence
John A. McCone
Presiding
Lieutenant General Marshall S. Carter, 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 P. D. Wynne, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
United States Air Force
Lieutenant General Gordon A. Blake, Director, Natioxa.al Security Agency
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative to
USIB
Mr. Sam Papich, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation representative
to USIB
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1. Approval of Minutes
26 June Meeting
(USIB -M-276, including Annex
distributed through special
channels)
a. Approved as circulated.
b. Regarding item 6 (NIE.4-63, "Likelihood and Consequences of a
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Systems"), the AEC member noted that
USIB had not dealt with the problem of release to the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy. Upon the recommendation of the Chairman, the Board
approved release to the Joint Committee.
2. Joint Staff Representation on
the United States Intelligence
Board
The DCI read a memorandum from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, which disestablished the Intelligence Directorate, 'the Joint Staff,
and transferred present J-2 functions, including representation on USIB
and its committees, to the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, effective
1 July 1963.
3. Request for SNIE on
Haiti
The Chairman referred to a memorandum from DIA which, on
behalf of the Joint Staff, requested USIB to develop, as a matter of priority,
a SNIE on the situation and prospects in Haiti. The Chairman noted that
the writing ofi; a SNIE on Haiti at this time posed a reel pr. oblem to the
Board of National Estimates. As an alternative, Mr. McCone proposed
that the CIA Office of Current Intelligence prepare and circulate to USI$
a memorandum on the subject which,- if it-was:deerried necessary at a later
date, could be used as an input to a subsequent SNLE to be approved by USIB.
General Carroll stated that he wasA-checking whether a SNIE was still
desired and that the writing of such a paper by OCI would be a satisfactory
interim step.
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4. Watch Committee Report
The Chairman noted that the Watch Committee Report for
this week would gib:+e circulated for telephone concurrence on 3 July.
5. The Soviet Atomic Energy,
Program
(NIE 11 -2-63, distributed
through RD channels )
After discussion the Boardo
a. Approved NIE 11-2-63 with typographical changes circulated
at the meeting.
b, Approved the release of the Top Secret./Restricted Data
version to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
c. Noted that an all-source: JAEIC Working Paper on the subject
would be available to USIB members.
d. Agreed that JAEIC should be authorized to act for the Board
in preparing and approving the following versions of NIE 11 -2-63 for 25X1
release as indicated:
e. No member .raised objection to the release of this estimate
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6. Program of National Intelligence
Estimates far Period 1 July to
31 December 1963
(Memorandum for USIB, 27 June )
After a full discussion concerning availability of updated informa-
tion, White House. Staff interest in advancing certain completion dates,
and specific .Defense Department requirements, particularly for NLE
11-8-63, the USIB approved the Program after modification of certain
completion dates. '~?
Restricted Session
7. USLB-D-41. 14/52, 1 July
(An ancount of USIB action on this matter is contained in USIB-D-
41. 14/53, limited distribution through restricted channels. )
8. USIB -D.-41. 15 / 10, 1 July
(USIB action on this matter is contained in USIB-D-41, 15/11,
limited distribution through restricted channels. )
At 1150 the Chairman convened the Board in Executive Session, during25X1
which the following items were discussed:
arThe Program of National Intelligence Estimates, as approved by the Board,
will be circulated as USIB-D -,34.1 /20, 2 July 1963, Final,
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10. Release of NIE 11 -5-63, "Soviet
Economic Pro~lerns",
11. Replacement Personnel
for NIC
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The CIA member, speaking as Chairman of the .-Watch Committee,
urged USIB members, whose representation in the National Indications
Center would require replacement this summer, to take action to 'get.
their replacements in place as soon as possible, and to submit, if
desired, any nominations as a replacement for the Deputy Director of NIC.
The Chairman noted the importance of such selections in view of
the high level of work being supported by the NTG.
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1. Release of "Main Trends
in .Soviet Foreign Policy"
(NIE 11 - 3; USIB -D- /53,
27 May 1963 )
2. .Post-Mortem on NIE 53-63
"Prospects in South Vietnam"
(Memorandum for USIB
Representatives, 10 June 1963 )
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As of 28 June 1963 all USIB members had approved the post-mortem
on NIE 53-63, d;s recommended by the Board of National Estimates in the
referenced memorandum. Pursuant thereto copies of this post-mortem,
as approved, will be issued as USIB-D-15. 2/9'x.
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