MINUTES OF TWO-HUNDRED-TWENTY-SECOND MEETING UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOARD USIB CONFERENCE ROOM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1030 HOURS, 27 JUNE 1962

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UNITED I STATES INTELL IGENCE BOARD
Minutes of
Two-hundred-twenty- second Meeting
United States Intelligence Board
USIB Conference Room
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1030 hours, 27 June 1962
Director of Central Intelligence
John A; McCone
Pre siding
Lieutenant General Marshall S.. Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Mr. Thomas L. Hughes, 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
Captain Rufus L. Taylor, acting for Assistant Chief of Naval Operations
(Intelligence), Department of the Navy
Major General Robert A. Breitweiser, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
United States Air Force
acting for .Director, National Security Agency
Major General Richard Collins, Director for Intelligence, Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative to USIB
Mr. Alan Belmont, Federal Bureau of Investigation representative to USIB
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1. USIB-D-41. 5/6
(Restricted Session;
COMOR-D?-2/18, Control
After discussion in restricted session, approved the. recommendation
in the subject report and agreed that it should be forwarded to the Special
Group for consideration.
2. Scheduling of Next
Regular Meeting
Concurred in the Chairman's.proposal thatthenext regular USIB
meeting should. be scheduled for Thursday, 5 July, at 1030 a. m.
3. Departure of Admiral Frost
a. Noted that Admiral.$rost, upon.c.ompletion of his tour of duty as
Director, National Security. Agency, would be__concluding a long, continuous
association with the field of ..foreign intelligence, including. membership on
the Intelligence Board from the time of its establishment in September 1958.
b. Concurred- in the Chairman's proposed letter conveying to Admiral
Frost best wishes for the future.
4. Approval of Minutes
a. 20 June Meeting
(USIB-M-220)
Approved as circulated.
b.. 22. June Meeting
(USIB -M-221)
Approved as circulated.
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5. Review and Discussion of
SNIE 13-5-62: Short-Range
Chinese Communist Military
Intentions
After a general review and discussion of SNIE 13-5-62 and matters
pertaining thereto:
a. Agreed that the Board of National,..Eatimates (coordinating
with the USIB representatives, as appropriate). should prepare for circulation
to USIB, no later than Monday morning, 2 July, a draft. paper updating the
subject estimate in light of (1) the views expressed by Board members,
(2) developments regarding the situation which have taken place since
publication of the estimate on 20 June, and . (3) any additional relevant
information that may become available prior to 2 July.
b. Agreed that Board members on 2 July would consider and
take action on this paper, in a special meeting if necessary.
6. Situation Review
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 621
(1) Approved as amended.
b. Weekly Survey of Cold War
Crisis Situations, No. 26-62
(Memorandum for USIB, 26 June)
. Approved as amended.
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7. Coordination Staff Report and
Recommendations re Committee
Structure of USIB
(USIB -D-27.1/18, 31 May)
Following a preliminary exchange of views on the subject report, the
Board-
a. Agreed to defer action on the matter until the 11 July
meeting.
b. Noted that General. Carter, .inr.esponse to,the Chairman's
suggestion, would review the report after obtaining the views of member
agencies, in an effort to resolve any conflicting agency views, insofar as
possible, prior to the 11 July Board meeting.
8. Post-Mortem on NIE 11-2-62-
The Soviet Atomic Energy.
Program
(USIB-D-15.2 /89, 6 June)*
a. Noted the findings in Part I of this paper.
b. Approved the action recommended by JAEIC in Part II.
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9. Release of Certain Estimates
to Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy
a. Concurred in the release to the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy of-
(1) NIE 13-2-62, "Chinese Communist Advanced Weapons
Capabilities" (less the Special Annex).
(2) NIE 11-2-62, "The Soviet Atomic Energy Program".
b. Concurred in the Chairman's view that in the future the AEC
*Holders of subject paper are requested to annotate their copies to reflect
the Board actions on this post-mortem as set forth in item 8. a. and 8.b. above.
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member should recommend to the Board, .as appropriate, those national
intelligence estimates which should be released to the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy.
10. Quarterly Review of
National Estimates
Program
(Memorandum for USIB, 25 June)
a. Approved, as submitted, subject to -addition in the third quarter
of estimates on (1) Argentina and (2) the Soviet ground forces.
b, Noted, with reference toc:.preparati.on.of the above-cited estimate
on Soviet ground forces, that .the. Board of .National. Estimates would submit
further proposals with respect to the specific scheduling of that paper at
the next USIB meeting.
c. Noted that the precise. scheduling of, an estimate on-the Republic
of China, which would be required by .the White House before the end of
the ,year., could be deferred until the next review of the estimates program in
September..
11. Review and Discussion
Security Conditions
(Reference: SNIE 81-62)
a. Noted and approved a CIA Current Intelligence-Memorandum
(OCI No. 2346/62, 27 June) on the subject matter which was tabled at the
meeting.
b. Noted that the Chairman would forward the Memiorandum'to
appropriate higher authority for information.
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12. Special Briefing
In restricted. session, .the .Board received a. special CIA briefing
oh certain new information kextinentto the forthcoming estimate on
Soviet long-range attack capab ]:itf'e$ "(`N'Il 11-8-'62), presently sched `ed
for Board consideration on 5 July,.
Adjournment: 1245
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