CREATION OF AN IAC SUBCOMMITTEE ON GUIDED MISSILE INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00970A000100040174-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2009
• Sequence Number: 174
• Publication Date: July 7, 1955
• Content Type: MF

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Director of Central lutelligence
Creation of ZAC 5u' co dtteo on Guided
Missile intelligence
1. At the C meeting on 14 July, the Committee directed the
e .enti fic eti tes Coe ttee to consider how it could ta1W Over
tie proposed activities for mooed udesiles intelligence. At Tab
A is the report of that Co . ittee. Attached as Tab B i a brieficg
note prepared in 031 which Wives the back and and seta forth sepazra.
the ar me pro and eon aoceptin the za.jority report Of the
scientific stilt Coittee.
2, The
dent considerations to r
d are as folk st
a. subject of the rational irate= e e of rt ee c
the 3odet guided missile progr in import Ze at this time or
for the next several years.
boy The key consultants
emphatically recognize the need for creation of a special cceittae
of the IIC to consider all aspects of this probes and attack it
with the sari enor,yr and resources that were so succesl in the
case of JA 1C.
Age, after considers
torewAng hired Colonel i
fUndsh the necessary support for such a coaeit
d o The problem is probably already and certainly will in the
near futuxe be broader than a more scientific and technical one
ink as a Soviet abi.liity? to mess produce these weapons will be
an : ential element the equati in. Thorst'ores subordimUng
such a 00wittee to the scientific Estimates Cc i ttoee tU Prevent
an integral attack on the problem.
a. its" intelli
and Bill. ill reaU
that the Pentagon has ezcl
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atelligence on . However, I fi. believe that
Messrs. Robert Anderson, Donald less, Trevor Gardner, and
ot'krs with a less paroil attitude V*"SnUe the need
supreme national intelligence effort in t field.
3. I, therefore, recommend that do
ndetion of the Scientific B-sti tea Co ittee, that you z tate your
Position as being in fnvor of the over-all gui< silee ,ntelliVn,
co dttee as an d I=ediate ubcom itt of the I AC as set forth in the
I realize that there little likelihood 25X1
or IAC me
oone s position; so it will be necessary either to
go to the C or to take the matter bilate
in order to get a c . d decision f:*+? m the Office of the cre
Defense to whiff the military gibers of the C will . be forced to adhere.
It % Id be desirable for you at least to explore this problem 'pith
And rs= before the ratter finally is on the NSC enda.
b. The issue is on the Agenda for next
you fees you mo ld like more time to consider
send a telephone a ssage so that I ha
I.C meeting.
ib3ent,,, I s g s
tponed:.
At
,Tab A
Tab B
Tab C
DDI:RAdr.:jb
Distribution:
Orig & 1 - forward
1 - Col. White through
Acting AD/SI
2 - O/DD/I
SECURE
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