[USIB AGENDA ITEMS]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00062A001300010013-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 14, 1974
• Content Type: MIN

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USIB-M-679
14 November 1974
Before addressin the regular agenda items the Chairman
25X1 commented thati had been designated as the Acting
Chairman of the Intelligence Information Handling Committee of USIB
25X1 for over a year. He said that had been doing a good job
and suggested that it would be appropriate to finalize that appointment
25X1 by making I Chairman rather than Acting Chairman. The
Board agreed.
1. Watch Report No. 1264
Approved as circulated.
In connection with the Watch Report, Mr. Colby noted the
delicate situation in the Middle East. He said he believed that neither
side (Israel, or Egypt/Syria) appeared to want to engage in major
hostilities; however, the present situation. was such that it could
happen at any time. The Board Principals then discussed the situation
in the Middle East and the current status of our intelligence coverage.
2. Soviet Capabilities for
Intercontinental Conflict
(NIE 11-3/8-74)
Mr. Colby said he wished to express his appreciation and
give recognition to the team who prepared this estimate. He noted that
the combination of NIE 11-3 and NIE 11-8 was an experiment to
determine whether these two estimates would be better treated as one.
He said it had been well handled by the community and that it was a
high-quality paper.
Mr. Howard Stoertz, NIO for Strategic Programs, observed
that extensive tributes were needed to express appreciation for the
successful preparation of an estimate of this size and complexity. As
background for the preparation of the estimate, Mr. Stoertz identified
nine interagency studies done during the past year which were in
response to the needs of specific consumers or initiated by his deputy
and himself in response to the KIQs. Mr. Stoertz said that the findings
of these studies were essential to the preparation of NIE 11-3/8 and
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