ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 2125 TEMPORARY 'M' BUILDING 26TH AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W. 23 JULY 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000100150005-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 27, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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27 July 1953
Col. Charle. M1Kuht nwsae" S cote Secretary
Mr. L.Z. Pa hjion, Elctro .ert3 8. Teleca i.unications Subcol,anit v's :; az
Mr. John ,er, Electroidas .eosaL t ~ ; c~ : Subcoi t Se~t~
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,.~.,. Dr. Otto E. Guthe, CIA.. C hir-man
fir, Edward Doherty,, Stec:
Mr. Howard Weidern nn, State
Mr. J. Duncan Holmes, Artr?
Crd. Ira, M. IUng , Navy
Col. George C. McCord, A..ixr i orce
Mr. John Easton, JOS
25X1 A9a Dr. Norris G. Ke. Defense
CIA
Dr. Louis 1 chae l A cuJ.t e Bubo oir'~ri :..`N a ec Cbai rr t.
Mr. T. 'AH. V b1os, Agriculture Sub rrw..:-t ee See m%
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Mr. Baxter' bs1o Petrolet Sub,--cm- ittee, Chai r{u
k'. Junks ~ha ler~ u . ?e a on t?~ Subcommittee Sec ;t r
25X1 A9a Mr. Ear1m Coxc, b, nsportatiora Suhco m.t e Chair ni
Cht c ? Subs tf Chat
25X1 Aga C cam aiibcommittee Secretary
25X1AJa . Mr. Alfred roihm~ inter do l T ,dc t. m -Mnce Suhcomdttee Chiih
Population and Ianpo S coittee Secretaryr
25X1A9a ene l Econ mile Ann1yr 3uhc ittee
General E co to do M1 yy i Sute mrAttee S ~f
Mr.. Erunner, A m nente "iubo nitt e, Chai n
minutes of ti2O Beorloixte ira lUgence fo n%tt
-Um ffieet o I6 J'i 1953, (EIC-4-120) won approered.
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of reference for a proposed national intelligence estimate on "Capabilities
of the Soviet Floe for Ecan s. c warferem" Ire Guthe stated that the
meeting was extremely profitable in that it gave the BIC an opportunity to
make comments regarding the form and scope of the project and tha extent
to which econwdc research could make a useful contribution. As a result
of this meetings BONE agreed to recorcnend that the estimate cover three
major subjects: (a) review of current Soviet policies and tactics; (b)
impact on Western Europe of certain assumed soviet aeons; and (c) impact
on the Soviet economy of these assumed actionso
REPORT ON IAC ACTION ON EIO-PR-2
3A Actions It was noted that the I1C in its meeting on l July
(IAC4-14-11; " 'a requested that the BIC prepare the tom ze of reference for
the project requested by the JIC on "Soviet Bloc Economic Capabilities for
Warfare." The ETC members agreed to establish a working group which will
drift tease terms of reference and submit them to the sra do oo : r .t?tee of
the EIC for review. The EIC avi] 1 then submit thin outline to the JIC for
Informal review and comments Ern Guthe, asked that nominations for agency
representation and for the chairmanship of the vork1mg group be sent to
the MO Secretariat by 31 July, was nominated by CIA as 25X1A9a
a candidate for chairman of this group.
MI u i o t.I TTEES
its Actions Members agreed to set up three now aubeomdttees a (a)
Electric and Solid Fuels; (b) Industrial Machinery and Equaient;
and (c) Mnerals and Metals. Nominations for agency representation and
for the three chairmanships are to be sent to the EIC Secrete at by 31
July. It was emphasized that representation should be confined to those-,
agencies with competence in the field or a n=jor interest in the subject,
It was the sense of the meeting that the utility of these new subcoam itt s,
as well as of those subcommittees already in existence, should be critics :,y
reviewed by the EIC in January 19,540
REVIEW OF SMO TiEE PACMM-S
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e AC ons There war general agree ~.ent among the Subcomfaittee
representa~"j that the orit j Program for Subcomsdttces, agreed an by
the ESC at its previous meeting, was acceptable as a guide for the next V
,six months' program. Some r?epre?sentativv, however, felt that this was
e4 ' ,y of procedural value and gave no substantive guidance. The EIC
aqwm.ps agreed that the main committee should give more substantive
gi :dance and in the coming year should concern itself more with economic
research problems of major national security interests and less with problems
of procedure. In this connection, two specific suggestions were I, >des (a)
that each subcommittee review the statistics of major importance in its
particular field and report to ? IIC on the principle deficiencies of these
statistics; and (b) that on project of major national security importance,
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