MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ON 15 JANUARY 1951

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000100020003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 15, 1951
• Content Type: MIN

Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-004.0100020003-1
IAC-M-15
15 January 1951
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 15 January 1951
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Mr. William H. Jackson
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Fisher Howe, acting for Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General R. J. Canine, acting for Assistant Chief of
Staff, G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Felix L. Johnson, Director of Naval Intelligence
Major General Charles P. Cabell, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Dr. Walter F. Colby, Director of Intelligence, Atomic
Energy Commission
Captain R. G. McCool, USN, acting for Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
25X1
Dr. William L. Langer, Central Intelligence A ency
Central
Intelligence Agency .
Central Intelligence Agency
entral Intelligence Agency
Mr. Charles C. Stelle, Department of State
Brigadier General John Weckerling, Department of the Army
Colonel Hamilton H. Howze, Department of the Army
Captain Ray Malpass, USN, Department of the Navy:
Colonel Edward H. Porter, Department of the Air Force
Lieut. Colonel J. C. Marchant, Department of the Air Force
Mr. Co D, DeLoach, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secretary
Mr. James Q. Reber
Central Intelligence Agency
SECRET
IAC -M-15
15 January 1951
Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100020003-1
 Approved F vRelease 2004/03/26: CIA-RDP82-004100020003-1
IAC-M-15
15 January 1951
Soviet Course of Action with
Respect to Germany (NIE- _
1. Action: This paper was postponed to the next meeting.
Communist China (NIE-10)
0
2. Action: Approved as revised.
3. Discussion: The proposed redraft (incorporating A'2's
suggestions) was submitted by G-2. During the discussion General
Weckerling commented that in some respects the draft presented by
the Office of National Estimates did not fully represent the agree-
ment reached at the all day session on Saturday. Dr. Langer vigor-
ously disagreed with this allegation. Mr. Jackson asked General
Cabell whether the issue involved here could be addressed directly.
General Cabell stated that the exceptions referred to by General
Weckerling really were in the minority as far as being material to
the issue but that the problem as he saw it was that the policy
inclinations of the various departments tended to be reflected in
the details of the paper; their cumulative effect was what disturbed
him. It seemed to him that the effect of the original paper would
be to point out to the policy makers disadvantages of taking positive
steps with respect to China, and he stated frankly that his own
inclinations were in the opposite direction.
4. Mr. Jackson expressed his concern lest the IAC become
involved in policy considerations rather than addressing itself as
objectively as possible to intelligence appreciation. The discus-
sion led to no conclusion except that through detailed analysis of
the proposed changes an agreement on the paper was reached.
5, At the conclusion of the examination of the paper and
after agreement on it, General Cabell requested discussion concern-
ing the desirability of accepting a paper which he had prepared on
this subject for attachment to the estimate and clearly labeled as his
own comments. It was the concensus that this would be undesirable
unless it was General Cabell's desire to dissent from the paper just
concluded, in which case his paper should be drafted in such a way
as to address the estimate specifically. In respect to this point
it was argued that if General Cabell's comments were not addressed
to the estimate there was the danger that this process of attaching
elaborate comments might not only become extensive but also would
seriously reduce the effectiveness of the estimates. Following the
discussion General Cabell stated that the paper would not be submitted.
SECRET
IAC-M-15
15 January 1951
Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100020003-1
 25X1
25X1
Approved FOORelease 2004/03/26: CIA-RDP82-00400'Ir00100020003-1
SECRET
IAC-M-15
15 January 1951
Soviet Course of Action with
Respect to Germany NIE 4
1, Action: This paper was postponed to the next meeting.
Communist China (NIE-10)
0
2. Action: Approved as revised.
4. Mr. Jackson expressediis concern lest the IAC become
involved in policy considerate ns rather than addressing itself
as objectively as possible t,#intelligence appreciation. The
discussion led to no conclus?on except that through detailed
analysis of the proposed changes an agreement on the paper was
opposite direction.
3, Discussion: The proposed redraft (incorpoting A-2's
suggestions) was submitted by G-2 on the ground tt9t the draft
presented by the Office of National Estimates dA not fully repre-
sent the agreement reached at the all day seson on Saturday. Dr.
Langer vigorously disagreed with this allegavion. Mr. Jackson
asked General Cabell whether the issue inv 1ved here could be
addressed directly. General Cabell state, that the problem as he
saw it was that the policy inclinations 'f the various departments
tended to be reflected in the details the paper; their cumula-
tive effect was what disturbed him. t seemed to him that the
effect of the original paper would to point out to the policy
makers disadvantages of taking pos ive steps with respect to
China, and he stated frankly thatF is own inclinations were in the
5, At the conclusio of the examination of the paper and after
agreement on it, Generalgabell requested that a paper which he had
prepared on this subjectgbe attached to the estimate and clearly
labeled his own comment.. It was the concensus that this would be
undesirable unless it w's General Cabell's desire to dissent from
the paper just conclud'd, in which case his paper should be drafted
in such a way as to adAress the estimate specifically. In respect
to this point it was argued that if General Cabell's comments were
not addressed to the estimate there was the danger that this process
of attaching elaborate comments might not only become extensive but
also would seriously reduce the effectiveness of the estimates.
SECRET
IAC-M-15
15 January 1951
Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100020003-1