MINUTES OF MEETING HLD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ON 26 APRIL 1951

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1951
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY C024MITTEE
Minutes of Meeting held in Directorts
Conference Room Administration Bui in
Central Intelligence Agency, on pri 1951
Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W, Park Armstrong, Jr., Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General A, R. Bolling, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Felix L. Johnson, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
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. C. D. DeLoach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
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Mr. William H. Jackson, Central Intelligence Agency
Brigadier General John Weckerling, Department of the Army
Colonel 0. B. Sykes, Department of the Army
Dr. H. E. Stearns, Department of the Army
Captain Ray Malpass, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel Edward H. Porter, Department of the Air Force
Captain J. P, Thew, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Meffer.t W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1ptelli ence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Richard M. Scammon, Department of State
Secretary
Mr. James Q. Reber
Central Intelligence Agency
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Approval of Minutes
1. Action: The minutes of the meeting of 23 April 1951
(IAC-PA-2 7 were approved.
German Attitudes on Rearmament (NIE-21t)
2.. Action:' Postponed until the next meeting at the request
of Mr. Armstrong. The changes proposed by General Bolling will
be taken up in connection with the full consideration next week.
Likelihood of Satellite Attack
on Yugoslavia in Spring3 q (ac-D-18)
3. Action: Agreed that there should be an immediate review
of the earner estimate on Yugoslavia (NIE-29), taking into
account new intelligence and confirming or revising the estimate.
Indochina
4. Action: Agreed that a new estimate should be made on
Indochina rather than attempting to revise the earlier one (NIE-5).
5. Action: Agreed a National Estimate should be produced
on Burma starting on the basis'of the terms of reference sub-
mitted by the State Department.
Guerrilla Warfare in China
6. Action: Agreed that there should be developed immedi-
ately an estimate on guerrilla warfare in China specifically
designed to meet urgent needs of the Government, After the
completion of the urgent estimate consideration will be given
to any necessary broadening of the problem in order that it may
be issued as a special estimate.
Prospects for the Creation of an
Adequate Western European Defense
7. It was reported that this NIE has been cancelled in
view of the fact that there is no current demand for the paper
as it now stands.
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8. Action: It was noted that this estimate will be
dropped. was agreed that the issue involved will be con=-
sidered by the IAC in connection with the revision of NIE-3,
"Soviet Capabilities and Intentions."
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