MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ON 9 AUGUST 1951

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• Document Release Date: February 26, 2004
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• Publication Date: August 9, 1951
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9 August 1951
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes. of Meeting held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on -9 .August 1951
Director of Central Intelligence
General Walter Bedell Smith
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Brigadier General John Weckerling, acting for 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. Malcolm C. Henderson, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Atomic Energy Commission
Brigadier General Richard C. Partridge, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. D. Milton Ladd, Assistant to the Director, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Frank G. Wisner, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. William L. Langer Central Intelligence Agency
I USA (Ret.), Central
In e 'gene e
Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
pentral Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Mose Harvey, Department of State
Colonel O. B. Sykes, Department of the Army
Colonel Benjamin B. Talley, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral R. F. Stout, Department of the Navy
Captain Ray Malpass, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel Edward H. Porter, Department of the Air Force
Colonel J. C. Marchant, Department of the Air Force
Lieut. Colonel Charles F. Gillis, Department of the Air Force
James R. Reber
Secretary
Intelligence Advisory Committee
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IAC-M-39 Pg. 1, Finial)-
9 August 1951
_1 Action: The minutes of the meeting of 2 August 1951
MC-M-38)-7e-re approved.
Enemy Capabilities for Attack
on the United States
2. Action: The Service members of the IAC were requested to
obtain,. through such informal means as are appropriate, the advice
and. assistance of the Joint Staff Planners in developing the estimate
of U. S. capabilities to repel attack (Item 3 b of IAC-M-38). It
was noted. that the estimates to be prepared by the IIC and the ICIS
had. been largely completed.
Consequences of the Signature
o::' the Japanese Peace Treaty
and a U. S.-Japanese Security
Pact
3. Discussion: General Smith raised the question of the pos-
sibility of war upon upon the signature of the peace treaty with Japan
and read a memorandum from the Deputy Secretary of Defense request-
ing an estimate of Soviet reaction to the publication of the terms
of the U.S.-Japanese security pact under three alternative time
possibilities. Preliminary consideration of all sources of intelli--
gence by the members led to the general conclusion that although
Soviet capabilities were currently being enhanced at a rapid rate,
no positive intention to resort to war at this time was discernible.
It was believed that the timing of the announcement of the terms of
the security pact would have no effect on a Soviet decision to go to
war. In the preparation of the final statement, however, attention
should be given to the possible psychological advantages accruing to the
Soviets at the respective dates. The Secretary was directed to call Mr.
Lovett's paper to the attention of Mr. Gray of the PSB for their inform-
ation and action as appropriate.
Probability of an Early
Assault on Japan
!+. Action: It was agreed that the IAC representatives would
meet on 9 August 1951 and revise the paper to take full account of
the Watch Committee Report of 8 August and pertinent psychological
factors. The resulting paper will be issued as a TOP SECRET SE
with an indications annex, if appropriate.
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Fabrication and Duplication
of Intelligence
5. Action: General Smith requested the members to give
serious attention to the problem of fabrication and duplication in
intelligence sources and the means of meeting the problem, taking
into accounti presentation of this problem in a
particular area.
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