MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ON 28 FEBRUARY 1952

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1952
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of P4eeting held in Director's
Conference P,oom, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agencyt on 2 February-1952
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
C,eneral Walter Bedell Smith
Presiding
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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 R. F. Stout, acting for Director of Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General-John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Dr, Walter F. Colby, Director of Intelligence, Atomic
Energy Commission
Brigadier General Richard C. Partridge, Deputy Director .for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Meffert ~~~. Kuntz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Loftus E. Becker, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Ludwell L. Montague, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Fisher Howe, Department of State
Mr. Joseph A. Yeager, Department of State
Brigadier CTeneral John Weckerling, Department of the Army
Colonel 0. B. Sykes, Department of the Army
Lieut. Colonel J. C. Tarkenton, Jr., Department- of the Army
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
Colonel Charles F. Gillis, Department of the Air Force
Colonel S. M. Lansing, The Joint Staff
James Q. Reber
Secretary
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Approval of Minutes
1. Action: The minutes of the last meeting, 2~ February 195
(IAC-M-63. were approved subject to the change of date in paragraph 7
from "March 6" to "March 13."
Probable Develo ments in
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2. Action: The working group was requested to consider proposed
changes submitted by the agencies and to insert where appropriate a
new conclusion warning of the possibility (beyond the period of this
estimate) of the withdrawal of the French from Tonkin in the face of
portending Viet Minh pressure and in the face of the deterioration of
the French economic position with its probable serious repercussions
on the morale of the French Forces in Indochina. Final approval will
be by telephone concurrence if possible.
Consequences of Certain
Proposed US Courses of
Action with Respect to
Indachi~ Burma or
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3. Action: Approved as amended.
Coordination of Intelligence
in Panama
1+. Action: It was agreed that the State Department and the
military a~ envies would work out some mutually satisfactory formula
with respect to the intelligence coordination arrangements of the
ambassador and the commanding general in the area, with the under-
standing that any arrangements mutually agreeable to the above
parties would be satisfactory to the DCI.
5. Discussion: The discussion of the problem of coordination
of intelligence in Panama centered about the intelligence responsi-
bility of the ambassador as Chief of Mission far coordination in
Panama and that of-the commanding general which transcends the Canal
Zone extending throughout the Caribbean area.
6. General Bolling reported that in response to his inquiry
General Morris had replied by cable that the weekly informal intelli-
gence meeting under his direction operated ad~.quately except that
there appeared to be some difficulties regarding the representation
of the Embassy point of-view General Morris further
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reported that he G-2~regularly and thoroughly
kept the Ambassador infvrme A letter amplifying these points
should be received shortly, General Bolling said.
7. General Bolling concurred with General Samford's emphasis
on the need for taking into account the axes responsibility of the
commanding general and the complications which would arise by having
the Ambassador to Panama or his designee chair whatever group was
established (as Mr. Armstrong had proposed in respect of a Joint
Intelligence Committee far the area) since other ambassadors in the
area are also interested in these matters. General Samford reemphasized.
that working auk this problem satisfactorily could be useful as a
precedent in other areas.
8. General Smith proposed that while the informal gathering
heretofore convened by General Morris seemed desirable and practical,
the absence of a senior political officer from the Embassy was a
serious shortcoming. He thought it preferable that the Ambassador
should not chair such a meeting but should be free to comment on the
estimates of such s; gathering whether produced an-its own initiative
or in response to questions, such as an occasion the IAC had asked of
the group in Japan. He proposed that the forwarding of such reports
with the individual comments of senior representatives in the area to
their respective Washington Headquarters would be extremely useful
since they would all eventually be considered in the IAC. While
believing that a senior embassy official might appropriately be the
Chairman or at least one of the most important members, he recognized
the point raised by General Samford in x?espect to the extensive
geographic area involved. He noted that the Embassy in Panama normally
receives a tremendous quantity of intelligence pertaining to the whole
area and that the main problems confronting the area would be of a
political nature.
Release. of NIE-50
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9. Action: Insofar as it is necessary to provide SHAPE with
NIE-50, G~11 proceed as executive agent to make it available for
U. S. Eyes Un1y. Release of this document to foreign officials sither
in respect of SHAPE or NATU Standing Group, Intelligence Committee,
will await NSC action on 1VSCID 1 which relates to policy for dissemin-
ation to foreign governments.
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ld. Action: Even though there appears to be agreement in the
Joint Atomic E ergy Xntelli~ence Committee on the semi-annual Atomic
Energy estimate, it was agreed that the estimate will be submitted to
the panel of consultants (Ref. IAC-M-55, para. 12) for e,ppraisal of
the data., method, and conclusions and for recommendation to the IAC.
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