MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 26 APRIL 1955

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
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INTELLIGENCE AD VI:SORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 26 April 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
'Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC ,
Mr. Ralph R,, Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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r. i ip ar ey, epartment o State
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman, Department of the Army
Mr. George W. Allen, Department of the Army
Mr. John K. Rouleau, Department of the Army .
Gaptain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Colonel P. D. Wynne, Jr. , United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr. , United States Air Force
Mr. Benjamin B. Weems, United States Air Farce
Colonel Orin H. Moore, USAF, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Poyntell C. Staley, Jr. , USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles H. Reichardt,- Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. M. W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
NOTE; Only persons cleared for Restricted Data remained
for the consideration of NIE 11-2-55.
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1. Possible Developments
in South Vietnam
(NIE 63. 1-2-55)
Certain sections of the estimate were reconsidered
changes made. (See IAC-M-193, 25 April
2. Approval of Minutes
12 April 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M-191)
16 April 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M-192)
Approved as written.
3. Post-Mortem of NIE
Production for the Period
1 July to 31 December 1954
1955)
a. Noted with suggestions for certain changes.
b. The Chairman proposed that a new procedure be
adopted to provide for two kinds of review subsequent to the com-
pletion of an estimate:
(1) An immediate post-rnortem on each estimate
to record the intelligence deficiencies encountered by the
estimators in its preparation. To be prepared by the interagency
group that wrote the estimate.
(2) A review of each estimate after the lapse of an
appropriate interval (usually within six months to a year) to study
the validity of the estimate, i, e. , how good the estimate was in
the light of subsequent developments.
c. The proposed procedure was approved and the
Secretary was instructed to incorporate it in the minutes.
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Release of NIE 10-55
"Anti-Communist Resistance
Potential in the Sino-Soviet Bloc"
to Foreign Governments
6. Attache System
Several members commented on the intelligence value of
the attache system and the losses to intelligence collection which
result from any curtailment of attache personnel. The Chairman
indicated that the attache system is of interest to him as DCI and
to the Intelligence Community and that he world address a letter
to the Secretary of Defense to this effect.
?. Soviet Atomic Program
(NIE 11-2-55, Restricted
Data, Limited Distribution)
a. The Chairman noted the commendable performance of
the participating agencies in the production of this estimate and
thanked the members for this cooperation.
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b. The estimate was approved, and the Chairman, JAEIC,
was given editorial license to make minor changes in consultation
with the members of JAEIC.
c. It was agreed that sanitized editions would be prepared
by CIA in cooperation with AEC. These would be cleared with JAEIC
members without necessity for further IAC action.
e. .Agreed that the text to be given general NIE
dissemination would conform with the past practice of issuing a
Top Secret summary text.
f. The Chairman informed the members of his prospective
appearance before the 3oint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy.
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Secretary's Note
1. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized the release to USIA. of NIE 10-55 "Anti-Communist
Resistance Potential in the Sino-Soviet Bloc. " (IAC-M-191,
Secretary's Nate, item 2)
2. Unless objection is raised by a merxiber at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
NIE 63. 1-2-55 "Possible Developments in South Vietnam. " The
Secretary does not propose to release NIE 11-2-55 "Soviet Atomic
Program" to USIA. This matter will not be brought up at an IAC
meeting except at the request of a member.
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