MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 23 FEBRUARY 1955

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• Publication Date: February 23, 1955
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Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 23 February 1955
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Pre siding
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General John M. Willems, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral H. C. Daniel, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, acting for Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles H. Reichardt, acting for Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
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Mr. Robert C. Mudd, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel John G. Montgomery, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Brewer, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Captain Charles C. Coley, Department of the Navy
Colonel John J. Morrow,. United States Air Force
Major Van A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Mr. Donald F. Benjamin, United States Air Force
Colonel John E. Leary, USA, The Joint Staff
Colonel Frank B. James, USAF, The Joint Staff
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1. Approval of Minutes
15 February 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M- 184)
Approved as written.
2. Semi-Annual Status Report
for the NSC on the Foreign
Intelligence Program
(IAC-D- 55 8, 4 February 1955;
IAC-D-55/8. 1, 9 February 1955)
Action was deferred at the request of the DCI pending
consideration at the Representatives' level of suggested CIA amendments.
3. 24-Hour Watch for the
Indications Center of the
IAC Watch Committee
(IAC-D-6/9, 11 February 1955)
After an extended discussion, which revealed considerable
differences of opinion regarding the character of and necessity for a
24-hour watch, it was agreed to recruit up to an additional five persons
for the Indications Center. Those participating agencies who find it
feasible to make personnel available for this purpose will do so. A
final decision on the proposed permanent 24-hour watch was postponed.
4. Probable Developments in
Yugoslavia and Its Future
Orientation
(NIE 31-55)
Approved as amended.
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6. Proposal for a Survey
of NIE Use
(IAC-D-94, 15 February 1955)
Action deferred until the next meeting of the IAC.
Adjournment: 1350
secretary
Secretary's Note
3. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next meeting
of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA, SNIE 11-4-55
"Review of Current Communist Attitudes Toward General War" and
NIE 31- 55 "Probable Developments in Yugoslavia and Its Future
Orientation. "
4. Notice of NSC Action No. 1307, dealing with port security
aspects of US continental defense, was transmitted by the Executive
Secretary, NSC, to the Director of Central Intelligence on 21 January
1955. The Office of Naval Intelligence has since confirmed that this
matter was in hand and that in its opinion no action by the IAC per se
was required. This matter will therefore not be raised in the IAC
except at the specific request of a member.
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