MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1030, 8 JUNE 1956

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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1030, 8 June 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, acting for Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Ridgely Gaither,' Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral R. H. Rice, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
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1. IAC Membership
The Chairman and members welcomed General Lewis,
recently designated Director of Intelligence, Headquarters, United
States Air Force, as a new member of the IAC, replacing General
Samford.
2. Approval of Minutes
22 May Meeting
(IAC-M-240)
Approved as written, subject to amendment to item 6, to
add the following:
"It was agreed that the release should not be
considered a precedent for the release of
other estimates of this character or concerning
this area."
The members concurred in the suggestion of the Chairman that it
should be the general understanding that no decision to release an
estimate should ever be construed as a binding precedent.
3. Watch Committee Reports
No. 303 and No. 304
Noted the reports.
4. Arab-Israeli Situation
(Report by Ad Hoc Working Group
of IAC, 18 May 1956; maps and
charts annex, 22 May 1956)
Noted the report and annex.
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7. NIE 100-5-56
inese ommunist Capabilities
in the Taiwan Straits Area and
Probable Courses of Action
Over the Next Six Months
(Memorandum to IAC, 24 May 1956)
Report of Subcommittee on
Meteorological Intelligence
(I D-5? 5. 2, 23 May 1956)
a. Noted the Subcommittee's report, dated 7 March 1956, and
approved the actions and priorities recommended by the Subcommittee
in that report. The members also agreed that the recommendations of
the Subcommittee regarding
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b. Agreed to dissolve the Subcommittee.
9. Joint Statement by GMIC/JAEIC
(Memorandum for Chairman,
IAC, from GMIC/JAEIC,
4 June 1956)
Noted as amended. The members agreed that each IAC agency
should give the statement such further dissemination as it deemed
desirable.
10. NIE 11-2-56
Soviet Nuclear Program
Approved as amended.
Adjournment: 1245
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Secretary
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