MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 3 APRIL 1956

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000100090038-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2004
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: April 3, 1956
• Content Type: MIN

Approved For Release 2004/4c ?P82-00400R000100090038-6
IAC-M-235
3 April 1956
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 3 April 1956
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Robert H. Rice, acting for Director of Naval
. Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
Approved For Release 2004/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100090038-6
SECRET
 Approved For Release 2004/f14-g1'`"CfA-RDP82-00400RQ00100090038-6
NOW, 0
IAC-M-235
3 April 1956
1. Approval of Minutes
20 March Meeting
(IAC-M-234)
Approved as written.
2. Watch Committee Reports
No. 294 and No. 295
3. Intelligence Requirements
on US Citizens Held in
Sino-Soviet Bloc Countries
.
(IAC-D-101/3, 14 March 1956)
a. The report was noted.
b. The LAG members considered this matter and agreed
that the intelligence community should actively support efforts by
the U. S. Government to obtain more detailed information regarding
Americans held in Communist countries, in order to facilitate US
attempts to obtain their early release. They also discussed the
possibility of collecting additional information of this type through
non-intelligence sources, including other government agencies and
private organizations and individuals.
c. The members agreed to establish an IAC Ad Hoc
Prisoners Information Support Committee, under the chairmanship
of a representative from the Department of Defense. IAC agencies
were requested to notify the IAC Secretariat regarding their nomina-
tions for membership on the committee. The Department of State
Prisoner Officer and Department of Defense Prisoner Officer are
to be invite) to sit with the committee.
d. No specific terms of reference were proposed at this
time; however, recommendations contained in IAC-D-101 / 3,
para. 8, 14 March 1956, are to provide a general guide for the
.Approved For Release 2004/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100090038-6
SECRET
 Approved For Release 2004/0I C/P82-0040OR000100090038-6
*40" NWV
IAC-M-235
3 April 1956
Committee's operations. The IAC members also agreed that the
Ad Hoc Committee should investigate further the extent to which
pertinent information might be available from non-intelligence
sources, and should make recommendations regarding a possible
type of interdepartmental committee or other mechanism which
might stimulate the collection of and serve as a focal point for
processing all such information obtained from any US source.
4. EIC-R1 Series, Communist
China's Trade and Transport
(IAC-D-42/12, 20 March 1956;
IAC-D-42/12. 1, 29 March 1956)
Approved the recommendations in IAC-D-42/12, pages 2-3,
20 March 1956, including the amendment proposed by the Special
Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State (IAC-D-42/12. 1,
29 March 1956).
25X1
6. JAEIC Report on Soviet
Nuclear Tests
(IAC-D- 10/ 19, 30 March 1956)
a. Approved further dissemination of this report, as
amended, on a need-to-know basis, and directed JAEIC to prepare
a sanitized version for more general distribution.
b. Admiral Layton suggested that there be a review of
present procedures regarding dissemination of such information,
including DCID No. 11/1, as amended, and the members discussed
generally various problems involved in appropriate distribution of
this type of data.
Approved For Release 2004/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100090038-6
SECRET
 Approved For Release 2004/04f0`1"
P82-004008000100090038-6
%we
N"W"
IAC-M-235
3 April 1956
c. The IAC members agreed that JAEIC should review these
problems, particularly with a view to making recommendations re-
garding possible revision of established IAC procedures or directives.
7. Glossary of Intelligence Terms
(IAC-D-98/2, 24 February 1956,
Draft)
a. Approved the recommendation of the Board of National
Estimates that- the IAC not undertake publication of a comprehensive,
coordinated Glossary of Intelligence Terms.
b. The Deputy Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff,
and the representative of the Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy, dissented, believing it would be advantageous
to proceed with the preparation of such a Glossary.
8. Offshore Islands
(Memorandum to IAC, 27 March,
enclosing Memorandum to DCI
from Board of National Estimates,
23 March)
a. The IAC members discussed the offshore islands situation
and agreed that a brief special estimate of limited scope should be
undertaken on a crash basis, with a proposed draft to be submitted
for IAC consideration at the next IAC meeting on 10 April, if possible.
b. The members agreed that the memorandum to the DCI
from the Board of National Estimates, 23 March, as well as a re-
vision of this memorandum proposed by the Special Assistant for
Intelligence, Department of State, should be used as bases for
discussion by the IAC representatives in preparing the draft estimate.
Approved For Release 2004/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100090038-6
SECRET
 Approved For Release 2004/04gfgf-TDP82-0040OR000100090038-6
'-.r'
IAC-M-235
3 April 1956
9. Quarterly Revision of the Program
of National Estimates
(IAC-D-1 15, 23 March 1956)
Approved as amended.
Adjournment: 1155
25X1
Secretary
Approved For Release 2004/04/01 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100090038-6
SECRET