MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 27 DECEMBER 1957

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I N T E L L I G E N C E A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 27 December 1957
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
Mr. Gordon Arneson, acting for Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral C. B. Martell, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
.Department of the Navy
Major General James H. Walsh, acting Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, United States Air Force
Brigadier General Richard Collins, 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
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1. Approval of Minutes
17 December Meeting
(IAC-M-321)
Approved as written.
2. Situation Review
a. Watch Committee Reports
No. 385 and No. 386
Noted these reports.
b. Review of Sensitive Situations
General Schow commented on reports concerning Marshal
Sarit's illness, General Cabell referred to the Cuban situation and
Mr. Arneson noted recent developments bearing on the question of
access to Berlin.
3. Release of NIS to Certain
Foreign Governments
(IAC-D-45 12. 19, 18 October;
IAC-M-313, Secretary's Note 2)
4. ' Release of SNIE 11-10-57
The Soviet ICBM Program
(Memorandum to IAC, 23 December)
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5. NIE 74-57
The Outlook for Ghana
a. Approved as amended.
b. Noted the post-mortem on this estimate.
c. Agreed to release this estimate to USIA.
6. Initiation of New Estimate
The Chairman noted certain recent information bearing on
the development of possible new bombers by the USSR. He then
suggested the preparation of a coordinated paper which would review
relevant data on this matter in greater detail than had appeared in
NIE 11-4-57. After discussion, it was agreed to undertake an estimate
on this subject which should be considered a "slant" on NIE 11-4-57,
to be completed in about six weeks. With respect to a question raised
b the Chairman stated that the,SEC should proceed
immediately to study the technical aspects of this question.
7. Post-Mortem on SNIE 11-10-57
(Memorandum to IAC, 276 ecember)
After the Chairman requested a restricted session, the
members reviewed various types of actions which were proposed to
assist in closing gaps in guided missile intelligence, especially in
the collection field, as outlined in the findings in the post-mortem
on SNIE 11-10-57. In particular, the members discussed a CIA
proposal, which had been distributed in advance of the meeting, and
an Air Force recommendation which was circulated at the meeting.
During their exchange of views, the members agreed that any group
designated to review and monitor the implementation of such a
collection effort in the ICBM field should be considered as operating
on a permanent rather than an ad hoc basis. Following their dis-
cussion it was also agreed that the ad hoc committee under the
chairmanship of Dr. Scoville (which had been established originally
to review Recommendation No. 4 of the President's Board of
Consultants) should prepare a draft outline of the scope of the
activities of such a group. It was understood that the members would
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defer a decision as to what particular group should be assigned this
responsibility until after they had had an opportunity to review this
proposed outline of its activities.
8. Expression of Appreciation
to General Bull
The Chairman noted that this was the last IAC meeting which
General Bull would be attending as a member of the Board of National
Estimates. He stated that he wished to express the appreciation of
the members to General Bull for his long and valuable service to the
intelligence community.
In this connection, the Chairman also noted that General
Barnes would succeed General Bull as Chairman of the Ad Hoc
Weapons System Study Committee.
Adjournment: 1210
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