SECRETARIAT SUMMERY OF USIB AGENDA FOR 6 JUNE 1968

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• Publication Date: June 4, 1968
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4 June 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN, USIB
: Secretariat Summary of USIB Agenda for 6 June 1968
Watch Report
Draft by Watch Committee to be circulated for Board approval;
Sponsor -
NIE on World Trends and Contingencies Affecting U. S. Interests
BNE draft coordinated with USIB Representatives for USIB approval;
Sponsor - Mr. Abbot Smith
This paper, which is on the regular estimates schedule,
was requested by General Robert Wood, USA (Ret.) who is directing the Joint
State-Defense Study Group on "U. S. Overseas Base Requirements through
1978". He asked for an estimate on the "projected world environment" -which
would place emphasis upon "those areas of the world and those fields of
international affairs which have the greatest bearing upon our future military
position and overseas bases". In the one reservation (para. 21, p. 22) the
Army Representative rejects the judgment that the "Soviet menace is now
widely regarded in European opinion as having been inflated in the past and
as receding at present". Instead, he argues that West European military
leaders do not believe the Soviet threat has diminished; BNE believes however
that this argument is not germane to the paragraph.
While there are no other reservations, the military
representativesdid urge, in the course of the preparation of this paper, that the
estimate discuss in some detail the prospects for acquisition and retention of
U. S. bases in every area of the world. BNE feels that, while it should discuss
the world environment in which U. S. policy will be operating over the next
decade, valid specific estimates on most base areas could not be made. BNE
believes it is possible this issue may be raised at the USIB.
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Item 3 SNIE on the Vietnam Situation
BNE draft coordinated with USIB Representatives for USIB approval;
Sponsor - Mr. Abbot Smith
This paper stems from two separate requests by State and
DIA for SNIEs on Vietnam which were, as you requested at the 16 May USIB meeting,
combined into a single SNIE. BNE notes that almost all of the questions in both
requests have been treated in one section or another, and that the coordination was
surprisingly harmonious. To date (Tuesday) the only reservation has been tae~n by0'
DIA and all the Service representatives to the sentence in paragraph 11, pages
which states: "The military situation in South Vietnam is not likely to improve much,
if at all, for Hanoi by the end of the summer, and it may be worse". DIA and the
Services would prefer to strike the phrase "much, if at all", thus making the flat
judgment that the military situation is not likely to improve for Hanoi.
Item 4 Executive Session
Admiral Taylor requested this executive session to discuss
the NSA report circulated to USIB Principals only as USIB-S-13. 5/44, 14 May.
Admiral Taylor has advised General Carter that there are certain questions he
feels obliged to bring up for discussion.
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Executive Secretary; SIB
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