INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Verbatim Minutes of Meeting held in Room 711?,
Federal Works Buildinff
on Friday; .6Junie 1948 at 2:00 P.M.
Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director
of Central Intelligence, in the chair
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong,, Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State for Research and Intelligence
Major General A. R. Bolling, Acting Director, GSUSA
Rear Admiral Thomas B. Inglis, Chief of Naval
Intelligence
Major General Charles P. Cabell, Director of
Intelligence, Office of Deputy Chief of Staff,
Operations, USAF
Mr. William C. Trueheart, Representing Atomic
Energy Commission
Major General Walter E. Todd, Deputy Director,
Joint Intelligence Group, JCS
ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Prescott Childs, Central Intelligence Agency
Colonel Merritt B. Booth, Department of State
Mr. Allan Evans, Department of State
Lt. Col. Edgar J..Treacy, Department of the Army
Colonel Allan D. MacLean, Department of the Army
Captain P. Henry, USN
Captain J. M. Ocker, USN
Lt. Col. C. M. DeHority, USMC
Major W. C. Baird, Department of Air
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DIRECTOR: Any other remarks? Well, I think the first thing to be
done on this is to check on this and the additional money, and then the
additional amounts we will need in any case. Anyone else have anything
on this?
There is just one other item. I am sorry we did not get it on
the agenda, but it did not come over from Sidney Souers' office until
about 15 minutes ago. It is a proposal from the Chief of Naval Opera-
tions to downgrade paragraphd 3d and 3e of NSCID No. 7 from SECRET to
CONFIDENTIAL. I don't see that it would hurt us to do that. NSCID
No. 7, "Domestic Exploitation," paragraph 1:
"The Central Intelligence Agency shall be responsible for the
exploitation, on a highly selective basis, within the United States
of business concerns, other non-governmental organizations and
individuals as sources of foreign intelligence information."
Paragraph 3:
"Further to implement this undertaking, the intelligence agencies shall:"
d follows:
"Obtain, to the maximum extent possible, from their depart-
ments and agencies the foreign intelligence information which the
departments and agencies have received as a by-product of the normal
relationship with business concerns and other non-governmental
organizations and individuals in the United States in connection with
non-intelligence activities, and transmit to the maximum extent
possible, the information to the Central Intelligence Agency for
editing for source security and for appropriate dissemination."
Paragraph 3e:
"Obtain, in so far as is practicable and within existing security
regulations, from their departments and agencies information concerning
business concerns and other non-governmental organizations and individuals
in the United States having foreign intelligence potential, which the
department or agency possesses or subsequently acquires, and make the
information available to the Central Intelligence Agency."
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It is a request from the Chief of Naval Operations for authority
to downgrade paragraphs 3d and 3e of NSCID No. 7 from SECRET to
CONFIDENTIAL. Do you want to read this? I frankly don't see why we
can't do that, unless they want a more complete dissemination.
MR. TRUEHEART: I heard them say when it came up at another meeting that
they couldn't send it to the people who needed it, and that it wouldn't
be implemented unless they could get it out.
DIRECTOR: If we can do it we should. As far as I am concerned I am
willing.
GEN. CABELL: I wonder if anybody here could give us the philosophy
for the original classification.
DIRECTOR: It is an occupational disease. Everything they touch is
highly classified.
ADM. INGLIS: I think there is a pretty good reason for being close-
mouthed. It is not so much the information they get from these commercial
firms, but the protection of the firms as sources. They will feel a lot
happier if they know that whatever they give us is very closely held. And
some of it has to do with competition.
DIRECTOR: That is what they said when we talked to them. They are
willing to give the Government the information, but they don't want to
see it come back later in the hands of the fellow across the street who is
working against them.
ADM. INGLIS: That was probably the factor in having the high classi-
fication.
MR. TRUEHEART: It should. The fact that every effort will be made
to protect them as a source - probably it would be a good idea to publish
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MR. ARMSTRONG: I don't see any objections.
MR. BOOTH: I would like to check that.
DIRECTOR: We will send it around with a voting slip. I brought it
up because we got it just before lunch. At first glance it looks as if it
is all right to do it.
The only other item is just for information. That is, DCI 2/1 is over
on Mr. Forrestal's desk and we don't know how long it will be there.
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