MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CIA, 11 JANUARY 1955

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1955
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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 Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency at 1045, 11 January 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, 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 Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
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Lieutenant General C. P. Cabell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr. , Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Mr. Harald W. Jacobson, Department of State
Mr. Miron Burgin, Department of State
Mr. Edward Fried, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel E. A. Rew, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel D. L. Husman, Department of the Army
Mr. Baxter Wood, Department of the Army
Captain B. E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Commander J, G. Thorburn, Jr., Department of the Navy
Lieutenant Commander Henry H. Calhoun, Department of the Navy
Colonel W. B. Sawyer, United States Air Force
Major Van A. Woods, Jr. , United States Air Force
Mr. R. W. Leavitt, United States Air Force
Mr. W. F. Safford, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Ralph Metcalf, USN, The Joint Staff
Captain Ray E. Malpass', USN, The Joint Staff
Commander Ross R. Hirshfeld, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. John Easton, The Joint Staff
Mr. M. W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
(IAC-M-179, 20 December 1954)
Approval of the minutes was deferred until the next
meeting, pending the revision of certain parts[
A revised draft will be circulated.
3. Quarterly Revision of
the Program of
National Estimates
(ONE Memorandum of 6 January 1955)
Approved.
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7. Controls over Trade
with Communist China
(NIE 100-55) ,
a. The conclusions were approved as amended, subject
to specific footnotes by members, and agreement was reached
on the manner in which certain controversial paragraphs should
be treated. The paper was then referred to the representatives
with instructions to make the text conform to the conclusions and
agreements reached, final concurrence being subject to the
circulation of an acceptable text before publication.
b. Reservations to certain sections were noted by
footnotes. However, it was agreed that the divergence of views
on the matter of Bloc shipping and overland transportation would
be reflected in the text proper.
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Secretary
Secretary's Note
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6 Pursuant to the Minutes, para. 7a, above, the IAC
representatives reconvened at 1500 January 11 and completed
IAC action on NIE 100-55, subject to a final check by the members
of the Advance edition to be distributed on 13 January. Concurrent
distribution of the Advance edition was to be made to the Council
on Foreign Economic Policy and to the Economic Defense
Advisory Committee.
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7. The Board of National Estimates has recommended
that NIE 100-55 (para. 7, above) not be released to any foreign
government. This matter will not be referred to the IAC for
formal action except at the request of a member. (ONE
Memorandum dated 7 January 1955)
8. The Secretary proposes to release NIE 100- 55 to
USIA on 18 January unless objection is raised by-a member
before that date. (ONE Memorandum dated 7 January 1955)
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