MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT CIA (Sanitized) ON TUESDAY, 24 JULY 1956, AT 1215 HOURS (EDST)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000200070024-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: July 24, 1956
• Content Type: MIN

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24 July 1956
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 at
on Tuesday, 24 July 1956, at 1215 hours (EDST)
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., 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 Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, Director of Intelligence., Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Brigadier General Richard Collins, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles S. Reichardt, acting for Atomic Energy Commission
representative to the IAC
Mr. S. J. Papich, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
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1. Approval of Minutes
17 July Meeting
(IAC - M=247 )
Approved as written.
2. Watch Committee Report
No. 311
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Adjournment: 1300 (EDST)
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Secretary
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2. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of NIE 36. 2-56, "The Outlook for
Stability and Foreign Policies,"
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
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Department of State
Mr. Richard Tims
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Pratt
Major Kenneth Buell
Department of the Navy
Captain W. S. Howell
Department of the Air Force
Colonel Willis Sawyer
The Joint Staff
Colonel Ralph Wade, USAF
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 17 July 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding*
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding*
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr. , Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Ridgely Gaither, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, Di.rector of Intelligence, Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles S. 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. IAC Membership
The Chairman stated that he and the other members regretted
that Admiral Layton was departing to take up a new assignment, 'noted
Admiral Layton's helpful and dynamic contributions to the work of the
IAC, and hoped that he would pass on to the IAC any ideas obtained in
the course of his new duties. General Collins, who has been designated
to replace Admiral Layton, was then welcomed by the Chairman.
Admiral Layton expressed his appreciation to the Chairman and members,
,and stated that it had been a pleasure to serve' as a member of the IAC.
2. Approval of Minutes
10 July Meeting
(IAC-M-246)
Approved as written.
3. Watch Committee Report
No. 310
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7. NIE 36.2-56
The Outlook for Iraq's Stability
and Foreign Policies
a. Approved as amended.
b. Noted the findings of the post-mortem on this estimate, which
included a ,statement that a validity study was not considered useful in
this instance because previous estimative coverage of Iraq had appeared
in a variety of estimates of broader geographic scope.
c. Agreed that the classification of the title of this estimate
should be "Official Use Only."
8. Presentation of NIE's
a. Mr. Armstrong raised a question concerning the absence
of two sets of conclusions in the drafts of NIE 36. 2-56 and
submitted to the IAC (IAC-M-245, item 7). explained,
and Mr. Dulles concurred,: that the Board felt that in cases where the
basic conclusions could be adequately expresses. on one page, two sets
of conclusions were not necessary. Mr. Armstrong indicated satis-
faction with the decision reached by the Board and IAC representatives
for NIE 36. 2-56, but concern that the conclusions in had
been unduly abridged, and that the IAC"representatives might not fully
understand the experiment. Several members concurred in the danger
of undue abridgment.
b. The members agreed that this matter should be handled
on a case-by-case basis during this trial period, and that the IAC
representatives should be instructed to consider with care whether
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conclusions could be adequately set forth on one page, and, if not,
an additional short-form summary should normally be submitted
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that while this experimental procedure is being used, in cases where
two sets of conclusions are deemed necessary, the short-form
summary should be appropriately referenced in the text and appear
as an appendix at the end of the published estimate.
c. .Noted the validity study of
F NIE'63. 1-3-55, "Probable Developments in Vietnam to July 1956,
11 October 1955, as amended.
d. Agreed that the classification of the title of this estimate
should be "Official Use Only."
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d. Agreed that the classification of the title of this estimate
should be "Official Use Only. "
11. Operation Alert
General Cabell outlined plans for holding a regular IAC meeting
during Operation Alert and the members agreed that such a meeting
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24 July.
12. Executive Session
At 1210 the Chairman asked the members to remain for an
executive session, which had been requested by Dr. Reichardt.
Adjournment: 1220
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SECRETARY'S NOTES
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5. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
NIE 36. 2-56, "The Outlook for F----(Stability and.Foreign Policies,"
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
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Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Mr. Otto Guthe
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Department of State
Mr. William McAfee
Mr. James S. Cunningham
Mr. Richard K. Stuart
Mr. Harold W. Glidden
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Pratt
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman
Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Nicely
Lieutenant Colonel Howard E. Thompson
Department of the Navy
Captain W. S. Howell
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Department of the Air Force
Colonel George McCord
Colonel P. D. Wynne
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
Colonel D. S. Crist
Brigadier General Richard Collins, USA
Colonel E. G. Van Orman, USMC
Colonel Charles H. Dayhuff, Jr., USA
Lieutenant Colonel James M. Norwood, USAF
Colonel A. Ward Gillette, USA
Colonel Ernest P. Foley, USMC
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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