MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM,ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

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15 July 1958
I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 15 July 1958
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Major General Robert Schow, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, * Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Captain William S. Howell, * acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General James H. Walsh, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
United States Air Force
Brigadier General Robert A. Breitweiser, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, * acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert Kuhrtz, * acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
* Part of meeting
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1. Promotion of General Cabell
The Chairman stated that he, and he felt sure also the other
members of IAC and USCIB, had been gratified to learn of General
Cabell's recent promotion to the rank of full General. Mr. Dulles
added that this promotion was important not only to the individual
concerned, but to the entire Intelligence Community. In the Chair-
man's view, it was clear evidence that effective work in intelligence
would be given appropriate recognition. He also noted that this
particular action had received the personal attention of the President,
the high officials of the Department of Defense and the Air Force,
and had been welcomed by members of the Armed Services Committee
of the Senate prior to confirmation by the Senate itself.
2. Situation Review
a.. Watch Committee Report
No. 414
b. Watch Committee Report
No. 414-A, 14 July
General Cabell stated that this report had been prepared at
a special Watch Committee meeting on 14 July and was based on
information available as of that time. The Chairman referred to a
briefing he had given to Congressional leaders at the White House
on the same day and noted that the findings in this report were
generally consistent with that briefing. The members then discussed
intelligence and information from various sources bearing on this
report and related developments in the Middle East, including
pertinent US actions. After discussion the members approved this
special Watch Report, subject to certain revisions in paragraph 6
dealing with possible Soviet reactions to these developments.
General Erskine (Department of Defense) and (NSA) 25X1
were present during consideration of the first three items. All
members of IAC and USCIB were therefore present or represented
during the initial portion of this meeting.
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3. IAC-USCIB Review of
Proposed NSCIDs*
a. NSCID No. 1
(IAC-D-120/1, 8 July)
The members discussed the draft NSCID No. 1 and various
proposed amendments in considerable detail, including matters such
as the relationship of the new Board to the NSC, the question of alert
arrangements in an impending crisis situation and the production of
national intelligence. Various members, including General Erskine,
and Mr. Traynor, expressed their views as to the
question of their formal concurrence in national estimates in the
light of the extent of their participation in the production of such
estimates. In this connection, Mr. Cumming noted that the State
Department, in view of its foreign affairs responsibilities, preferred
not to have a directive with language so restrictive as to preclude
it from participation in an estimate in which it had an interest.
Following this discussion, the members agreed that it would.be
appropriate to cover the details of matters related to production of
national intelligence in a DCID. T :he members then approved the
draft NSCID No. 1, as amended.
This was a joint IAC-USCIB action since General Erskine
Defense and NSA respectively, participated in the considera-
tion of this item.
* Pages incorporating these agreed revisions in _the draft NSCID No. 1
will be circulated to holders of that document.
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b. NSCID No. 6
(IAC-D-123, 9 July)
The members discussed the draft NSCID No. 6, together
with certain revisions which were proposed at the meeting.
Following their exchange of views the members approved the draft
NSCID, subject to further consideration by an appropriate working
group of certain technical points and necessary editorial changes.
It was understood that revisions proposed by the working group
would be circulated promptly to IAC and USCIB members for final
concurrence by telephone, rather than in another formal IAC-USCIB
meeting.
The members agreed that the draft NSCID No. 1 and
NSCID No. 6, as finally approved, should be forwarded together
to the NSC for consideration. - The Chairman noted that this
matter had been placed on the agenda of the NSC meeting scheduled
for 11 August.
4. Approval of Minutes
:8 July Meeting
(IAC-M-351)
Approved as written.
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7. Operation Alert
The Chairman and members discussed briefly certain matters
pertaining to participation in the forthcoming "Operation Alert. "
8. Reporting of Test ICBM
and Space Vehicles
The Chairman outlined a proposal dealing with the procedure
for reporting on test ICBM and space vehicles and Colonel McFarland
also commented on this matter. The Chairman stated that a memo-
randum regarding this proposal would be circulated for consideration
by the members at the next regular IAC meeting.
Adjournment: 1335
Secretary
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
General Charles P. Cabell
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Dr. Otto Guthe
Department of State
Mr. Robert Thayer
Mr. Howard Wiedemann
Mr. Theodore Nelson
Department of the Army
Colonel Ralph L. Dalton
Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Pratt
Major William O. Peak
Mr. Grady Frank
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Department of the Navy
Commander C. A. Shaw
Dr. M. H. Hellner
Department of the Air Force
Major General Harold E. Watson
Colonel David S. Crist
Colonel C. J. Stattler, Jr.
Colonel William F. Scott
Colonel Richard B. Hibbert
Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Pickering, III
Captain William J. Phillips
Mr. George H. Fiske
Mr. Dave Clark
Joint Staff
Colonel J. M. Pittman, USA
Colonel D. M. Garvey, USA
Captain G. G. Palmer, USN
Department of Defense
General G. B. Erskine
Mr. Randolph Zander
Dr. L. W. Tordella
National Security Agency
USCIB
Captain Allyn Cole
GMIC
Colonel Earl McFarland
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I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 8 July 1958
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., * Director of Intelligence and. Research,
Department of State
Mr. Robert Thayer, * acting for Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Major General Robert Schow, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of The Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Brigadier General John M. Schweizer, Jr., acting for Assistant
Chief of Staff, Intelligence, United States Air Force
Brigadier General Robert A. Breitweiser, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
* Part of meeting
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1. Approval of Minutes
1 July Meeting
(IAC.M-350)
Approved as written.
2. Situation Review
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 413
Noted. Colonel Crist, Acting Chairman of the Watch Committee,
acknowledged the receipt of IAC instructions with respect to Watch
Committee cognizance of the North African situation (IAC-M-350, item 2 b).
In the course of a discussion of recent information bearing on
the Taiwan Strait situation, Mr. Sheldon referred to the recent findings
of the Taiwan Strait Committee on these developments. He also raised
a question as to the future status and functions- of that Committee. After
discussion, the members agreed that the Taiwan Strait Committee should
be dissolved, with the understanding that the Watch Committee would
assume general cognizance of the Taiwan Strait situation and continue
to watch developments in that area carefully.
3. Report on Inspection Problems
Involved in Possible US-USSR
Agreement Banning Production
and Deployment of Long Range
Ballistic Missiles
(IAC-De119/1, 3 July (Limited
Distribution); IAC-D-119, 26 May;
IAC-M-343, item 4)
The Chairman noted that this was a. technical_paper which had
been prepared by an ad hoc group of experts, including a number of
individuals outside of the intelligence community, to meet a specific
request by the Department of State. He suggested that the letter of
transmittal should therefore indicate the manner in which the report
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had been prepared, and state that it was not to be considered or used
as an intelligence paper which had been formally approved by the
IAC or CIA. The members concurred in this suggestion.
During the course of the discussion, Mr. Cumming expressed
the appreciation of the State Department for the work done by the
working group, stating that the paper was very useful and would
satisfactorily meet the Department's requirement. With respect to
the question of further studies of this problem (paragraph 3, page 3),
Mr. Cumming noted that the Department did not contemplate requesting
such additional studies at this time. In his comments, General Schweizer
emphasized that certain statements in the report (e. g._, paragraph 4 c)
should be treated with caution and read only in the context of the entire
report, since their validity depended on the extent to which many
pertinent factors had been considered.
Following their exchange of views the members noted the
Chairman's statement that he would forward this report to the State
Department with a letter of transmittal drafted in the light of this
discussion.'
expressed his thanks to those individuals, both in
Washington and in the field, who had assisted in the preparation of
this report.
* Copies of the Chairman's letter, dated 10 July, will be circulated
separately to holders of IAC-Dm119/1,
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he proposed to use certain material from this estimate in a forthcoming
Congressional briefing.
5. SNIE 11-8-58
Implications of Current
Soviet Conduct
a. Approved as amended.
b. Agreed to release this estimate to USIA.
6. Executive Session
At 1205 the Chairman requested an executive session.
Adjournment: 1220
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Secretary
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IAC Meeting, 8 July 1958
ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Mr. Sherman Kent
Dr. Otto Guthe
Department of State
Mr. Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Mr. Theodore Nelson
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Pratt
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. McCord
Department of the Navy
Captain W. S. Howell
Commander C. A. Shaw
Department of the Air Force
Colonel David S. Grist
Colonel C. J. Stattler, Jr.
Colonel Richard B. Hibbert
Lieutenant Colonel Jesse G. Pickering, III
Mr. Donald F. Benjamin
CIA
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The Joint Staff
Colonel J. M. Pittman, USA
Colonel D. M. Garvey, USA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Meffert Kuhrtz
GMIC
Colonel Earl McFarland
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