MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 214, DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUILDING

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August 21, 1946
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Approved For Release 2006/12/27: CIA-RDP85S00362R000700010018-4 ' N; I.A. 6th I?'oct' .ng COPY NO.-- ~) (LIMITED DISTRIBUTION) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY Minutes of Meeting held in Room 214, Department of State Building, on Wednesday, 21 August 1 946 at -11:00 a?m 1\IEMBERS PRESENT Acting Secretary of State Doan Acheson, in the Chaij:: Secretar7T of War Robert P. Patterson SecrotaA of the Navy James Forrostal Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Personal Roprosontative of the Prosident. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Director of Central. Intclligonco. ALSO-PRESENT J Assistant Socrot8ry of State William Denton Colon?1 William A. Eddy, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Vats for Research and Intel l igonco Mr: John D. Hicke,rson, Department of Sta o Colonel Charles W. McCarthy, USA Captain. Robert L. Dennison, USN SECRETARIAT i? 1r . James S. Lay, Jr., Socretar y, N . I . A. ti1ORIl :DF ICS 123014( its Chan; to it?as. SECRET NIA 6th Meeting . oewasduetJ GI.;sw. Changed to: TS Sez1 Review Date: AWh.: Hf`i~+3J-3 qq Approved For Release 2006112/27: CIA-RDP85SO0362R000700010018-4 Approved For Release 2006/12/27: CIA-RDP85S00362R000700010018-4 SECRET i . COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO FOREIGN ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALITIES TN -.I- J SECRETARY PATTERSON stated that the present position is that, despite the Prosidont's directive establishing N.I.A. and its implementation, the Manhattan Engineer District under General Groves has a small division collecting information on foreign activities in the field of atomic energy. It seemed to Secretary Patterson sonsoloss to have this division isolated without any connection with or relationship to C . I. G. H:; stated that ho had talked with General Groves about this problem. Secretary Patterson believes that the N.I.A. will be carrying out the President's directive only if this division is trans- ferrod. He is not concerned particularly as to where it is transferred, although ho approves the proposed transfer to C .I. G. Th:Ls intoll L_gcncc division has nothing to do with the Manhattan Engincor District proper and therefor:- has nothing: to do with the Atomic Energy Commission. Even if it did, it would still conic under the terms of the President's directive to N.I.A. At the present time the intelligence on this subject is lost and 'i_s not ava'ilablo to the agencies represented on N.I.A. SECRETARY FORRESTAL questioned whether it is intond.:(5 to deny the use of this information to the Atomic Energy Commission. SECRETARY PATTERSON felt that the information involved has nothing to do with ideas for improving our own atomic energy program since we arc already so far ah ad of other nations. SECRETARY ACHESON said that he was troubled by this and had spoken about it to the President who was not fa.ni.l _a with it. S"cretaz Acheson said that ho had been informed that the Atomic Energy Commission would be almost ent re dependent o-,-. foreign sources of uranium ors; . He undo, s toed. that it was one function of General Groves' intelligence