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

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• Publication Date: May 14, 1957

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14 May 1957
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 14 May 1957
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General R. H. Wienecke, Acting 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. Milton E. Jenkins, acting for Atomic Energy Commission
representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
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1. Approval of Minutes
7 May Meeting
(IAC -M-288)
Approved as written.
2. Review of Crisis Situations
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 353
Noted.
b. Indonesian Situation
The Chairman referred to certain recent developments in
Indonesia and Mr. Cumming noted the increased seriousness of the
situation, commenting particularly on the possible significance of the
presence of certain prominent individuals on Sumatra. The Chairman
stated that he might include material on this situation in his next NSC
briefing.
c. Middle East
The members discussed various aspects of the Middle
East situation including the deployment of French naval vessels in
the Djibouti area, possible future moves by Nasser, and matters
bearing on the British position in the Persian Gulf area. Reference
was also made to the situation in Yemen, with particular emphasis on
the desirability and possible means of increasing intelligence coverage
in that country.
3. Proposal for Survey of Sources
of Warning Information
(NICS-7-1233, 1 May, as revised
10 May; IAC-M-284, item 4)
Approved the proposed terms of reference for a Warning
Systems Survey Committee, as amended, and agreed that Mr.
J. J. Hitchcock should be chairman of that Committee. After
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General Wienecke raised a question with respect to the relationship
of USCIB to this Survey Committee, the members concurred in the
Chairman's suggestion that relevant documents be furnished to USCIB
and General Samford and that an effort be made to secure their co-
operation and assistance in the work of the subcommittee, as appropriate.
4. Proposal for Establishment of
Interagency Source Register
(IAC-D-54/3, 30 April)
Agreed to establish an interagency source register and approved
the procedures under which that register is to operate, as outlined in
the draft "Interagency Source Register Procedures" (Attachment to
IAC-D-54/3).
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Adjournment: 1140
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JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTES
1, No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of SNIE 36.5.57, "US Prospects in
Libya Over the Next Few Years," 7 May 1957 (IAC-M-288, Secretary's
Note).
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabe11
Mr. Robert Amory
Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Wayne Jackson
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Mr. William N. More11, Jr.
Mr. J. J. Hitchcock
Mr. Thomas H. Karamessines
Mr. Don Harris
Mr. John Heires
Department of State
Mr. William McAfee
Mr. Richard K. Stuart
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Pratt
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman
Mr. Rupert W. Guenthner
Department of the Navy
Captain W. S. Howell
Department of the Air Force
Colonel Harold E. Cotter
Colonel S. W. Fitz Gerald, Jr.
Colonel Horace G. Reeder, II
Colonel Lewis R. Long
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
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The Joint Staff
Colonel E. G. Van Orman, USMC
Colonel Joseph M. Pittman, USA
Colonel R. H. Agnew, USA
Colonel C. H. Dayhuff, Jr., USA
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