MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 23 JULY 1957

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• Publication Date: July 23, 1957
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IAC-M-299
23 July 1957
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 23 July 1957
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, 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, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
United States Air Force
Colonel E. G. Van Orman, acting for Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
, Mr. Charles H. Reichardt, 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
16 July Meeting
(IAC -M-298)
Approved as written subject to the amendment of the fourth
sentence of para. 3 b to read:
"Admiral Frost reported on the naval situation
in the Gulf."
Z. Review of Crisis Situations
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 363
Noted.
b. Middle East
The Chairman noted a CIA memorandum entitled "Nasser's
Next Moves," which had been circulated prior to the meeting, and
commented on Nasser's manner of handling the transit of the Suez
Canal by a Danish vessel destined for Israel. In this connection,
Admiral Frost and the members discussed generally the question of
the passage of Israel-bound shipping through the Suez Canal and Gulf
of Aqaba, particularly the types of vessels potentially available, the
kinds of cargo which might be permitted to pass and the nature and
probable effectiveness of fortifications in the Straits of Tiran.
The Chairman and members then discussed recent develop-
25X1 ments in the Persian Gulf area (especially Muscat and Oman),
including reports on the size, composition and present deployment of
military forces in the area.
Mr. Kent
commented on the possible purpose of the recent uprising in Oman.
General Lewis informed the members on the number and types of
aircraft and air facilities in the area. In the course of their exchange
of views, the Chairman and members also discussed both the desira-
bility and practical difficulties of obtaining additional information on
the area.
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C. Indonesia
The Chairman raised the question of the recent elections
in central Java and Mr. Cumming commented in some detail on
their implications. In noting the seriousness of the developments,
he referred to matters such as the increase in Communist votes, the
possible effect on Sukarno's attitudes and activities and the possible
future voting trends in other areas of Indonesia. After Mr. Kent
noted that a new estimate on Indonesia was being drafted, Mr. Cumming
suggested, and the members concurred, that IAC consideration of
this estimate (presently scheduled for 13 August) be postponed until
after the forthcoming elections in East Java and the subsequent
celebration of "Independence Day's on 17 August. However, the Chair-
man noted that the Board of National Estimates should consider
disseminating a preliminary draft estimate to the agencies at an
earlier date.
d. Latin America
Mr. Cumming referred to a statement by Mr. Armstrong
at an earlier IAC meeting (IAC-M-282, 26 March 1957, item 4 b) with
respect to the Argentine situation and circulated to the members an
Intelligence Brief prepared by the Office of Intelligence Research
entitled 'Argentine Political Course." The Chairman suggested that
the members review this paper with a view to its possible discussion
at the next IAC meeting.
General Schow and Colonel Van Orman commented on
developments regarding the forthcoming elections in Panama and
the Chairman noted that this situation would bear watching.
3. Semi-Annual Report of IAC
Ad Hoc Committee on Exchanges
(IAC-D-103/5, 18 July)
Noted this report.
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4. Post-Mortem on NIE 11-3-57
Probable Intelligence Warning
of Soviet Attack on the US
Through Mid-1960
(Memorandum to IAC, 11 July)
Noted the findings and approved the recommendation of this
post-mortem.
5. Release of SNIE 50-57
Probable Developments in
the Kashmir Dispute
(Memorandum to IAC, 19 July)
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Agreed not to release this estimate to any foreign government.
7. Executive Session
At 1125 the Chairman requested an executive session.
Adjournment: 1155
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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