ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 1121, Temporary M. Building 26th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. 1000 hours, 24 June 1959

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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
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C ntrol No. 4/ f
2 June 1959
EIC-M-80
Minutes of.Meeting.Held in1_
Room 121, Temporary M.Building
26th and Constitution Avenue, N. W.-`
1000 hours, . 24+ June '9
PRESENT:
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, Chairman
25X1A9a Vice Chairman
Mr. Bennett V. S. Davis, Department of the Navy
Mr. John W. Easton, Joint Staff
Mr. Kingsley W. Hamilton, Department of the Air Force
Mr. J. Duncan Holmes, Department of the Army
Dr. Norris G. Kenny, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Mr. Edwin F. Jones, Department of State
Mr. Edward R. Van Sant, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Commander Thomas W. Walsh, Department of the Navy
-- Mrs. Doris Whitnack, Department of State
25X9A8 National Security Agency
*Mr. Carney G. Laslie, Jr., Department of Commerce
25X1A9a *Mr. George H. White, Department of Commerce
25X1A9a Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a , Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a Central Intelligence Agency
25X1A9a EIC/S
Executive Secretary
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
1. The Minutes of the EIC Meeting of 11 February 1959 (EIC-M-79)
were approved.
* Present during part of meeting.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
2. The Chairman introduced Commander Thomas W. Walsh, USN, the
newly designated Navy representative to the EIC, vice commander Charles B.
Brouillette, who has been assigned other duties.
3. Mrs. Doris Whitnack, who has replaced Mr. Robert P. Terrill, was
introduced as the State Department Member on the BIC.
4. The Chairman announced that he had been unofficially notified that
Air Force had designated Colonel Robert P. Bliss as their Representative
to the EIC.
5. The Chairman announced that the Secretariat would prepare a draft
EIC Annual Report to the USIB and that the draft report would be put before
the Committee for its approval sometime in July. Members were asked to
get in touch with the Secretariat as soon as possible should they have
specific suggestions regarding the contents of the Annual Report.
CONSIDERATION OF "A SUMMARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRANSPORT OF
COMMUNIST CHINA, 1957-56"
6. Discussion: The ee draft report on "A Summary of
International Trade and Transport of Communist China, 1957-58" was reviewed.
The Chairman gave a brief background of the summary report, stating that it
had been prepared in accordance with thed recommendations of the
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EIC (IAC-M-1, 1 June 1 58 ).
7. Action: The EIC approved the Summary after some modification,
and authorized the Secretariat to incorporate the revisions which had
been agreed to and to make editorial changes as required.
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8. Action: The designation of the summary paper was changed from
EIC-Rl-S7 to EIC-R16 to distinguish it from the earlier reports on the
subject of China's Trade and Transport since this report is a replacement
for, rather than a continuation of, the R1 Series.
9. Action: The Chairman recommended and the members agreed, subject
to Department of the Navy concurrence, that the report be released to the
fNavy subsequently concurred on 29 June 1959
DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING ON CI CNA TRADE
AND TRANSPORT:
10. Discussion: The Chairman and the Vice Chairman expressed their
year in view of the success of review of individual agency
view that the updating of this Summary Report could be dispensed with next
-reports by the subcommittees; and because of the large number of man-hours
required to produce the report does not seem justified in light of other
intelligence being prepared on significant aspects o- the subject. Comments
were invited and discussion followed.
11. Action: It was agreed that the Summary Report on China's Trade
and Transport would be updated next year because of its current usefulness
to a number of the agencies and departments and their components. It was
also agreed that the program of Subcommittee review and approval of the
summaries and principal conclusions of reports bearing on Communist China's
trade and transport was most useful and should be continued.CThe Chairman
also noted, and the members agreed, that extension of this review and ap-
'`t?f Iproval procedure to other Subcommittees would be useful in terms of the EIC's
responsibilities for the coordination of eoonomic intelligence
12. The Chairman stated that he would report these actions to the
USIB in the EIC.'s Annual Report to the Intelligence Board.
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PROPOSAL OF EIC SUBCOMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM FOR PROJECT, "MILITARY CONSUMPTION
OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SINO-SOVIET BLOC, 1958 AND FORECAST FOR 1959"
(EIC-PSC-WP-3
13. Discussion: The Chairman called attention to a memorandum to the
EIC, previously distributed to the members, from the Chairman of the EIC
Subcommittee on Petroleum which proposed updating EIC-PSC-WP-2 (Limited
Distribution), Military Consumption of Petroleum Products, 1956-57. Discussion
followed and the Joint Staff Representative, suggested that 25X1A9a
estimates of civil as well as military petroleum consumption would be use-
ful if incorporated in a single paper. CIA/ORR agreed to investigate the
feasibility of incorporating civil consumption estimates into the Working
Paper.
14+. Action: The proposal for updating the project was approved,
including, if possible, the incorporation of estimates of civilian consumption
of petroleum products during the same time period. The Chairman commended
the Subcommittee for the display of initiative shown in preparing and
keeping current this estimate.
Electronics Conferences been largely geared to intelligence on the
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15. Discussion: The Chairman stated that,~~~, t e~
T,ATTUF TO THE
1960 INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE ON SOVIET ELECTRONICS: I i yh 25X1X7R
scientific and technical aspects of Soviet Bloc electronics with but little
emphasis on the economic side. The last conference,
_ was primarily a scientific and technical conference with a final,
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two-day session dealing with economic intelligence on the Soviet electronics
and telecommunications industries. The Conference was very successful in'
terms of bringing the S&T and the economic intelligence communities to-
gether on common problems. The Chairman brought to the attention of the
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members a memorandum from the Electronics & Telecommunications Subcommittee 25X1A9a
Chairman to the SIC Electronics Subcommittee Chairman,
regarding the next Electronics Conference. Three recom-
mendations for planning future conferences were suggested in Paragraph }+
of the memorandum and Dr. Guthe invited the members to comment on these
recommendations.
16. Action: The members concurred in the substance of the ETSCis 25X1A9a
recommendations contained in the memorandum to and suggested
that the Chairman of theEIC report this endorsement to the Chairman of
the SIC.
Subcommittee Chairmen that the Subcommittees discuss their mutual interest
NEW BUSINESS:
17. Departm9nt of the Army Representative, J. Duncan Holmes, called
attention to the Soviet Exhibit opening in New York soon and asked if any
provision had been made for the coordination of intelligence interest in
the exhibit.
The Chairman stated that it was his clear understanding that any
intelligence exploitation of the fair was to be done under the auspices
of the USIB Community, through the Executive Secretary of the USIB Committee
on Exchanges. It was agreed that the Secretariat would suggest to the E
Executive Secretary
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