ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 1121, Temporary M Building 26th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. 8 August 1957

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• Publication Date: August 14, 1957
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Control No.. 463829
EIC-M-62
14 August 1957
Minutes of Meeting Held in
Room 1121, Temporary M Building
26th Street and Constitution Avenue, N. W.
8 August 1957
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PRESENT
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, CIA, Chairman
CIA, Vice Chairman
Dr. Wilhelm Anderson, Department of Agriculture
Colonel Robert M. Brewer, Department of the Army
Commander Charles B. Brouillette, Department of the Navy
Mr.
Mr.
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Bennett V. S. Davis., Department of the Navy
John W. Easton, Joint Staff (JCS)
Charles E. Grim, Department of Commerce
Philip C. G. Habib, Department of State
Kingsley W. Hamilton, Department of the
Leon M. Herman, Department of Commerce
CIA
Mr. Robert P. Terrill, Department of State
Mr. Edward R. Van Sant, Office of the Secretary
Mrs. Doris S. Whitnack, Department of State
, EIC/S.Staff Economist
EIC Executive Secretary
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. The minutes of the EIC meeting of 23 July 1957 were approved.
* Present during part of meeting only.
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INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBER
2. The Chairman introduced and welcomed to his first meeting
Charles E. Grim,: the new alternate representative of the Department
of Commerce.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CHAIRMAN:
3. The Chairman indicated that copies of the earlier EIC surveys
of professional personnel engaged in economic intelligence research
within the US Government would be distributed to the-SIC representatives,
and that in undertaking a new survey covering this field it would be
necessary to rely heavily on the associate member agencies (see item 7,
EIC-M-61).
4. The Chairman announced that a coordinated statement on economic
intelligence had been forwarded to the IAC Secretariat for use in the
IAC Annual Report to the National Security Council on the Status of the
Foreign Intelligence Program (see Item 5) EIC-M-61).
5. The Chairman announced that the EIC-approved statement of
Priority National Economic Intelligence Objectives had been forwarded to
the 2AC and would be placed on the agenda for consideration at an early
IAC meeting. The statement of Priority National Economic Intelligence
Objectives had been reviewed by the Board of National Estimates for
conformity to the basic Priority National Intelligence Objectives, as
directed by the IAC, and was found to conform to DCID 4/6.
6. The Chairman announced that the CFEF had requested him and
Mr. Terrill to arrange for brief, quarterly summaries of Sino-Soviet
Bloc economic activities in underdeveloped areas for use by the Council.
The.first such .summary, based largely on Biweekly Report materials, was
well received.
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EIC-Ri4-S3 "SINO-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED
AREAS 1 JANUARY THROUGH 30 JUNE 1.957
7. Discussion:
The Working Group-approved draft report was considered. The
EIC representatives present (and the representative of the International
Cooperation Administration in a previous communication) agreed that
EIC-R14-S3 was a most satisfactory report, and the best in the series
to date. A number of suggested modifications were discussed and agreed.
8. Action:
The EIC approved ETC-R14-S3, authorizing the Secretariat to
incorporate the revisions which had been agreed and to make additional
editorial changes as required. The Chairman, speaking for the EIC
members, commended the Working Group and the Secretariat for their
efforts and for the fine report they had produced.
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