DETAILED AGENDA

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• Publication Date: April 11, 1956
• Content Type: AG

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11 April 1956
DETAILED AGENDA
1. Announcements of Chairman
be kept in mind in future editions. A proposed outline for the TAB C_2
(a) Revised minutes of the last meeting, held on 8 March TAB B
1956, (which had been amended to include several revised wordings
proposed by members and to incorporate the results of follow-up
actions by the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman) were distributed
to the EIC members on 4 April 1956. These revised minutes were
to be regarded as approved unless members notified the Secretariat
to the contrary by.COB of Friday, 6 April. No such notifications
having been received the minutes are considered approved.
(b) The first meeting of the enlarge Working Group on Sino-
Soviet Bloc Economic Activities in Underdeveloped Areas was held
on Tuesday, 10 April. There was a discussion of the general format
of the Biweekly Reports and a number of suggestions made which will TAB C-1
first background study was distributed and discussed. Further
suggestions of participating agencies may be made direct to the
Chairman of that Working Group. Initial contributions are to be
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(d) EIC-S-21. A semi-annual listing of internal and external separa-
tely)
research (EIC-S-21) has been disseminated. All members should have
copies. The annual listing (EIC-S-22) is now about to go to press,
but it will take another 50 to 90 days before this can be out in
printed form.
(e) Eight Months Progress Report of EIC Activities. TAB E
An eight months progress report on EIC activities ts~ tc3:`b& .-distributed
to members as they come in to the room. The Secretariat will be
glad to receive any comments.
(') GMIC Reply to EIC. In response to the Chairman's letter TAB F
to GMIC, inquiring as to the ways in which the EIC might best
support WIC activities, the latter have requested copies of all
papers produced by the EIC Working Group on Guided Missiles, but
advised the EIC that "it would appear to be unnecessary and un-
desirable for the EIC to proceed further with coordination of in-
telligence research on production aspects of Soviet guided missiles
(g) Transportation Logistics Working Group. CIA was glad to
receive a formal invitation from the Assistant Chief of Staff, TAB G
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Intelligence, Department of the Army, to participate in a full-
time interagency working group to deal with problems of estimating
transportation capabilities -- particularly for land transportation.
This was in line with earlier recommendations of our Subcommittee
on Transportation and followed a number of discussions of such
arrangements in the main EIC -- and 8 months actual experience
with a similar arrangement in our Vol working groupA After con-
sultation with Col. Postlethwait, CIA accepted the invitation --
clarifying, for the record, that this would be a genuine interagency
group for which the Chairman and administrative support would be
provided by ACSI, but which would also report to the EIC Subcommittee
on Transportation. The Subcommittee will review and the EIC will
publish projects prepared by the Group on suggestions of interagency
interest upon which it desired to have interagency agreed intelligence.
CIA has promised to provide the equivalent of one analyst's full
time (Col. Baird may wish to comment on AFOIN's response).
(h) Emergency Plan (Operation Alert')' A working group of the
IAC has been asked to draft recommendations for the operations of
the IAC and its principal subcommittees in wartime or under an TAB H
assumed wartime condition -- particularly for Operation Alert for
1956. This working group has now agreed upon a report which is being
laid before the IAC. This report includes a specific recommendation
that each of the IAC subcommittees be instructed to undertake their
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Action Desired: Approve recommendations of Agriculture
Subcommittee.
2. Report of Agriculture Subcommittee on State Department's Proposed
Project -- "Policies, Performance and Prospects of Soviet Agriculture."
can say a bit more about what the EIC is expected to do.)
own specific planning for their own operations in an emergency.
was invited to attend as an "observer" and
Discussion: Basically the Subcommittee found that necessary
personnel and manhours could not be made available for total re-
search called for by the proposed outline. Sections A and B
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(i.e., "Current Status" and "Near-Term Prospects") can be prepared
by utilizing research already available and dividing responsibilities
for pulling these parts of the study together among the three
agencies most directly concerned, namely, CIA, Agriculture and
State. The Subcommittee concluded that there was little prospect
for getting crucial long-term aspects underway -- for which
Parts A and B were to have provided the background. The study will
take nearly 15 months.
It is planned that the Agriculture Subcommittee will complete
its coordination on or before 15 June 1957 to enable the final
coordinated draft to be delivered to the Economic Intelligence Com-
mittee Secretariat about i Jules 1957 for the consideration of the
EIC.
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3. Proposed EIC Contributions to NIE 11-6-56, "Capabilities and
Trends of Soviet Science and Technology"
Action Desired: Approval of the Vice Chairman's sug-
gestion, namely, that ORR/CIA be asked to prepare'a draft of
the contributions requested by 26 April 1956, and that this
draft be cleared by 30 April with the EIC members.
Discussion: (See Vice-Chairman's letter attached as
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4. Statement of Priority of National Economic Intelligence
Objectives.
Action Desired:
a. Approval in principle of the recommendation that the EIC
formulate a statement of priority national economic intelligence
objectives based on the Statement of Priority National Intelligence
Objectives in DCID 1./5, and
b. Agreement that contributions
statement of Priority National Economic Intelligence objectives
be submitted to the Secretariat; that the Secretariat compile a
revised draft statement embodying such corrections and additions".
and that this revised draft statement. be considered at the next
EIC meeting.
Discussion: Revised Priority National Intelligence Objectives
(DCID 4+/5) were approved by the IAC on 18 October 1955. A number of
suggestions have been made (over the past 12 months) for an
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expansion of these approved objectives to
a. spell out in greater detail the specific scientific,
economic, military and political objectives implied by the overall
listing -- as a better guide for research programming in these
separate fields.,
b. develop specific priority collection requirements needed
to implement studies on the various priority "objectives" listed.
In January 1955 (based on DCID 4/4 -- the last previous draft of
Priority National Intelligence Objectives) OCI undertook a "detailed
spelling-out" of priority collection requirements which included
economic along with other types., of intelligence. This paper still
represents the "last word" in community efforts to derive specific
collection requirements from the National Intelligence Objectives.
OqtTo aid research planning.,.-the SEC (assisted by the JAEIC) took the
lead in developing an expanded statement of Priority National
Scientific and Technical Intelligence Objectives (IAC-D-508,
27 December 1955); and this effort was commended by the IAC on
10 January 1956 with a statement that the effort "... might be
extended to other fields, to derive objectives in a particular
field based on the overall Priority National Intelligence Objectives."
an ERA draft. While it represents a reasonably complete coverage
of objectives for the economies of the Sino-Soviet Bloc it includes
only an abbreviated outline of objectives for military economics
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and for the economies of Free world countries. Furthermore you may
wish to point out that many of the objectives related to Free
World economies were placed (in DCID 4+/5) in the third priority
categories -- and that developing world conditions may warrant
recommendations of a higher priority vP some of these objectives.
For example, priority 3-D might well be included in the second
priority in the next revision of DCID 1+/5. In any event you should
ask that State Department undertake to provide additional detail
under Items II, i, j and k, and III.
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5. Post Mortem on NIE 13-56, "Chinese Communist Capabilities and TAB L
Probable Courses of Action through 1960"
Note: This item was on the agenda of the last EIC meeting
(8 March 1956) but was deferred. has asked to attend
the briefing on this item)
Action Desired: The EIC should either:
a. Instruct the EIC Secretariat to draw the attention of
appropriate subcommittees to problems in their field identified
in the subject Post-Mortem -- requesting the subcommittees to
report on remedial actions being taken, prior to the next EIC
meeting. rTn the case of several items not directly under a
specific subcommittee -- such as levels of consumption, and
armaments -- the Secretariat should request brief reports from
the agency with primary responsibility (in these cases ORR and the
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b. Alternatively, to designate an ad hoc EIC group to make
the contacts with the various responsible subcommittees and agencies
and report back to the EIC on remedial steps taken or contemplated.
f1f this procedure is preferred -- after other members have named
their representatives, you should designate as the 25X1A9a
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serve as Secretary)
Discussion: A detailed Secretariat brief on the individual
economic problems mentioned in the Post-Mortem is attached. TAB M
It is understood that has asked ERA to prepare its
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Action Desired: EIC approval of the recommendation (in 0
Paragraph 7) in the Chairman's memorandum of 9 April -- i.e.,
establishment of an EIC Working Group to prepare the described
study on the Middle East Oil situation. Proposed Terms of Reference
should be submitted to the EIC before the end of April, and with 4 Al
a proposed due date for the final study prior to 1 August 1956.
Discussion: The background of this proposal is fairly well
summarized in your memorandum of 9 April 1956. ONE has been
interested in the sort of study suggested and has discussed this
with ERA analysts previously.
In view of the technical character of the study desired, it
is recommended that this study be done as an EIC project with
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some participation in the review of the Terms of Reference by
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ONE. This proposal has been discussed with Mr. - of the
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The principal capability in the community is in Interior,
OSD and ORR. ICA is interested in participating in this study.
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I Frank Charrette, the ICA representative., is attending the present
must necessarily be limited largely to peace-time considerations.
(Mr. Williams and most of the rest of the community appear to agree).
meeting primarily for the purpose of participating in the discussion
of this agenda item. ZAn ad hoc group is recommended in preference
to assigning this problem to our Standing Subcommittee on Petroleum
in order to assure higher priority for the study and the tapping
of personnel in the non-IAC agencies who are at higher levels than
those normally participating in the Subcommittee's work
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On the other hand some reference to war-time aspects of the
problem might be brought in by drawing on previously agreed PAD
(Petroleum Administration for Defense) and NSC Planning Board
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reports in this field. It is recommended that the possibilities
of doing this be considered by the ad hoc working group to be
established and incorporated in their proposed "Terms of Reference"
for this study.
7. Other business
No other business is expected to be brought up, aside from
such business as may be suggested by your announcements or by
earlier items on the agenda.
8. Announcements of New Members
Lists to be distributed to members.
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