ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting Held in Room 2125, Temporary M Building 26th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. 8 March 1956

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
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• Publication Date: April 4, 1956
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ECONOMIC IN LLI^ENCE CO! IT!L E
Us of MeetjngHele
Control No. 457956
EIC4Id-52 (rev. )
4 April 1956
26th Street and Cax~stitutn*+ ~vtse?,
8 March 1956
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Drs Otto E. Guthe, CIA. Chairman
olonel William C. Baird, Air Force
CIA, Vice Chairman
Mr, Bennett Davis, Navy
Mr. Edward Doherty, State
Mr.: John Easton, JCS
Mr,, George Ce Fowler, Army
Mr. Kingsley HarmiltonA Air Force
Commander Robert E. Hawthorne, Navy
Commander R. H. Hirshfeld, MN,, JCS
Mrs Duncan Holmes, Arr
Mr. Edwin F. Jones, State
Colonel E. Ms Pos tlethwait, Army
FICA Principal Staff 6;onomist
FICA Executive Secretary
ANNOUNCE14ENTS OF CHAI! 4AN
The UhaUn reported that the minutes of the last two meetings
(on 26 Janmwy and 2 February) had been approved on 13 February k
action. interim
2? The Chairman explained that the Bibliography of Economic, Techn1c,l
and Scientific Guide Requirements, then being distributed to the EIC
members (EIC-D,.138, 8 March 1956, had been prepared b ,.,r the EIC S;.abcommitte(e
on Requirements and Facilities for Collations in consultation with memterre
of the scientific intelligence coTaTWjitiy'o Since the individual Y- guive6Mnj-A
manuals listed include economic, tech nical and scient . is subjects it was
proposed t t release of this publication be approved jointly by the
Economic Intelligence Committee and the Scientific Estimates Corny ttee.
Accordingly., drafts were being distributed simultaneously to members of
both committees
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3. Action: It was agreed that EIC ors would review thin=
bibl iogt a and take Interim action to approve :ts release., or to
surest modificationo.
4. Discussion: The representative of the Department of State
reported r 1e- on the activities of the new EIC Working Croup on
Sino'Soviet Bloc Economic Activities in Underdeveloped Areas, and I;Ien
explained the recommendation that biweekly publicat4o s 1.n this aerie
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The repmsentative of
the Joint Staff then offered a number of suggestions for improving the
format and coverage of the biweekly reports, and particularly urged
that non-LAC agencies with Important capabilities or interests in this
field be brought into these working-group activities.
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The committee requested the Chairman to address letters to
principal associate (non-IAC) members of the EIC, requesting c< ntE:
on and suggestions for the new biweekly publication, and asking if
they wish to contribute to this activity.
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5. Action: The EIC members agreed to further review the appro-
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8. Consideration of this agenda item was deferred.
ANNOUNCHKENT OF NEW HERS
9. The Secretariat distributed lists of the new repre-
sentatives recently designated to the EIC and its various sub-
committees and working groups.
Executive Secretary
Economic Intelligence Committee
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