ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Minutes of Special Meeting Held in Room 2125, Temporary M Building 26th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. 2 February 1956

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• Publication Date: February 14, 1956
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CIA Control No- 457).O9
EIC-H-51 (rev.)
3h February 1956
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE CCMITTEE
Minutes of Special Meeting Held in
Room _2125, Temoorar "M?" Building
26th Street and C 1etitution Avenue, N. W.
2 February 1956
PRESENT
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, CIA. Chairman
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Mr. Bennet',. Davis, Navy
Mr. Edward Doherty, State
Mr., John Easton,. JCS
Mr. Kings14.ry Hamilton, Air Force
Comdr. Robrtrt E. Hawthorne, Navy
Mr a D=caai Holmes, Army
Comdr. Buss W. Spores Navy
CIA, Vice Chairman
olonel William C. Baird
Air Force
EIC, Principal Staff Economist
, EIC, Executive Secretary
EIC WOREI??C GROUP ON SING-SOVIET BLOC ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES PERTAINYNG TO
le Discussion: After describing the desire of Mr. Joseph Dodge,
Chairman o ff' a Touncil of Foreign Economic Policy,, to receive coordinated
inte:lligenco support In regard to the subject problem, the Chairman dis-
tributed p_rnposed terms of reference for an ETC Working Group to provide
the inte3_1 ;ence requested. The members considered these draft terms of
reference in detail, suggesting a number of minor modifications. The
State Depe: ement member stated that he hoped OIR could make available a
suitable chairman for the new group and Mr. Henry Brodie was then sug.
Bested,
sub,-,sect to availability.
2. fiction: The EIC (with the exception of the Navy member who re-
served his -position) approved terms of reference for the new group; (#
hed-), The members also voted to approve Mr. Brodie as the new
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chairman ?;ubject to the State Department's confirmation of his availability,
(Navy wwit drew its reservations and approved the Terms of Reference an
8 Februarz 1956).
REVISED RIPORT OF GUIDED MISSILES WORKING GROUP
3. Discussion: The Chairman recapitulated the principal issues
which had been r sed at the previous week's EIC consideration of the
report of the Guided Missiles Working Group, Following general dia-
cussion, ",~ which the Chairman of the Guided Missiles Working Group
participat:~d,, the Air Force member proposed that the revised report of
the Working Group be "noted", without EIC action on the specific rec-
ommeaadatio~xs m- with some of which various members disagreed. Several
membere hx,ressed a desire for guidance from the new IAC Guided Missiles
Intelligena::e Committee before undertaking further EIC activity in this
field. In the interest of avoiding further delay in obtaining the U. S.
counterpar'll data which members of the EIC Working Group had been seeking
to collect the members encouraged CIA to proceed with unilateral action
to obtain ':hese data as a straight CIA requirement.
ti. :,.ctian:
T' he EIC:
a. noted the revised report of the Guided Missiles
Words:?ng Group, with the understanding that this action did not
imply-- approval of any of the specific recommendations therein.
b, authorized the Chairman to write to the Chairman
of e new IAC Guided Missiles Intelligence Committee request-
ing ui;.dance as to continuation of BIC activity in this field
as a matter of some urgency,
C. encouraged the CIA to proceed, with whatever action
it felt appropriate, to collect counterpart requirements pr -
vioa.irily drawn up by members of the EIC Working Group, provided
that these were identified as CIA rather than EIC requirements,
Executive Secretary
Economic Intelligence Committee
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