ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING HELD IN ROOM 1109, TEMPORARY 'M' BUILDING 26TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W. OCTOBER 18 1955 AAT 1400 HOURS

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• Publication Date: October 18, 1955
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Control No. 456269
EIC-M-47
ECO lIC INTELLIGENCE CCMCVIT
Minutes of Special Meeting Held in
96='- 1109 Tiii?~ 711, _ ,"wilding
26th Street and Constitution Avenue N W
Mtober-M at hours
PRESEOT
25X1A9a Dr' Otto E. Guthe, CIA, Chairman
CIA, Vice Chairman
Colonel William C. Baird, Air Force
Mr. Duncan Holmes, Army
Mr. John Easton, JCS
Commander Burns Spore, Navy
Mr. Philip Trezise, State (by proxy)
on' Air Force
25X1 A9 Mr- Kingsley -
. Bennett
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EIC/S, Principal Staff Economist
EIC, Ececutive Secretary,
GUIDED MISSILES C PART DATA REQU'IREi as MANUAL
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1. Discussion: This special meeting had been ed to consider
the six monks "report of the EIC Working Group on Gui Missiles,
EIC/D 117 dated 21 September 1955, and also to clarify teps which the
Working Group had taken to implement its proposed progr for collection
of counterpart data. The Chairman explained that the Working Group's
comprehensive listing of collection requirements was a working document
intended for use only within the Group. Its circulation outside the
immediate membership of the Working' Group had been unauthorized but had
resulted in widespread concern. He further explained that the Working
Group had agreed that CIA should be asked to undertake on a "test
basis" to collect certain selected counterpart data listed in this
manual, and to that end had authorized the ORR representatives on the
Working Group to "tailor" specific detailed requirements, from the
manual, to cover one or more particular guided missiles systems, and
to approach the responsible military services to work out mutually
acceptable arrangements for contacting their individual contractors.
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`A representative of the Office, of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Research and Development had been consulted to deter-
mine the extent of the counterpart data available in Depart eat
of Defense file*. Although a small portion of the desired in-
formation was reported to be in these files, by far the greater
portion was not. Accordingly, the Working Group had proceeded with
the next step outlined in Para. 8 of their report, namely to "fast"
the remaining req iirem ents on the contractors involved in-production
of the Nike I. ,kpparentl,y, however, this Sept. 30 request to G.-2
had been responsible for the inquiries from Office of the See-
retai of Defense levels.? which had been concerned with the in-
tentioaas oft , EIC to implement collection of the counterpart data
listed in the Working Group?s far more extensive requirements manual
the only document which had come to OSD attention.)
2. The Chairman further described his conversation with
Mr. Klein of the OS Research and Development Policy Council. The
latte had reporte the specific request'f
t with the
Nike;contractors coiaidered at ~t OSD and that
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representatives of the military services had been asked to state
their. views. The present special meeting of the EIC had been called
in order to provide members with the above background information.
SIX MONTHS REPORT OF EIC WOR 1G GROUP ON C JIDED MISSIIw
I. Discussion: The six months report of the Working Group
was then consIere together with a number of.suggested clarifications
and corrections which had been proposed by individual members (see
EIC/D 117/2, revised, of 18 October 1955)? It was generally felt
that decisions as to the future of this. Group should await the receipt
of additional information from the Working Group as to progress under
their previously assigned respon b Ltties, 9415
k. Action: The EIC authorized the continuation of the Working
Group under s"original terms of referepce until 31 December 1955
pending the determination of its future status.
Group to:
The Executive Secretary was asked to request the Working
a. Rewrite its report and recommendations so as to
incorporate more specific statements of progress in its
assigned activities under Parss. 1 through 4 of its
original terms of reference, and to identify mare preen .
cisely its recommendations as called for under Paras. 1
through 3 of these terms of reference.
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b. Race account in this resubanission of a number of
detailed textual corrections and clarifications which had
been proposed by various ETC ambers (see EIC/D 117/2
revised 18 October 1955).
a. Bring up to date their statement of steps taken in
connection with ementation of their proposed program
for collection of counter t data, including particutari r
the extent to which such data may already be available in
Depat,nt of Defense files.
d. Estimate the costs involved in the carrying out of
the Working Group's proposed counterpart program and the
extent, if any, to which this might cause delays in U. S.
guided missiles development and/or production.
e. Until further notice to make no contacts of con-
tractors, in connection with ETC Working Group counterpart
activities, without the specific consent of the EIC.
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Executive Secretary
Eeonowde Intelligence Cc 1ttee
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