ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 2125, TEMPORARY 'M' BUILDING 26TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W. 23 JUNE 1955

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Minutes off IlegliLlir- Held in
Room 2125, Tesmnorary "Ii" dUjjdjDZ
26th Street andConstitution Avenue N.W.
3June 155
PTW')Q-IT
, CIA, Vice Chairman
Colonel. ',illiam C. Baird, Air Force
Fir. Bennett Davis, Navy
Mr. Edward Doherty, State
P"r. John Easton, JCS
Mr. Kingsley Hamilton, Air Force
Mr. Duncan Holmes, Army
Dr. Louis G. Michael, EIC Subcommittee on Agriculture
Yr. Fred J. Rossiter. Agriculture
C, Principal Staff Economist
ESC, .Executive Secretary
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APPROVAL OF r4IP?UT:r. i
1. The minutes of the EIC meeting of 7 April 1955 ( C44_43)
were anoroved as written.
DISCUS3IO1I RE ARDING REQUESTTr.D SEC REPORT GPI C"ORDINATION OF GUIDED
2. Discussion: The Chairman reviewed briefly the discussion at
the IAC meeting of 14 June 1955 (IAC..Nw200) on the proposed DCID 3/6,
"Establishment of a Guided Missile Intelligence Committee". At this
IAC meeting it had been suggested that an alternative to setting up
a new Guided Missile Intelligence Committee might be to broaden the
charter of the Scientific Estimates Committee. Following further
discussion the IAC had deferred action on the draft directive pending
r 1 .s
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Otto E. Guthe. CIA. Chairman
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receipt of a report prepared by the SEC in coordination with the EICo
This report waq to ". include a proposal of how the objectives
of the draft DCID could be met by SEC, the changes in SEC's charter
which an assumrtion of this responsibility would entail, and an
evaluation of current Air Force efforts in the field of guided missile
intelligence".
3. Acmes It was agreed that the Chairman would consult with the
SEC Chairman in connection with the preparation of this report, and
would confer further with the EIC members as necessary.
REPORT OF THE SPFCIAL WORIaNG GROUP FOR EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC
NUTORT
4e Discussion, The Chairman discussed briefly the background of
the Dorking Group for the Evaluation of Economic Intelligence Support
which was established by the EIC on 23 September 1954 pursuant to the
recommendation of the EIC in its Third Annual Progress Report tb the 25X1A9a
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to talk to the Report of the t:Torking Group and the recom-
mendations to the EIC contained therein.
After comments 25X1A9a
by and the other members of the Working
Group, Colonel tU'illiam C. Baird, Air Force, and Mr. Edward Doherty,
State, the Chairman asked for further comment by the other members of
the EICo The Navy, representative, Mr. Bennett Davis, and the Army repre-
sentative, Mro Duncan Holmes, indicated reservations concerning acceptance
of the recomendations of the Working Group,
5. Action: After further discussion the EIC noted the report of
the Working Group, and agreed to consider its recommendations further
at a later time.
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PRO SAL FOR EM STUDY ON SOVIET AGRICULTURAL DEVEIAPI1EN1S
6o Discussiont The Chairman reported and commented on a proposal
uw:upaa.ar?r
by the State Department for an EIC coordinated study on Soviet agricult-
ure, as indicated in the EIC memorandum of 15 June 1955 on "State
Department Proposal for Coordinated Study on Soviet Agriculture" and
the attached "Tentative Outline for Proposed EIC Study" o
The State Department member? Mr* Doherty, indicated that the
object of the proposed study would be to provide the intelligence
ctmsmunsity with a thorough and well-documented analysis of the policies,
performance" and prospects of Soviet agricultureo The specific
purpose of the proposed study would be "o , e to provide as definite an
answer as possible to the question: Is the state of Soviet agriculture
likely to affect decisively Soviet foreign poi::y and straw ur is p1an? ing
during the foreseeable future and if so, how?"
The Chairman noted that although several studies were already planned
or in progress in. CIA/ORR covering various aspects of Soviet agricultsure,
the resources which would permit the completion of such a comprehensive
study of Soviet agricultural capabilities as was indicated by State to
be completed during fiscal year 1956 were not presently available in
the intelligence comunityo He agreed, `ic'wever, that there was need for
such a project to be undertaken and completed as soon as feasibleo
Chairman of the EIC Subcon-dttee on Agriculture,
indicated that he considered the State Department outline of the
proposed study to be excellent, and agreed that there was need for
undertaking a community-wide effort in this fieldo He suggested that
the matter be referred to the Subcommittee on Agriculture for consider-
ati.on0
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7. l?c tt ons It was weed to submit the propos~,A for an LIC
study on Soviet agriculture to the Subcommittee on ,,iculture to
review the research completed'and in progress which beare uIon the
PIC-R-U 'The Ddlence of Payments of, the
dations to the EIC*
aented on the Subcommittee, and to rc art ,'their . findings and , recd ien-
problem, to consider the capabilities of the various rn7encies r re-
as of 5 _16 1955. It is cxpectcd that the published report will be
i?. Dis ion.` The Chairman made tt,c follov1 ?.rmn:..nee^~ents.t
a. ?IC- -3, "Institutions and Arrangements In lAternational
Trade and Finance within the Soviet 31oc", was a^rrove rc a rcrort of
the Subcommittee on International Trade and'ing1ncc by intc ?i i action
disseminated during duly.
interim sction as of 13 rsW 1955. It. is expeeted that the published
Cog unist China with the Pree rorld?, was approved as an LI:C report. by
report will be diseenlnated during July.
Teonomic Research Pro3fcte on the Sino-,Soviet Ioc",' is expected to'
of Economic' Rese.,rch on C elected Perin
r acted to be distributed to the. ,1 IC members
durinp. July,, a~~er which they will be -as% ed to decide on the vclue of
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e, EIC-S-21, "1955 Semiannual Report of Internal :and
Fjcternal Economic Research Projects on the Sino-Soviet Bloc", has
been initiated. Members were asked to expedite t',e submission of
material for the survey.
f. The EIC Ad Hoc ?W 'orking Group on NIE-11-5-55, "Soviet Air
Defense Capabilities, 1955-1960", coordinated the CIA/OiR draft Step
Three contribution on "Soviet Bloc Economic Capabilities to Support
an Air Defense System, Current and Projected". This coordinated draft
has been forwarded to OTTE,
g. The draft of EIC-Rl-54, "Communist China's Imports and
1cports, 1954: Trade and Transport Involved", has been agreed by the
US-UN Working Group, and will be transmitted to the EIC for interim
action during the week of 27 June. It is hoped that the EIC-approved
report will be submitted to the IAC early in July,
he The Committee noted.the new members of the EIC and of its
subcommittees and working groups- a list of whom had been distributed
prior to the meeting;, ..
ANALYSIS OF EIC SUBCDi??TITTEE; ACTIVITIES
9. Discussion: The Chairman noted a memorandum from the Air Force
member on "Survey of EIC Subcommittees", and attached "Summary Analysis
of EIC Subcommittee Activities", which was distributed to the EIC members.
For this survey, Air Force members of the EIC subcommittees were asked
to evaluate the activities of the subcommittees to date, and to suggest
appropriate changes in functions.
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10. Ac?cttionn, After further discussion, it was agreed that each
main EIC member should conduct a similar survey among his agency?s
subcommittee members9 and that the results of these surveys a ad any
conclusions following therefrom should be discussed at an early ETC
meeting. The Secretariat will provide the members with the questions
asked by the Air Force member in conducting his survey,
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