MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 13 DECEMBER 1955

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13 December 1955
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 13 December 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
*Pre siding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
*Pre siding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Ridgely Gaither, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IA C
Mr. Alan H. Belmont, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
*Part of meeting
Lieutenant General Ralph Canine, Director, National Security
Agency, attended part of the meeting.
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1. Report of the IAC Ad Hoc
Guided Missile Intelligence
Survey Committee
(IAC-D-81 / 13, 25 November 1955)
a. Colonel White, Chairman, Ad Hoc Guided Missile
Intelligence Survey Committee led off the discussion by sum-
marizing briefly-the conclusions reached by the Committee.
b. Admiral Layton, supported by Admiral Espe and
General Gaither, took the position that under existing NSC
directives, guided missiles intelligence, being intelligence on
weapons, fell clearly within the responsibility of the Department
of Defense. In short, that guided missiles intelligence is depart-
mental intelligence. He further expressed the view that the
creation of an IAC subcommittee on guided missiles was not the
answer to what is basically a collection problem.
c. General Samford stated that, based on the experience
of the Air Force as the primary collector of guided missiles intelli-
gence, he believed that there was merit in the idea of a coordinated
community approach. This approach had demonstrated its value in
the field of atomic energy intelligence.
d. Mr. Dulles expressed the view that guided missiles
intelligence was national intelligence of the highest priority,
probably of even greater ultimate importance to our national
security than atomic energy intelligence. A concerted. attack on
the problem by the community, under the guidance of an fA.C
guided missiles committee, is therefore essential if he and the
community are to discharge their responsibilities under existing
NSC directives.
C. It was agreed that Mr. Dulles would draw up his views
for presentation to the National Security Council under the pro-
cedure provided in NSCID No. 1, paragraph 3 a.
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2. Approval of Minutes
6 December Meeting
(IAC-M-221)
Approved as written.
3. Watch Committee Report
No. 278
Noted.
IAC-M-222
13 December 1955
Approved as amended.
6. European Trip Report
to Europe.
7. NIE 12-55
Probable Developments in
the European Satellites
Through 1960
Mr. Dulles suggested, and the members agreed, that
consideration of this estimate be deferred to permit additional time
for study,
General Gaither briefed the Committee on his recent trip
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8. Release of NIE 80/90-55
Conditions and Trends in
Latin America
(ONE Memorandum, 8 December 1955)
Agreed not to release this estimate to any foreign
government, and agreed that Board recommendations on the re-
lease of estimates on Latin America should continue to be based
solely on intelligence considerations.
a. Approved as amended.
b. Agreed that a post-mortem on this estimate was not
required, in view of its brief and general nature.
Adjournment: 1315
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Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTES
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2. 14o objection having. been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of NIE 80/90-55, "Conditions and
Trends in Latin America, " and NIE 1 1-13/ 1- 55, "Review of Soviet
Foreign Policy in the Light of the Geneva Foreign Ministers'
Conference," both dated 6 December 1955 (IAC-M-221, Secretary's
Notes, Item. ).
3. The Board of National Estimates and the IAC representa-
tives. have agreed that a post-mortem is not required on
NIE 11-13/1-55, "Review of Soviet Foreign Policy in the Light of
the. Geneva Foreign Ministers' Conference," dated 6 December 1955.
This estimate was based on broad general considerations, rather
than on specific intelligence data. Unless objection is raised by a
member at the next regular meeting of the IAC, therefore, no
post-mortem will be undertaken on this NIE.
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