INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HANDBOOK OF THE STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE IAC

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HANDBOOK OF THE
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Memorandum for : Recipients of the Handbook of the Standing
Subcommittees of the Intelligence Advisory
Committee
Subject : Use and Control of Handbook
1. This handbook is forwarded for your information and
retention for general reference purposes, pursuant to the action of
the Intelligence Advisory Committee on 26 March 1957, Because of
the nature of the data contained therein, it is to be controlled as a
sensitive document and be available to those whose duties require
its use.
2. Any questions with respect to this handbook should be
addressed to the IAC Secretariat (Code 143, ext. 3402).
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Secretary
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FOREWORD
1. The Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) was established
by National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 1, -1/ issued
pursuant to statutory authorization contained in the National Security
Act of 1947. 2/ The present membership of the IAC includes: the
Director of Central Intelligence, who serves as chairman; the Special
Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of
Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Director of Naval
Intelligence; the Director of Intelligence, United States Air Force;
the Deputy Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff; the Atomic Energy
Commission representative to the IAC; and the Assistant Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2. In general terms, the function of the IAC is to advise and
assist the Director of Central Intelligence in the discharge of his
statutory responsibilities. More specifically, the IAC has provided a
mechanism for facilitating coordination of intelligence activities among
the intelligence agencies and achieving, at the highest level, a com-
xtiunity-wide view on intelligence opinion affecting the national security. 3/
3. For some years, an important part of the coordination of
intelligence activities and opinion for which the IAC has ultimate
responsibility has been performed by various IAC subcommittees.
The number, scope and relative significance of the activities of these
subcommittees generally have continued to increase. Under these
circumstances, the IAC Secretariat believed it would be useful if
National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 1, 12
December 1947, as revised 7 July 1-949, 19 January 1950
and 28 March 1952.
The National Security Act of 1947, 61 Stat. 496, 50 U. S. C.
401 et seq. , approved 26 July 1957, as amended by the Act of
10 August 1949, 63 Stat. 579 and the Act of 4 April 1953,
67 Stat. 19.
In this connection, see DCID No. 1/ 1, "Procedures for the
Intelligence Advisory Committee, " 5 March 1948.
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brief background statements covering the origin, function, present
membership and other basic data regarding the standing subcommittees
of the IAC were made available to the intelligence community. For
convenient reference, the names of certain ad hoc subcommittees or
working groups established by the IAC have also been included in a
separate listing.
4. It should be emphasized that no statement in this handbook
should be construed to supersede or be a substitute for the terms of
reference or mandate under which any subcommittee presently operates.
5. With substantial assistance from each of the lAC subcom-
mittees, this material has been prepared in a form which will enable
recipients to preserve it as a loose-leaf handbook, if they so desire.
It is anticipated that additions or deletions will be issued by the IAC
Secretariat when warranted.
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MEMBERS OF THE IAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE IAC . . . . . . . . 3-4
Advisory Committee on Foreign
Language Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Committee on International Communism . . . . . 8
Economic Defense Intelligence Committee . . . . . . . 11
Economic Intelligence Committee 14
Guided Missile Intelligence Committee. . . . . . . . . 20
Interagency Defector Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Interagency Priorities Committee . . . . . . . . . . 28
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee . . . . . 31
National Intelligence Survey Committee . . . . . . . . 36
Scientific Estimates Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Watch Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES AND WORKING
GROUPS OF THE IAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-50
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Present Membership
_Agency
Code
Chairman
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
CIA
143
0
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Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.
State
182 2132
Maj. Gen. Robert A. Schow
Army
11 53033
Rear Adm. Laurence H. Frost
Navy
11 53239
Maj. Gen. Millard Lewis
Air Force
11 55613
Brig. Gen. Richard Collins
Joint Staff
11 72921
Mr. Harry S. Traynor
AEC
.119 3137
Mr. Alan Belmont
2121
Secretary
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STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE IAC
Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Publications
Committee on International Communism
Economic Defense Intelligence Committee
Economic Intelligence Committee
Guided Missile Intelligence Committee
Interagency Defector Committee
Interagency Priorities Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
National Intelligence Survey Committee
Scientific Estimates Committee
Watch Committee
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS
Origin and Functions
The Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Publications
(ACFLP) was established pursuant to a National Security Council
Intelligence Directive of March 1953. 1/ The directive was issued
as the result of the findings of a working group appointed by the
Economic Intelligence Committee to determine the most efficient
means of dealing with the procurement, exploitation and referencing
of foreign language publications, and the ACFLP was designed to
assist the DCI in implementing that directive. Z/
The functions of the ACFLP include:
1. The coordination of the procurement of foreign
language publications for intelligence purposes, it being
understood that captured documents are excepted.
2. The coordination of the preparation and dis-
semination of English-language excerpts, summaries,
abstracts, and compilations from foreign language
publications.
3. The coordination of the development and main-
tenance of indices, accession lists, and reference services
pertaining to foreign language publications.
Membership
The Committee was to be composed of representatives of
the IAC members, and other agencies of the Government were
1-/ NSCID No. 16, 7 March 1953.
Z/ Ibid, para. 5.
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to be invited to sit with the Committee on matters of mutual concern. 3/
Pursuant to a recommendation contained in a report on USIAts intel-
ligence needs and assets, completed in August 1954, and reviewed by
the IAC, USIA was invited to participate in the work of the ACFLP.
Members of the Committee are designated 'by the respective agencies,
with the Chairman furnished by CIA.
Subcommittees and Working Groups
Subcommittees of ACFLP include those on: Procurement of
Foreign. Language Publications; Exploitation of Foreign Language
Publications; and Referencing of Foreign Language Publications.
Reports and Publications
The only regular Committee report is the Annual Foreign
Language Exploitation Review, which is circulated mong all IAC
and other ,agencies who are members of the ACFLP. Minutes of
Committee and subcommittee meetings are also circulated within
the committees themselves. An annual. report on the activities of
the ACFLP is submitted to'the IAC in March of each year.
Meetings
The subcommittees meet once a month, usually at CIA,
although the Reference Subcommittee has held meetings in the
libraries of the several agencies for orientation purposes. Be-
cause the handling of foreign language publications for intelligence
purposes is only one facet of the total problem of information
handling, the Reference Subcommittee has been merged temporarily
with the IAC ad hoc Committee on Information Processing. The
ACFLP itself meets occasionally at CIA on call of a member or
the Chairman.
3/ !bid, para. 5.
4/ IAC-D-82/1,. 5 August 1954, p. 10; IAC-D-82/6, 5 October 1954,
P. 4.
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Present Membership
Agency
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Mr. George A. Pope
State
182
4602
Mr. Richard Bauer
Army
11
53269
Capt. R. A. Paton
Navy
1l
75901
Lt. Col. C. V. Burns
Air Force
11
71098
Lt. Col. William Hamblen
Air Force
11
56240
Mr. John A. Anderson
AEC
119
3002
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz.
FBI
175
517
Mr. Roth Newpher
USIA,
182
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Mr. John W. Easton
Joint Staff
54038
Cdr. C. S. Quinn (Alternate)
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COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM
Origin and Functions
y
On 30 August 1955 the IAC agreed to establish a Provisional
Committee on International Communism, whose first task would be
to draft proposed terms of reference for IAC consideration. !/ The
immediate stimulus for this IAG action was a proposal by the Deputy
Chief of Staff, G-2, for improving US intelligence activities in the
field of international communism and a CIA report on recently con-
cluded discussions between CIA and State regarding the location of
responsibility for expanded production in this field.
On 24 January 1956, the IAC formally established the "Committee
on International Communism" as an interdepartmental committee for
the purpose of improving US intelligence activities in the field of inter-
national communism. 3/ According to its terms of reference, as
approved by the IAG, 4/ the Committee will:
1. Consider and recommend appropriate action
on matters related to:
a. National intelligence requirements
and priorities.
b. Agency intelligence requirements.
c. Means of coordination to meet national
and agency intelligence requirements.
2. Consider developments in the international Communist
movement insofar as they relate to requirements.
1/ IAC-M-210, 30 August 1955.
2/ IAG-D-99, 22 August 1955. These CIA-State discussions were
undertaken as noted in IAC-D-82/6, 5 October 1954, "Report to
the IAC on Implementation of the Survey of USIA's Intelligence
Needs and Assets."
3/ IAC-M-227, 24 January 1956, item 3a; IAC-D-99/2, 24 January
4/ Ibid.
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Membership
Present membership of the Committee includes representatives
from: State, Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Staff, CIA, AEC and the
FBI. Each agency designates one principal and alternates not to
exceed two. Agencies not represented on the IAC may be invited to
participate in deliberations of the Committee as required. The
Department of State representative will be ex officio Chairman of the
Committee. The Secretary for the Committee will be provided by the
Department of State.
Reports and Publications
The Cornrnitteels terms of reference obligated it to submit an
interim report to the IAC at the end of six months.51 This report/
summarized the Committee's judgment on the status of intelligence
activity in the field of international communism. At the end of one
year the Committee is required to submit a report to the IAC containing
a summary of the Committee's accomplishments, the status of intelli-
gence on international communism, and recommendations as to the
future activities of the Committee.?/
Meetings
The Committee meets at a location determined by the Chairman
not less than once a month, and with such additional frequency as is
deemed essential to the proper fulfillment of its mission.
5/
IAC-D-99/2,
24 January 1956.
6/
IAC-D-99/3,
17 July 1956; IAC-M-251, 7 August 1956.
7/
IAC-D-99/2,
24 January 1956.
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COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISM
Present Membership
Agency Code Ext.
Chairman Mr. Allan Evans State .182 3267
Mr. Lyman Wooster Army
Misb Elizabeth Longley (Alternate) Army
Mr. William Abbott Navy
Mr. George Fiske Air Force
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz
Dr., Charles H. Reichardt
Mr. Irving Wechsler
Mr. George Pope
FBI
AEC
USIA
State
11
11
I1
11
175
119
182
182
53759
73415
75694
77200
517
3002
4607
460Z
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Secretary Mr. Bernard S. Morris.
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ECONOMIC DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
The Intelligence Working Group (IWG) was established in August
1952 11 at the request of the Director for Mutual Security and the
Secretary of State, and with the approval of the Director of Central
Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense. This group was subsequently
renamed the Economic Defense Intelligence Committee (ERIC). 2/
According to its terms of reference, the EDIC shall "develop
and furnish intelligence to the EDAC for policy making and operations
in the economic defense field. . . and develop closer continuous rela-
tionships among the operational, policy -formulation and intelligence
research elements engaged in the economic defense program." 3/
Under these terms of reference, the EDIC is responsible for facili-
tating the mobilization of intelligence resources and data needed by
the Economic Defense Advisory Committee, for recommending to
appropriate agencies collection requirements designed to fill specific
gaps, and for providing EDAC with both coordinated intelligence
reports and "spot" intelligence. Administratively, therefore, the
EDIC serves as a medium of US intelligence support for economic
defense activities. Substantively, it acts as a supplementary service
facility for the review, coordination and production of timely intelli-
gence not exclusively within the mission or responsibilities of any
existing agency or interagency group.
1 See IAC-D-53 2, 12 August 1952, and IAC-M-79, 14 August 1952,
indicating IAC approval of terms of reference as proposed in
IAC-D-53/1, 25 July 1952.
2/ IAC-D-53/6, 15 October 1954; Memorandum from Secretary, IAC,
to Executive Secretary, IWG, 26 October 1954.
3/ IAC-D-53/1, 25 July 1952. For IAC action with respect to terms
of reference, see IAC-D-53/2, 12 August 1952; IAC-M-79,
14 August 1952; IAC-D-53/3, 12 February 1953; and IAC-D-53/3. 1,
25 February 1953.
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Membership
Present membership of the EDIC includes representatives from
CIA and the intelligence components of State, Army, Navy, and the Air
Force. Serving as associate members are representatives from the
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Commerce, Treasury, Office of the
Deputy Director for Mutual Defense Assistance Control, and other
elements of State including International Cooperation Administration,
Economic Defense Division and the Office of Munitions Control.
Associate members have full right of participation in all meetings and
voice in all work of the EDIC except for those, intelligence matters which
fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the IAC agencies. Any other
agency having interest or competence in the field of economic defense
intelligence may be invited to sit with the Committee, Under the terms
of reference the principal representative of CIA serves as Chairman.
Subcommittees and Working Groups
At present there are two working groups on "Collection Require-
ments" and on "Propellants and Fuel Additives" under the chairmanship
of CIA representatives.
Reports and Publications
The EDIC regularly publishes the following: Agenda for Committee
Meetings, Minutes of Committee Meetings, Reports, Working Papers,
Information Documents, and Intelligence Requests. Working Papers and
Intelligence Requests are circulated to EDIC members only; other papers
are distributed on a need-to-know basis to members, selected CIA offices,
and EDAC components.
The Committee published its First Annual Progress Report on 18
September 1953, 4/ its Second Annual Progress Report on 16 September
1954, 5/its Third Annual Progress Report on 11 October 1955,f and its
Fourth Annual Progress Report on 24 October 1956. 7/
Meetings
Normally EDIC meets once a month on a Thursday morning at
1000 hours in Room 1121, M Building, Central Intelligence Agency.
4/
IWG/R-13.
5/
IAC-D-53/5.
6/
IAC-D-53/7.
7/
IAC-D-53/8.
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Present Membership
Agency
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Ext.
Chairman
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Mr. J. Bruce Hamilton
State
182
5430
Mr.s. Marie S. Young
State
182
2596
Mr. Leonard Pomeroy
State
182
3998
Mr. Baxter Wood
Army
11
76743
Mr. Lawrence E. Brice, Jr.
Navy
11
76313
Mr. Kingsley W. Hamilton
Air Force
11
64927
Mr. H. Frank McCaffrey
OSD
11
78397
Mr. Morris J. Fields
Treasury
172
5681
Mr. Henry Shavell
Commerce
112
3055
Mr. Oliver S. Anderson
ICA
113
2512
Miss Isabel Ann Baldwin
ICA
113
3448
Executive
Secretary
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Origin and Functions
By early 1950 the progress of US planning for 'resource mobiliza-
tion and national security had made evident a need for more effective
and better -coordinated foreign economic intelligence. .11 Accordingly,
the National Security Council directed the Central Intelligence Agency,
in collaboration with the various other government agencies concerned,
to organize and conduct a full-dress study of the status of US foreign
economic intelligence. z/ In May 1951, the Director of Central Intelli-
gence reported to the National Security Council and ma a certain
recommendations for overcoming deficiencies noted and generally
improving the coordination of foreign economic intelligence. 3/
In accordance with the recommendations in this report, the NSC
assigned broad responsibilities for the continuous review and coordina-
tion of foreign economic intelligence to CIA. 4/ The Economic Intelli-
gence Committee (EIC) was established as the principal interagency
mechanism for implementing these responsibilities. 5/ The lAC-
approved terms of reference for the EIC direct it:
1. To coordinate the mobilization of available
support for major intelligence problems;
2. To continuously review economic intelligence
research programs to identify priority gaps and recommend
action responsibilities therefor;
1/ Memorandum of 5 February 1950 from Dr. John R. Steelman to
the Exec. Sec'y, NSC.
Z/ NSC Action 282, Memorandum of 3 March 1950 for the DCI from
the Exec. Sec'y, NSC.
3/ Memorandum in reply to NSC 282 from the DCI for the Exec.
Sec'y, NSC, May 1951.
4/ NSCID No. 15, 13 June 1951.
5/,IAC-D-22/1 (Revised), 29 May 1951.
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3. To continuously review foreign economic in-
telligence activities, and undertake special reviews of
processing and distributing procedures in order to
recommend improvements; and
4. To set up such subcommitees and working
parties as were judged necessary.-6/
The responsibilities of the EIC were re-emphasized by the IAC in
1954,. and the Committee was further charged with periodic review
of agency allocations of responsibilities for production of foreign
economic intelligence and recommending appropriate changes therein.
The IAC directive .also, charged the EIC with reviewing external re-
search projects over $5, 000 in the field of economic intelligence.7/
Membership
According to the IAC-approved terms of reference, representa-
tives of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, the ,Joint Staff, and CIA are
regular members of the EIC. The EIC may also invite "any other
agency whose interest or competence may, be relevant" to sit with the
Committee. 8/ CIA provides the Chairman and the secretariat of the
EIC, as well as an executive secretary for each subcommittee and
working group. Chairmen of all groups, except the main committee,
are nominated and approved by the members of the EIC.
The present membership of the EIC consists of representatives
from State, Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint Staff and CIA. Associate
members include the Departments of Agriculture; Commerce; Health,
,Education and Welfare; Interior; Justice; Labor; and Treasury; the
Civil Aeronautics Board; Export-Import Bank of Washington; Federal
Communications Commission; Federal Reserve Board;'Federal Trade
Commission; International Cooperation Administration; Office of
Secretary of Defense; Office of Defense Mobilization; Securities and
Exchange Commission; US Tariff Commission; and US Information
Agency.
67 IAC-D-22/1, Revised, 29 May 1951.
7/ DCID 15/1, 14 September 1954.
8/ IAC-D-22/ 1, Revised, 29 May 1951.
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Subcommittees and Working Groups
The EIC organization at present has a number of subcommittees
and special working groups. There are subcommittees on:
Agrictu,lture
Chemicals
Economic Analysis
Electric Power and Solid Fuel
Electronics and Telecommunications
Industrial Machinery and Equipment
International Trade and Finance
Minerals and Metals
Petroleum
Population and Manpower
Require.rrients and Facilities for Collation
Shipbuilding.
Transportation
'Working groups now functioning include those on: Sino_-Soviet
Bloc Economic Activities in Underdeveloped Areas; the EIC-R1 series
covering Communist China's trade and transport; and inventories of
US Government research, In addition, some of the EIC subcommittees
have established working groups to dell with problems of community
concern in their special fields, for example, shipyard capability, and
port, highway, and inland waterway capacity. There is also a full-time
interdepartmental Transportation Capabilities Estimates Group,. which
reports to both the Army and the EIC Subcommittee on Transportation.
Reports and Publications
EIC reports on special topics are issued at irregular intervals
as required. They present agreed studies. on economic subjects of
significance to national intelligence issues. They are disseminated
to members and a limited number of other offices approved as having
a legitimate interest in and a need for individual reports.
EIC subcommittee reports, also issued at irregular intervals as
required, deal with more specialized fields of interest. They receive
approximately the same dissemination as EIC reports.
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EIC surveys periodically list internal and external governmental
research on foreign economic intelligence; identify priority research
and collection deficiencies in the separate specialized areas of
economic intelligence; and summarize facilities and/or personnel
available for certain specialized activities of the economic intelligence
community. EIC surveys are distributed to much the same list of 25X1
recipients as EIC and subcommittee reports. The special survey
listings of internal and external research, however
IZi addition to the above, biweekly reports are published by the
EIC Working Group on Sino-Soviet Bloc Economic Activities in
Underdeveloped Areas. Periodic summary reports on the same topic
are issued as EIC reports.
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EIC and subcommittee working papers are not considered
"finished" intelligence studies- -ordinarily representing a less
thorough analysis or less complete interagency coordination than
is required for other EIC publications. They include caveats pointing
out their specific limitations in these respects. Their distribution is
limited to individuals with special needs for the particular documents.
The EIC Subcommittee on Requirements and Facilities for
Collation participates in the 25X1
providing continuous reporting guidance to 25X1
travelers in the Sino=Soviet Bloc through route o ers and town and
country briefs. The subcommittee also provides additional reporting
guidance to Foreign Service economic reporting officers in Bloc
countries. In addition, it prepares bibliographies of requirements
manuals available in the intelligence community.
The EIC submits an annual progress report to the IAC shortly
after the close of each fiscal year,
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Meetings
There is considerable flexibility in the scheduling of EIC
meetings, depending on the volume of current activities. Meetings
are held in the ORR offices, usually on Thursdays, in Room 1121,
M Building, Central Intelligence Agency.
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Present Membership
Agency Code Ext.
Chairman
Mr.
Robert P. Terrill
State
182
2262
Col.
Howard P. Persons, Jr.
Army
11
72420
Cdr.
Charles B. Brouillette
Navy
11
75977
Col.
Joseph C. Brewer
Air Force
11
62881
Mr.
John W. Easton
Joint Staff
11
54038
Economist Not yet designated
Executive
Secretary
Note: In addition, each of the 18 non-IAC agencies set out
under "Membership" is an associate member. Information
as to their representatives may be obtained from the EIC
Secretariat,
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GUIDED MISSILE INTELLIGENCE. COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
In early 1955,1/ the IAC formally recognized the need for
additional emphasis in the field of guided missile intelligence. In
general, there was agreement in principle among the IAC agencies
that an attempt should be made to increase the effectiveness of the
intelligence community's efforts with respect to this type of intelli-
gence. Specific action was deferred pending agreement regarding
the most practical method of dealing with the. problem. During this
period, attempts were made' to resolve questions regarding the most
satisfactory community-wide approach to the problem. Meanwhile,
each IAC agency continued. to press its own efforts in the field of
guided missile intelligence.
Following various discussions of this matter, the IAC requested
special' reports by the Scientific Estimates Committee (SEC) and the
Economic Intelligence Committee (EIC). 2/ After reviewing these
reports, the' IAC agreed to set up an ad hoc committee to make a
fact -finding'survey and' to report to the IAC on the status of guided
missile intelligence, together v~ith recommendations as to IAC
action. 3/ This ad hoc committee was formally estab.lished,4/ and
prepared a report5Thich was discussed at an IAC meeting on 13
December 1955.6r There was no immediate agreement on the best
method of achieving the desired objective. Subsequently, the Secre-
tary of Defense, in response to a letter from the Director of Central
1T IAC-D-81 7,. 8 February 1955.
2/ Draft DCID 3/6, "Establishment of a Guided Missile Intelligence
Committee" (IAC-D-81/9, 31 May, 1955; IAC-M-200, 14 June 1955,
item 3).
3/ IAC-M-203, 12 July 1955, item 8..
4/ IAC-M-204, 19 July 1955, item 3; IAC -D-81 / 12, 19 July . 1955, Final.
5/ IAC-D-81 / 13,. 25 November 1955
a/ IAC-M-.222, 13 December 1955, item 1.
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Intelligence, 7 / endorsed the idea of approaching the problem of
guided missile intelligence on a community-wide basis.!/ On
31 January 1956 the IAC established a Guided Missile Intelligence
Committee (GMIC) and approved terms of reference for the
Committee. 9/
As set forth in the terms of reference, 0/ the mission of the
GMIC is to strengthen the community approach to problems in.the
field of guided missile intelligence and to give added impetus to indi-
vidual efforts. To this end the responsibilities of the GMIC include
the following:
1. Providing a mechanism for the fullest exchange
of guided missile information for national intelligence
purposes.
2. Reviewing and evaluating significant foreign
guided missile intelligence and information and producing
appropriate reports for the IAC.
3. Preparing coordinated contributions in the
field of guided missile intelligence for national intelli -
gence estimates.
4. Developing over-all guided missile intelligence
objectives and reviewing the scope of the collection effort
to meet those objectives.
5. Advising the IAC regarding guided missile in-
telligence collection requirements.
10/ Annex D to DCID 3/4, 31 January 1956; IAC-D-81 / 14, 31 January
1956 (Final).
1956 (Final).
7 Letter from DCI to Secretary of Defense, dated 23 December 1955.
8/ Letter from Secretary of Defense to DCI, 13 January, 1956 (Tab B
to IAC-D-81/14, 13 January 1956).
9/ IAC-M--2Z$, 31 January 1956, item 4a; IAC-D-81/14, 31 January
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.6. Providing a mechanism to assist the member
agencies to coordinate their guided missile intelligence
production efforts.
7. Determining the deficiencies in guided missile.
intelligence and recommending remedial action to the IAC.
8. Providing staff support, when required by the
IAC, for international conferences on guided missile
intelligence.
Membership
Each IAC agency shall furnish one representative member and
an alternate. member to the GMIC. The Chairman is elected annually
by the IAC. 11 The Committee agreed that the Air Force should
provide the initial chairman for the GMIC. It was further agreed that
CIA should provide the secretariat. 12/
The National Security Agency, in accordance with GMIC's terms
of reference, 13/ has been invited to associate with the Committee and
participate in its work. Other non-IAC agencies may furnish observers
and/or advisers to the GMIC on GMIC request. 14/
Subcommittees and Working Groups
The GMIC has not established a subcommittee structure at the
present time. Ad hoc subcommittees are formed as required to
work out specific problems.
Reports and Publications
The Chairman, IAC, has requested the GM 'C to report im-
mediately all significant new intelligence developments in order
11 Ibid.
12/ IAC-M-228, 31 January 1956, item 5.
13/ Annex D to DCID 3/4, 31 January 1956; IAC-D-81 / 14, 31 January
1
56
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(Final).
14/ Ibid.
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that he can advise the IAC, NSC and the..Secretary of Defense. 15/
Minutes of Committee meetings are distributed regularly to
members and also to certain. other recipients on a need-to-know
basis. Other reports and. estimates are issued when and as ap-
propriate.
Me etins
The GMIC held 50 meetings during: the first year after it
was established.. Because the press of business precluded the
scheduling of meetings at regular intervals during this .period.,
the.GMIC thus far has normally .met at a time and place specified`.
by the Chairman.
15/1-n connection with his endorsement of a community-wide approach
to the problem of guided missile intelligence, the Secretary of
Defense asked that he be kept advised of developments in this
field. (Letter from Secretary of Defense to DCt 1.3 January 1956)
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Origin and Functions
The Interagency Clandestine Collection Priorities Committee
(IPC) was created as a result of an IAC directive in July 1951.
Its purposes include: 2/
1. Determining those foreign information
requirements of the U. S. Government which require
collection by clandestine means.
2. Preparing and maintaining a current listing
of those clandestine collection targets deemed to have
a priority status in terms of the over-all interests of
the U. S. Government.
3. Representing the Intelligence Advisory Committee
member agencies on matters pertaining to their respective
interests in the field of clandestine collection of foreign
information including: selection and establishment of
priority standing for clandestine collection targets;
diversion or concentration of clandestine collection capa-
bilitie s.
Membership
Present membership of this Committee includes representatives
from State, Army, Navy, Air Force, AEC, and CIA. According to
IAC directive, 31 each of these agencies designates one principal and
one alternate member, with the Chairman and secretariat to be
provided by CIA.
if IAC-D-28 1, 30 July 1951.
2/ For other official actions providing background for IPC activities
see NSCID No. 4, 12 December 1947 and DCID No. 4/5,
18 October 1955.
3/ IAC-D.28/1, 30 July 1951.
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Subcommittees .and Working Groups
There are no subcommittees of the IPC,
Reports and Publications
No regular reports or publications are issued by the IPC.
Detailed minutes are kept of each meeting and distributed to the
Committee members. The principal end-product of the Committee&s
deliberations is a. series of requirements. and target lists for indi-
vidual countries in critical areas of the world. In recent practice
such lists have been confined to countries, of. the S,ino-Soviet Bloc.
Copies of. these lists are made available to Committee members for
information and to the appropriate area divisions of the Clandestine
Services of CIA for action. The most recent list, dated 1 May 1956,
includes 37'9 targets in the USSR, under .25 major headings.
No annual reports are submitted to the IAC.
-M eeting s
Meetings of the IPC are held regularly on the first Thursday
of each month, at 1400 hours, in Room 1500 L Building, Central
Intelligence Agency. Special meetings are held as required.
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JOINT ATOMIC ENERGY INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
On 7 August 1947, Senator Hickenlooper, Chairman of the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, sug-
gested in a letter to the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Attorney
-General, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission that the
capabilities of all the intelligence agencies be pooled in making an
assessment of the date by which any foreign government might be
expected to produce its first atomic bomb. As a result of this request,
an ad hoc group, composed of representatives from State, War, Navy
and the Atomic Energy Commission, was formed to make this assess-
ment, with the Central Intelligence Group (later the Central Intelligence
Agency) designated as the coordinator of the proposed study. Following
completion of this report, Rear Admiral Hillenkoetter, Director of
Central Intelligence, acting under the authority granted in Directive
No. 9 of the National Intelligence Authority, established the Joint
Committee on Nuclear Energy Intelligence (JNEIC) on a formal basis.
Its membership was to consist of representatives of the Central
Intelligence Grout (CIG), Military Intelligence Division, Office of
Naval Intelligence, Office of Air Intelligence, Atomic Energy Com-
mission and the State Department, with CIG providing the chairman
and coordinator. Since that time, full membership has been extended
to the Joint Staff and the FBI, and ad hoc membership to the Office of
the Secretary of Defense and the supporting collection or
a
i
ti
g
n
za
ons,
and NSA.
I -l
In 1949 the Scientific Intelligence Committee (SIC) was formed!/
and JAEIC (the successor to TNEIC) was subordinated to it. However,
on 14 August 1952 2/ the SIC xars superseded by the Scientific Estimates
Committee (SEC) and the TAEIC was reconstituted s.s a permanent
interdepartmental committee.
1/ Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 3/3, 28 October 1949.
2/ Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 3/4, para. 2 c (1),
14 August 1952.
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On 20 December 1955, the IAC approved new terms of reference
for the JAEIC and they were published as Annex C to DCID No. 3/4,
20 December 1955. The terms of reference are as follows:
"1. The mission of the Committee (JAEIC) is to
maintain the community approach to problems in the field
of atomic energy intelligence l/ and to give added impetus
to individual efforts. To this end, the responsibilities of
the JAEIC include the following:
a. Providing a mechanism for the fullest
exchange of atomic energy information for national
intelligence purposes.
b. Conducting evaluation of significant atomic
energy intelligence information and producing appro-
priate reports to the IAC.
c. Developing over-all atomic energy intelli-
gence objectives, and reviewing the scope of the
collection effort to meet those objectives. .
d. Coordinating the determination of atomic
energy intelligence collection requirements and
related activities.
e. Providing a mechanism for coordinating
the atomic energy intelligence production efforts
of the member agencies and, in appropriate cases,
concurring in the working papers produced by
member agencies.
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Atomic energy intelligence is intelligence related to foreign re-
search, development and production of nuclear weapons, special
nuclear materials and other components of warheads, reactors,
nuclear propulsion systems, and controlled thermonuclear devices;
installations, equipment, personnel and other resources related
principally to those activities but does not include intelligence on
weapons delivery systems other, than on the nuclear warheads or
nuclear propulsion systems associated therewith."
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"f. Preparing coordinated drafts of national
estimates on atomic energy intelligence and pro-
ducing appropriate scientific contributions in this
field of intelligence for other national intelligence
estimates as requested.
g. Determining the deficiencies in atomic energy
intelligence; taking appropriate remedial action; and
recommending to the IAC remedial action beyond the
cognizance or competence of the Committee.
2. Each IAC member shall furnish one representative
member and an alternate member to the JAEIC. The CIA
representative shall be the Chairman of the JAEIC. Non-IAC
agencies may furnish observers and/or advisers to the JAEIC
on JAEIC request."
Since its formation, the JAEIC has prepared and submitted to
the IAC periodic estimates on the status and future course of the
Soviet atomic energy program. In recent years these estimates have
been formally designated as National Intelligence Estimates. In
addition, the Committee has furnished estimates on atomic energy
activities throughout the world for inclusion in National Estimates,
and has supported the National Intelligence Survey program with
appropriate contributions on atomic energy matters. The Committee
has sponsored scientific and technological intelligence collection
programs designed to obtain information on foreign atomic energy
capabilities and developments, and has integrated the resulting data
with other intelligence information in order to produce intelligence
for national planning.
Membership
At present the following agencies of the government are
regularly represented on the JAEIC: State, Army, Navy, Air Force,
Joint Staff, AEC, FBI and CIA. Ad hoc members include
NSA and OSD.
The Chairman and secretariat of the JAEIC are designated by
CIA. Members and alternates are designated by the Chiefs of
Intelligence of the IAC agencies.
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Subcommittees and Working .Groups
There are no standing committees of JAEIC. Ad hoc eubeomanittees
are,appointed from time to time to handle special prolalerns.
Reports and Publications
. JAEIC reports and publications included (a) National Intellim
Bence Estimates on the status of the Soviet atomic energy program;
(b) reports on atomic energy programs throughout the- world prepared
as contributions to NIE's or NIS' and summaries or- reports on par-
ticular areas or particular phases of foreign atomic energy programs;
(c) current intelligence summaries -(e, S., on Soviet nuclear weapon
test activities); (d) collection guides containing background Informa-
tion or, scientific and technical indicators of atomic energy activity;
and (e) coordinated collection requirements. The annual report'on
the status of Soviet atomic energy development, which is published
as an NIE after approval by the IAC, is usually issued during the
first quarter of each year.
Meetings
The regularly -scheduled meeting day of. JAEIC is Wednesday Of
each week at 1330 hours in Room 145, Barton Hallo Central Intelligence
Agency.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
1
The National Intelligence Survey Program was initiated pursuant
to National Security Council Directive No. 3, 13 January 1948, and
the. authority for the establishment of the NIS Committee derives
from the NIS Standard Instructions which were developed to implement
that directive. 1 / The NIS Standard Instructions provide for a
standing interagency NIS Committee, allocate responsibilities, and
establish procedures for the conduct of the NIS program. They were
approved by the IACZ/ and by the NSC. 31
In general, the National Intelligence Survey Program is con-
cerned with the collection, coordination, and publication of basic
intelligence on all foreign countries and areas needed for high-level
operational and strategic planning, national estimates, and policy
determinations. Some forty activities of the government participate
in the program in accordance with their specialized capabilities.
The Director of Central Intelligence has general responsibility for
coordinating the NIS program, and the NIS Committee, acting for
the IAC, performs the following specific functions:
1. Recommends over-all policies for the NIS
Program;
2. Determines the scope and treatment of each
NIS to be produced;
3. Allocates responsibility for production and
maintenance of NIS in accordance with the intelligence
requirements, production capabilities, and dominant
interest of the intelligence agencies concerned;
I/ See NSCID No. 3, para. 1 a, 13 January 1948.
2/ Memo from DCI to Exec. Sec?y. , NSC, 13 December 1948.
3/ Memo from Actg. Exec. Secy., NSC, to DCI, 28 December 1948.
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4. Establishes NIS production and maintenance
schedules based upon JCS priorities and agency capa-
bilities
S. Promulgates.,procedure?s and instructions for
the preparation,. review, editing, and submission of
NIS contributions; and
6. Recommends to CIA measures necessary for
the coordination of:the NIS Program.
Membership
Present membership of the NIS Committee includes representa-
tives from State, Army, Navy, Air Force and CIA. These agencies
designate a member, and .a.n alternate member, tQ. th-e NIS Committee.
This ;mei ber. represents and ?speaAs for the Chietrof the Intelligence
Agency of the Department from which he is accredited. The CIA
member is ex-officio chairman of the Committee.
subcommittees and Working Grips
The: NIS Committee has only, one active standing subcommittee
which implements.NIS Committee policies with respect to. produ..l;igi%.,
of NIS Chapter IX (Map and Chart Appraisal). For other NIS Chaps
tens, and resolution of specific probkernv, reliance is mainly on
d. hoc subcommittees.
Reports and Publications
In addition to various sections of the NI$
, gazetteers of standard
geographic names are. published as an integral -girt of the NIS Program.
An .active maintenance program with reepect'to published elements of
both the NIS and gazetteers is. also under icay,
Reports of. all NIS Co nrnitteea meetings. are furnished to the
members for use in implexx,euting Committee dec isibns within their
respective agencies. An annual report is prepared for the DCI.and
the IAC age,cie,s 'by the CIA Coordinator. of the NIS Program, who
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also serves as Chairman of the NIS Committee, on a fiscal year
basis and usually carries a July date.
Meetings
Regular meetings are held by the NIS Committee twice monthly,
as a rule, and special meetings are called by the Chairman, or at
the request of a member. Meetings are usually held at 1000 hours
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P
resent Membership
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Chairman
A enc
Mr. Daniel J. Clinton State
Alternate: Mr. Ronald S. Kain State
182
182
3518
3453
Col. David H. Smith Army 11 77081
Alternate: Mr. James A. Minogue Army 11 74653
Capt. Ralph E. Styles
Alternate:
Lt. Cdr. Howard H. Holschuh
Navy
Navy
11 76110
11 76180
Lt. Col. Hamilton K. Avery Air Force 11 75830
Alternate: Mr..Charles P..Berney Air Force 11 75978
Secretariat provided by the Chairman.
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SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATES. COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
The Scientific Estimates Committee (SEC) was established on
14 August 1952 by DCID No. 3/4 pursuant to the provisions of
NSCID No. 3 and the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee to
Survey Existing Arrangements Relating to Production. of Scientific
and Technical Intelligence. I/
The functions of the SEC have. been stipulated as follows:
1. Integration of scientific and technical intelli-
gence, as and when required, for the production of
national intelligence;
2. Stimulation and guidance of interagency liaison
and such working-level conferences as may be appropriate;
and'
3. Coordination of production of Chapter VII of
the National Intelligence Survey. 3/
Pursuant to the recommendation of DCID 3/4, and in accordance
with the terms of reference for the Guided Missile Intelligence Com-
mittee (GMIC), 4/ the SEC concentrates its major effort on the inte-
gration of intelligence opinion (other than that for which the JAEIC
and GMIC, respectively, are responsible) as and when required for
the purposes of national intelligence-. The SEC maintains close
coordination with the JAEIC and GMIC in fields of :common, concern.
1/ IAC-M-79, 14 August 1952.
71 rCID. No. 3/4, 14 August 1952.
Ti Coordination of production of Section 17 of the NIS, which is
essentially a brief summary of Chapter VII, is implicit in
this responsibility.
4/ IAC-D-81/14, Final, 31 January 1956, as approved by the
IAC (IAC-M-228, 31 January 1956).
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Membership
~I. Membership of the SEC includes representatives from State,.
Army, Navy, Air Force, The: Joint Staff, '.the-Atomic Energy loci--
mission, and Central -Intelligence Agency. Provision exist's for
such ad hoc representation as may be deemed necesea.ry'by the
regular members. 5/ Pursuant to"DCID 3/4, the Chairman is
elected. annually. The Committee" also elects a deputy chairman
annually. CIA provides an executive secretary and secretariat.
Subcgmmittees and Working Groups
The SEC has no permanent subcommittee stru.cture but
activates ad hoc subcommittees when required.
R,ee,orts and Publications
1 11 1. ~ 11111- ? 1 I
The SEG., in collaboration with the JAEIC, each acting in its
own sphere of responsibility, derived IAC-D-50/8, "Priority
I~Tatio*ial''~cie~ntific and Technical Intelligence Objbctive"s, " ./ from
the national intelligence objectives established in DCID 4/5. The
statement will be revised periodically to conform to changing re-
quireements.
The SEC publishes the following regular reports.-.
1. Annual Report of the Status of Scientific and
Technical Intelligence Production Project* Conducted
by the SEC Member Agencies. This is published each
February and covers" the-preceding calendar year.
2. Minutes of the SEC meetings. These are
circulated to Committee" members.
5 DCID No,-4/4,-
o. 34, 14 August 1952.
6/ Approved by the.IAC on 10. January 1956 (IAC-M-225).
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3. Annual Report for the IAC. This report is
rendered at-the end of each fiscal year. 7/
Meetings
Regular. meetings are held at 1000 hours on the third Thursday
of each mouth in Room 1521, Barton Hall, Central Intelligence Agency.
In addition, special meetings are held as required.
7 IAC-M-217, 1 November 1955.
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WATCH COMMITTEE
Origin and Functions
The Watch Committee has the task of providing the earliest
possible warning to the U. S. Government of Soviet intentions to
initiate hostilities against the US, its allies or areas peripheral
it. This is in response to the necessity expressed
to the Soviet Orb
in NSC 162/2, - of developing and maintaining an intelligence system
capable of "collecting and analyzing indications of hostile intentions
that would give maximum prior warning of possible aggression or
subversion in any area of the world."
Prior to the establishment. of the present Watch Committee, a
prototype experimental Watch Committee existed under CIA chair-
manship in 1949 and 1950 until the G-2 Joint Intelligence Indications
Committee was designated the IAC Watch Committee on 7 December
1950.2/ This group, operating under terms of reference approved
by the IAC on 28 December 1950, 3/ carried out the mission of
collecting, evaluating, analyzing and reporting indications of Soviet-
Communist intentions of hostile action.: until superseded by the
present Watch Committee on 15 September 1954.
In the fall of 1953, some sentiment favored a review of the
watch operations in the light of the prevailing situation which had
substantially changed since 1950. At the IAC meeting of 6 October
1953 the'Director of Central Intelligence, as Chairman of the IAC,
proposed that a committee be established "to conduct a thorough
and prompt review of the watch processes and prepare recommenda-
tions for the IAC and, ultimately, the NSC. 115/ Such a committee
1/ Approved by the President on 30 October 1953.
2/ IAC-M-10, 7 December 1950.
3/ IAC-M-12, 28 December 1950.
4/ IAC-D-6/'1, 27 December 1950.
5/ IAC-M-124, 6 October 1953.
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was formed and, as the "Ad Hoc IAC Committee (Watch), By held its
first' meeting on 30 October 1953, This committee presented an
interim progress report to the IAC on 26 April R954?/ outlining its
activities and recommending IAC approval of "Terms of References"
fora reorganized and snore comprehensive watch effort by the IAC
agencies. These recommendations were approved by the IAC at its
meeting of 4 May 1954.1/ DCID 1/2, dated I May 1954, which em-
bodied terms of reference for the IAC Watch Committee, was issued
in implementation of this decision. 8/
One important improvement in the watch process which resulted
from the deliberations and final recommendations of the Ad Hoc
Committee was the establishment of a National Indication, Center
(NIC) to support the IAC Watch Committee. The NIC, now_loca;ted in
the Pentagon, has a complement of full-time intelligence officers and
administrative personnel which includes representatives of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, State and CIA. It is thus .the focal point in the
intelligence community for processing indications of hostile Bloc
intentions. Aside from preparing material for regular Watch
Committee meetings, and Watch Committee Reports, the NIC en-
deavors to develop indicators of hostile Bloc intentions and continu-
ously to analyze material pertaining to such indications. Agency
representatives in the NIC are also in a position to obtain from their
respective agencies any additional information needed for analysis.
The work of the Watch Committee and its NIC'ha.s been assisted by an
NSC directive that these bodies be furnished with "all information and
intelligence of reasonable c.redibil:ity: pertinent- to its mission without
restriction because- of source, policy or operational sensitivity. 0e _9/
The Committee is also, by this directive, to be kept informed of US
courses of action which. might bring about hostile. Soviet Bloc reactions.
Although the Watch Committee normally meets only once each week,
6/ IAC-D- - l (Revised), Tab A.
7/ IAC-M-150.
84, DCID No. 1 /2 states that the terms of reference were established
"Pursuant to. . provisions of paragraph 6., NSCID No. I and
paragraph 1.0, 2, (1) of NSC 162/2, approved by the President on
30 October 1953. . . it
9/ NSC 5438, approved by the President on 30 November 1954.
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the NIC analysis of indicators continues on a.24 hours-a-day,
7 days-a-week basis.
Membership
The Watch Committee is composed of members representing
each IAC agency, one of whom is designated by the DCI, after
consultation with the IAC,. as Chairman for a specified period. 104
The post of Vice Chairman is rotated .quarterly among.tho.se agencies
which have not provided the ,person in the post of Chairman. 11 /
The Indications Center supporting the Watch Committee is headed by
a Director provided by CIA and consists of an administrative secre-
tariat and an Indications Group. 12/
Subcommittees and Working Groups
The Watch Committee has no subcommittee structure.
Reports and Publications
The Committee publishes the .Watch Committee Report regularly
each week.
Meetings
Regular meetings of the Watch Committee are held weekly,
usually on Wednesdays.. Special meetings are held as the occasion
requires, upon the call of the Chairman or of any member.
10 / DCID No. 1 2, 11 May 1954.
1I/ IAC-D-6/4, 24 September 1954.
12/ DCID No. 1/2, 11 May 1954.
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