MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CIA, ON 24 JAN. 1952

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• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
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• Publication Date: January 24, 1952
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S CURITY INFORIYiATION
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24 January 1952
INTELLIGENC ADVISORY CO iijiITTEE
Minutes of Meeting held in Director's
Conference Room Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 2 January 1952
Director of Central Intelligence
General Walter Bedell Smith
Presiding
MMiEiaERS PRESENT
ivjr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special i~ssistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General A. R. Bolling, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral R. G. Stout, acting for the Director of Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Dr. Malcolm C. Henderson, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Atomic Energy Commission
Colonel S. M. Lansing, acting for Deputy Director for Intelli-
gence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Allen Dulles, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Ludwell Montague, Central Intelligence Agency
, Central Intelligence Agency
entral Intelligence a',gency
Mr. William C. Trueheart, Department of State
Mr. :\;yron Burgin, Department of State
Brigadier General John Weckerling, Department of the Army
Colonel 0. B. Sykes, Department of the Army
Colonel J. F. Schmeltzer, Department of the Army
Captain Kenneth C. Hurd, USN, Department of the Navy
Captain Ray Malpass, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel J. C, iviarchant, Department of the Air Force
Colonel J. F. Pinkney, Department of the Air Force
James Q. Reber
Secretary
Intelligence Advisory Committee
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SECURITY INFORMATION
IAC-M-57
24 January 1952
Approval of Minutes
1. Action: The minutes of the last meeting, 7 January 1952,
(IAC-M-56 were approved.
Probable Developments in the
Republic of Panama through
Mid-1952 5E-21
2. Action: Approved as amended. Suggestions for adjusting
and correcting the discussion section of the paper will be taken
into account by O/NE before publication.
Dissemination of National
Intelligence to Foreign
Governments IAC-D- 0
3. Action: The draft letter was approved, the bracketed portion
of Paragraph 3 to remain and an additional paragraph to be inserted
informing the National Security Council of the current practice of the
CIA in respect of dissemination to foreign governments of CIA collected
and. produced intelligence. The final draft will be cleared with the
agencies before transmittal.
Progress Report (IAC-PR-21)
4. Action: It was agreed that "Probable Developments in Indo-
china" (NIE-35 l) is needed urgently. It was also agreed that in view
of the serious lack of accurate intelligence on the situation in Indo-
china, the State Department should:
a. Request the minister at Saigon to report urgently the.
consolidated data and views of the U. S. intelligence agencies
in Saigon, including minority views, and
b. To request Paris Embassy to submit a similar report.
5. Action: 0/1\?E and the agencies' representatives were reque `e:J.
to review on an urgent basis recent developments in the build-up o
the China mainland with respect to possible implications for Communist
(Generally reference NIA=27)
attack on the off-shore islands. 27
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