MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN BUILDING 12 MAY 1953.

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 12, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 12 May 1953
* Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
# Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant Intelligence,
Department of State
Brigadier General John M. Willems, acting for Assistant Chief of
Staff, G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral H. C. Daniel, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Brigadier General Charles Y. Banfill, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Dr. Walter F. Colby, Director of Intelligence, Atomic Energy
Commission
Brigadier General Edward H. Porter, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
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Mr. Robert Amory, Jr. Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central-Intelligence Agency
Mr. William C. Trueheart, Department of State
Mr. Miron Burgin, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel T. C. Anderson, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel John H. Donaldson, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel D. T. Vanderhoef, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Sirles, Department of the Army
Captain Allan L. Reed, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel Charles F. Gillis, United States Air Force
Colonel John J. Morrow, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Grant, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel C. D. Sullivan, United States Air Force
Colonel Samuel M. Lansing, The Joint Staff
Captain John A. Holbrook, USN, The Joint Staff
Colonel J. W. Moore, USAF, The Joint Staff
* Part of Meeting.
Secretary
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Approval of Minutes
1. Action: The minutes of 28 April 1953 (IAC-M-105) were
approved.
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Probable Developments
in Guatemala
IF
Action: Approved as amended.
Progress Report
IAC-PR-32
Initiation of
Soviet Intentions
? Through Mid-1955)
5. . Action: Agreed to produces, draft, a review of which could
determine the scope of the final estimate.
6. Discussion: I pointed out that another estimate,
Soviet Bloc Capabilities Through Mid-1955), had originally
been designed to include probable courses of action, that this
aspect had been excluded by agreement, and that it would therefore
be proper to schedule the subject. It was recog-
nized that insufficient information upon which to base such an
estimate might, on examination, make it desirable to reduce the
time period to a one-year basis (i.e., through mid-1951+).
Matters for NSC Briefing
7. Discussion: General Willems informed the committee respect-
ing G-2's views on recent developments in Laos.
Admiral Radford's Comments
on
8. Action: Agreed to prepare an ONE Board Memorandum for
the DCI, based on an O/RR analysis currently being prepared, and
incorporating results of informal discussions with the agency
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representatives; on reviewing this memorandum, the IAC will
determine the extent of formal coordination desirable.
9. Discussion: The Director expressed his encouragement
at receiving comments from such consumers as Admiral Radford,
and noted the desirability of an IAC response, based on
re-examination of the information in the light of the comments.
(Secretary's Note: The following National Intelligence
documents have been disseminated to foreign governments:
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