MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN BUILDING CIA AT 1045, 14 DEC 1954

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• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
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• Publication Date: December 14, 1954
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I N T E L L I G E N C E A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency at 1045, 14 December 1954
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr, W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, acting for 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. Charles H. Reichardt, acting for Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Mr. Robert Amory, Jr. , Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Mr. P. H. Trezise, Department of State .
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Colonel John H. Montgomery, Jr., Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Leffers, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Colonel Prentiss D. Wynne, Jr. , United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth P. Laird, United States Air Force
Major Van A. Woods, Jr. , United States Air Force
Major Howard Shonting, United States Air Force
Mr. John A. Power, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Colonel Hugh D. Maxwell, Jr. , USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Poyntell C. Staley, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1. Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-177, 7 December 1954)
Approved as written.
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3. Proposed Estimate on Hungary
(ONE Memorandum dated
13 December 1954)
Approved the request of the Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State that an NIE be produced reviewing the internal.
situation in Hungary. Target date for completion of this estimate
was set at 22 February 1955. Copies of the intelligence report
on Hungary just produced by the Department of State will be made
available to members for their information.
4. Reaction of Soviet Union
to Paris Agreements
The Chairman stated that the intelligence community should
be alert to the reaction of the Soviet Union, other than by words, to
the Paris agreements and how this reaction might develop. He
indicated that the matter is being studied by CIA and also by State
and requested the members to advise him, as a matter of urgency,
on any clues that might come to their attention which could be passed
on to the meetings in Paris.
5. Scheduling of Next
IAC Meeting
Because a meeting of the NSC is scheduled for Tuesday morning,
21 December, it was agreed to hold the next meeting of the IAC at
1045 on Monday, 20 December.
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6. National Intelligence Objectives
(IAC-D- 50/ 3)
a. The proposed DCID 4/3 "Comprehensive National Intelligence
Objectives" was approved without change.
b. The proposed DCID 4/4 "Priority National Intelligence
Objectives" was approved as amended.
c. It was agreed that the current DCID on priority national
intelligence objectives be reviewed at least semi-annually hereafter
or on the request of any member of the IAC.
d. In approving DCID 4/4, the committee decided not to take
action on the recommended "Criteria for Determining Priority National
Intelligence Objectives" (IAC-D-50/3, Appendix C) but instead agreed
to undertake a study of criteria in order further to clarify the issues
involved and to provide a basis for future review of the directive.
e. The Chairman requested Mr. Amory, CIA Advisor to the
NSC Planning Board, to bring these directives on National Intelligence
Objectives to the attention of General Cutler with a view to presenting
them to the NSC for information if he considers it appropriate to do so.
Adjournment: 1220
Secretary
Secretary's Note
1. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized the release to USIA of the following estimates:
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NIE 10-7-54 "Communi.st Courses of Action in Asia through 1957"
NIE 34-54 "Probable Developments in Iran through 1955"
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(IAC-M-176, Secretary's Note, para. 4; IAC-M-177,
Secretary's Note, para. 4)
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