MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN. BUILD. CIA, AT 1045 3 AUGUST 1954

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• Publication Date: August 3, 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 3 August 1954
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
* Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lt. Gen. Charles P. Cabell
*Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
**Mr. Fisher Howe, acting for Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
**Major General John M. Willems, 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, acting for Deputy Director for Intel-
ligence, The Joint Staff
**Dr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
**Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Part of Meeting.
Attended Executive Session
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ALSO PRESENT
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Mr. Robert Amory, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence. Agency
Mr. Huntington D. Sheldon, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Jack W. Lydman, Department of State
Mr. William C. Trueheart, Department of State
Mr. Clinton E. Knox, Department of State
Lt. Colonel A. W. White, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel Vasco J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Captain B. E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Captain E. C. Renfro, United States Air Force
Major Thomas B. Johnson, United States Air Force
Mr. Samuel S. Rockwell, United States Air Force
Mr. John A. Power, United States Air Force
Colonel William S. Boyd, United States Air Force
Colonel R. H. Wade, The Joint Staff
Colonel L. E. Leary, USA, The Joint Staff
Colonel F. B. James, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Ray. ' E. Malpass, USN, The Joint Staff
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Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-160, 20 July 1954)
1. Action: Approved
Transmittal of Information to
National Indications Center for
Watch Committee
(DCI Memorandum to NSC, circulated
to IAC 23 July; IAC-M-150, para. 3)
2. Mr. Dulles requested comments on his memorandum to the
NSC for use in the NSC meeting on Thursday, 5 August. Admiral Espe
presented, on behalf of the military services, suggested changes to
paragraphs 3a and 3b. These changes, with minor modifications, were
accepted.
The FBI representative dissented from the phrasing of
paragraph 3b, which provides for making information fully available
to the Watch Committee "without restriction because of source, policy,
or operational sensitivity". The dissent was based on the fact that
the phrasing did not allow discretionary authority to withhold or delay
information in exceptional cases where source protection might be of
overriding importance. Mr. Dulles stated that he would advise the
NSC of the FBI dissent.
After a detailed discussion of the FBI objections, the follow-
ing paragraph (3c) was added to the memorandum:
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"When, in the opinion of an agency or department,
overriding considerations affecting the national security
exist which justify an exception to a. or b. above, the
decision as to withholding or delaying the transmission
of the information to the Watch Committee shall be
referred to the President."
It was not indicated whether the addition' of this paragraph
would fully meet the FBI objections.
Mr. Dulles stated that a revised version of the memorandum,
containing the changes in paragraphs 3a and 3b and the new paragraph
3c, would be circulated to the members before the NSC meeting. (This
was done 4 August; see attached Suggested NSC Action for 5 August
meeting.)
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Annual Status Report for the
NSC on the Foreign Intelligence
Program
(IAC-D-55/7)
4. Action was deferred and Mr. Dulles said that an extension
of the deadline would be arranged with the NSC.
Proposed DCID-15/1
Production of Economic Intelligence
(IAC-D-22/3, 28 June 1954)
5. Referred to the ETC for study and recommendations, the
EIC report to be submitted to the IAC within one month.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
6. At 1310 the Chairman requested that the members remain
for a brief executive session.
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Secretary's Note
Terms of Reference for
Probable Warning of Soviet
Attack on the US as of Mid-1957
(SNIE 11-8-54)
This item was not considered by the IAC at the 3 August
meeting. However, -in view of the fact that the LAC representatives
agreed to the terms of reference on 23 July, and since work on the
contributions is progressing satisfactorily, this item will not again
be placed on the agenda of the IAC unless' requested by a member.
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ANNEX to
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SUGGESTED NSC ACTION, Item 3
5 August 1954
Transmittal of Information and Recommendation for
Further Action Concerning Warning Facilities of the
Intelligence Community
1. Noted the establishment, by Director of Central Intelligence
Directive 1/2, of the Watch Committee of the Intelligence Advisory
Committee with the following mission:
To provide earliest possible warning to the United
States government of hostile action by the USSR, or its
allies, which endanger the security of the United States.
2. Directed all appropriate departments and agencies of the
government:
a. To make fully available to the IAC Watch Committee all
information and intelligence pertinent to its mission and functions
(as defined in DCID 1/2), without restriction because of source,
policy or operational sensitivity.'
* Last phrase objected to by FBI
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b. To keep the IAC Watch Committee informed concerning
diplomatic, political, military, or other courses of action by the
U.S., approved for immediate implementation or in process of
execution, which (in the judgment of those departments and agencies)**
might bring about military reaction or early hostile action by the
USSR, or its allies, thus endangering the security of the U. S. This
information is for the explicit and express use of the Watch Committee
and those members of the NIC who need to know of it in order to
perform their functions.
c. When, in the opinion of an agency or department, over-
riding considerations affecting the national security exist which
justify an exception to a. or b. above, the decision as to withhold-
ing or delaying the transmission of the information to the Watch
Committee shall be referred to the President.
** Suggested addition by Defense agencies
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