MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CIA, ON 25 MAY 1954

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
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• Publication Date: May 25, 1954
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 25 May 1954
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, 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
Brigadier General Edward H. Porter, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Dr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation"
ALSO PRESENT
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Lt. Gen. Charles P. Cabell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell; Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
entral Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Mr. William C. Trueheart, Department of State
Mr. J. W. Lydman, Department of State
Mr. Harold W. Jacobson, Department of State
Lt. Colonel Vasco J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel John Arthur, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel James G. Martin, Department-of the Army
Captain Allan L. Reed, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel Robert Totten, United States Air Force
Colonel John J. Morrow, United States Air Force
Colonel William S. Boyd, United States Air Force
Colonel Lawrence D. Bell, United States Air Force
Lt. Colonel Julius Z. Mims, United States Air Force
Lt. Colonel Clyde C. Wooten, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral E. T. Layton, The Joint Staff
Colonel John E. Leary, The Joint Staff
Commander R. M. Niles, The Joint Staff
JAMES Q. REBER
Acting Secretary
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Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-153, 20 May)
25 May 1954
2. Action: Approved as amended. 25X1
1. Action: Approved.
Reconsideration of NIE 13-54,4
"Communist China's Power
Potential Through 1957"
Proposed Release of
NIE `11-3A-54 to
3. Action: Agreed to postpone final consideration until the
next meeting.
4. Discussion: I explained that NIE 65, which had
included data on the same subject as the current estimate and classified
as Top Secret, had been released 25X1
5. The Air Force had submitted this proposal for release to the
State-Defense Military Information Committee (SD-MIC) and while the
State Department had concurred, with the Army and Navy non-concurring,
the request for an SD-MIC ruling had now been withdrawn on the ground
that action on this release by SD-MIC was not required. General
Samford explained that he had come to this view on the ground that
within the purview of paragraph 5b of NSCID-1, SD-MIC policy per-
tained only to U.S. military information such as information on military
hardware. It was General Samford's opinion, concurred in by
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that the paper proposed for release did not reveal intelli-
gence methods.
6. There was some discussion of the relationship between
SD-MIC and the IAC in regard to the question of authority for release
of military information. While this relationship was not completely
clarified, it was noted that the military intelligence chiefs are both
IAC members and responsible for Defense participation in SD-MIC.
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Departments and Agencies of May 25, 1953,which pertained to the
release of information to foreign governments, had been amended by
a supplementing Presidential memorandum to the Secretary of
Defense bearing on the release of intelligence and intelligence informa-
tion to foreign governments. He explained that the need-to-know
requirement as stated in the first cited memorandum could be waived
in the presence of a judgment of net advantage to the United States.
The Chairman suggested that the members give further consideration
to this matter for action at the next meeting.
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Colonel Bell pointed out that the President's memorandum to all
Communist Capabilities
in Indochina (NIE 10-3-54)
8. Action: Approved as amended.
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Proposed Release of
NIE 63-3-54
9. Action: Approved release
General Smith's concurrence, pending which, final approval had been
withheld at the meeting.)
(Subsequent to the meeting, Mr. Armstrong reported receipt of
Matters for NSC Briefing
10. The Chairman said that he would appreciate receiving any
late intelligence regarding the status of the Chinese offshore islands,
particularly the Ta-ch'en group, in view of reported Chinese Com-
munist activities which might bear upon an attempt to seize the islands.
11. He also requested any later information on activities in
the Indochina delta region.
Secretary's Notes:
1. All agencies having concurred in the proposed release
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for Indonesia Through 19 4, " (memo from ONE to IAC dated
5 May 1954), this estimate was released on 26 May 1954.
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2. The Board of National Estimates has recommended the
non-release to any foreign government of NIE 10-3-54,
"Communist Capabilities in Indochina," (memo from ONE to
IAC dated 23 May 1954).
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