APPROVAL OF MINUTES 7 JUNE 1955 MEETING (IAC-M-199)

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• Publication Date: June 14, 1955
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1. - Approval of Minutes
7 June 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M- 199)
Approved as written.
2. Watch Committee Report
No. 253
Noted.
3. Proposed DCID 3/6:
Establishment of a Guided
Missile Intelligence Committee
(IAC-D-81/9, 31 May 1955)
a. The Chairman stressed the importance to the security
of the US of doing everything possible to improve intelligence on
guided missiles. He stated that he would not wish to take the
responsibility for not going forward with some community approach
which was responsive to the need. He further stated that he realized
that the suggested draft was not the only way to get at the problem
and that he was more anxious to press for the principle of inter-
agency cooperation in this field than for the details of the present
proposal.
b. The Service members generally took exception in
principle to the proposed draft as an invasion of the weapons field
now allocated to the services under DCID 3/4. Moreover, they
tended to view the key gap in the field of guided missiles intelligence
as collection. This has been given a high priority by the services
and it is not clear how the establishment of another committee
would improve current efforts.
c. The Air Force member referred to the Air Force
program to attack the problem more broadly and indicated that
while collection was an important aspect of the problem, there
also were possibilities in the field of research and analysis. He
suggested that an alternative to setting up a new committee would
be to broaden the charter of the Scientific Estimates Committee.
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d. The State member stated that he would support the
proposal but indicated that his department had a less direct
interest in this subject than did the other members. The AEC
member was in favor of the proposal. His agency has been
pleased with the JAEIC approach to an important problem and he
felt that the establishment of a GMIC might help AEC augment its
contribution in this field. He believed that the biggest gain would
be in the development of new techniques and methods for exploiting
intelligence in this field. The FBI member had no objection to any
proposal designed to improve the end-product but indicated his
agency would not be competent to sit on the committee if formed.
e. The Chairman and General Cabell reiterated that
the proposal was in no way designed to supersedeindividual efforts
but to give them added impetus. Mr. Kent pointed out that under
the present setup it is not clear who takes the action called for in
agreed post-mortem findings in this field. The pulling together
of all individual efforts is thus left largely undone.
f. Action: The IAC deferred action on the draft directive
pending the receipt in two weeks of a report prepared by the SEC
in coordination with EIC. The SEC report is to include a proposal
of how the objectives of the draft DCID could be met by SEC, the
changes in SEC's charter which an assumption of this responsibility
would entail, and an evaluation of current Air Force efforts in the
field of guided missile intelligence.
4. The North African and
Arab-Israeli Situations
a. The Chairman circulated for information memoranda
prepared by the Board of National Estimates for him on North
Africa and on the Arab-Israeli situation.
b. The Chairman remarked that while the North African
situation was critical, the existing National Estimate on North
Africa took account of current developments, and a new NIE was
therefore not urgently required.
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c. Tension between Egypt and Israel in the Gaza strip
was discussed, and it was the consensus of the Committee that
although Egypt would suffer severe military reverses if Israel
should attack, such an attack was unlikely and the situation will
be eased at least until after forthcoming national elections in Israel.
5. The Implications of
Nuclear Plenty for
the Communist Bloc
and the Free World
(NIE 100- 5- 55)
Approved as amended.
6. Temporary AEC Representation
Mr. Reichardt announced that Mr. Traynor had been
assigned to the delegation of the Geneva Conference and that he
would be representing the AEC at the IAC during Mr. Traynor's
absence.
Adjournment: 1325
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Secretary
Secretary's Note
1. At its 8 June meeting the State-Defense Military
Intelligence Control Committee approved the release of NIE 11-3-55
"Soviet Capabilities and Probable Soviet Courses of Action through
1960, " 17 May 1955
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2. On 3 June, the Director, National Security Agency,
accepted the invitation of the IAC to participate in the work of the
ad hoc Committee on Information Processing
3. On 31 May, as a preliminary to IAC action, the Secretary
requested the views of the Watch Committee on a SHAPE request
for intelligence on indications of Soviet military aggression.
(IAC-D-6/ 11)
4. On 16 June, the Secretary requested the views of the
Watch Committee on a proposal of the Director, National Security
Agency, transmitted by the Executive Secretary, USCIB, providing
for the flow of NSA material to the Indications Center.
5. The Board of National Estimates has recommended that
NIE 100-5-55 "The Implications of Nuclear Plenty for the
Communist Bloc and the Free World, " 14 June, not be released
to any foreign government. (ONE memorandum dated 14 June 1955. )
Unless objection is raised by a member at the 21 June meeting, the
Secretary will release NIE 100-5-55 to USIA.
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