MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
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IAC-M-194
26 April 1955
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 26 April 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
*Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
*Presiding
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. Harry S. Traynor, 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. Huntington D. Sheldon, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
entral Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Philip J. Farley, Department of State
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman, Department of the Army
Mr. George W. Allen, Department of the Army
Mr. John K. Rouleau, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Colonel P. D. Wynne, Jr. , United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr. , United States Air Force
Mr. Benjamin B. Weems, United States Air Force
Colonel Orin H. Moore, USAF, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Poyntell C. Staley, Jr., USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. M. W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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IAC-M-194?
26 April 1955
1. Possible Developments
in South Vietnam
(NIE 63.1-2-55)
Certain sections of the estimate were reconsidered
changes made. (See IAC-M-193, 25 April 1955)
2. Approval of Minutes
12 April 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M-191)
16 April 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M-192)
Approved as written.
3. Post-Mortem of NIE
Production for the Period
1 July to 31 December 1954
a. Noted with suggestions for certain changes.
b. The Chairman proposed that a new procedure be
adopted to provide for two kinds of review subsequent to the com-
pletion of an estimate:
(1) An immediate post-mortem on each estimate
to record the intelligence deficiencies encountered by the
estimators in its preparation. To be prepared by the interagency
group that wrote the estimate.
(2) A review of each estimate after-the lapse of an
appropriate interval (usually within six months to a year) to study
the validity of the estimate, i. e. , how good the estimate was in
the light of subsequent developments.
c. The proposed procedure was approved and the
Secretary was instructed to incorporate it in the minutes.
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Release of NIE 10- 55
"Anti-Communist Resistance
Potential in the Sino-Soviet Bloc"
to Foreign Governments
approved. Release of RIR-1 "Anti-Communist Resistance
Activities and Potential in Poland" and RIR-2 "Anti-Communist
Resistance Activities and Potential in Communist China"
also approved.
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6. Attache System
Several members commented on the intelligence value of
the attache system and the losses to intelligence collection which
result from any curtailment of attache personnel. The Chairman
indicated that the attache system is of interest to him as DCI and
to the Intelligence Community and that he would address a letter
to the Secretary of Defense to this effect.
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26 April 1955
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Secretary
Secretary's Note
1. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized the release to USIA of NIE 10-55 "Anti-Communist
Resistance Potential in the Sino-Soviet Bloc. " (IAC-M-191,
Secretary's Note, item 2)
2. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
NIE 63. 1-2-55 "Possible Developments in South Vietnam. "
3. NIE 12. 5-55 "Current Situation and Probable Develo ments
in Hungary" was released
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IAC-M-193
25 April 1955
I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1130, 25 April 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
*Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
*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. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Mr. Robert Amory, Jr. , Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Frank S. Wisner, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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25 April 1955
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Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. E. R. Fried, Department of State
Mr. Paul M. Kattenburg, Department of State
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel D. L. Husman, Department of the Army
Mr. George W. Allen, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Colonel W. B. Sawyer, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Mr. Benjamin B. Weems, United States Air Force
Colonel Floyd E. Dunn, USA, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Ralph Metcalf, USN, The Joint Staff
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IAC-M-193
25 April 1955
1. Possible Developments
in South Vietnam
(NIE 63.1-t-55)
The estimate was approved as amended subject to specific
footnotes by the Army and State members.
Adjournment: 1415
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Secretary
Secretary's Note
1. Certain parts of NIE 63. 1-2-55 (above) were reconsidered
and changes made at the IAC meeting held on 26 April 1955.
(IAC-M- 194)
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IAC-M-192
16 April 1955
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 0930, 16 April 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. W. ' Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Arthur G. Trudeau, 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 Millard Lewis, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, acting for Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
*Mr. Huntington D. Sheldon, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
TCentral Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Harald W. Jacobson, Department of State
Mr. Edward R. Fried, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Lage, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Captain B. E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Mr. Lawrence Healey, Department of the Navy
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Colonel F. D. Wynne, Jr., United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Mr. Benjamin B. Weems, United States Air Force
Colonel Floyd E. Dunn, USA, The Joint Staff
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Norwood, USAF, The Joint Staff
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Morale on Taiwan
(NIE 100-4/1-55)
The estimate was .approved as amended.
Adjournment; 1345
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IAC-M-192
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