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

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• Publication Date: November 13, 1956
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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
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building,
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1530, 13 November 1956
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, Jr., Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Brigadier General Richard Collins, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
* Part of meeting
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1. Executive Session
At 1530 the Chairman requested an executive session, which
continued until 1635.
2. Approval of Minutes
a. 5 November Meeting
(IAC-M-264)
b.
Approved as written.
6 November Meeting
(IAC-M-265)
Approved as written. After Admiral Frost raised a
question with respect to release of SNIE 11-9-56 and F- -j to 25X6
USIA (IAC-M-265, Secretary's Note 2), the members exchanged views
on this matter and agreed that these estimates should be released to
USIA. The members also agreed that hereafter the question of the
release of special national intelligence estimates to USIA should be
considered by the IAC at the same meeting at which such estimates
are approved by the IAC.
3. Watch Committee Reports
The members noted Watch Committee Report No. 327 and the
report of the special Watch Committee meeting held on 9 November.
4. Review of Middle East Situation
The Middle East situation was discussed by the members
while they were in executive session.
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5. Review of Developments
in Eastern Europe
The members exchanged views on developments in Eastern
Europe. Mr. Armstrong referred to the desirability of a review by
the Board of National Estimates of extant estimates touching on these
areas, with a view to suggesting to the IAC possible revisions in the
light of recent developments. In this connection, Mr. Kent stated that
the Board was preparing an NSC briefing note for Mr. Dulles which dealt
with such developments, and noted that this paper might be circulated
later to the IAC members for information and possible coordination.
6. Information Report to the IAC
on the Defector Program
(IAC-D-8/23, 5 November 1956)
25X1
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10. NIE 100-7-56
Effect of a Test Moratorium
on the Soviet Weapons
Development Program
a. Approved, as amended.
b. Agreed that the classification of the title of this estimate
should be "Secret. It
Adjournment: 1810
25X1
Acting Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTES
25X1
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unless specifically requested to do so by a member of the IAC, does
not propose to place the question of the release of this estimate to
foreign governments on the agenda of an IAC meeting.
2. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of SNIE 11-8-56, "Likelihood of Soviet
Violation of Austrian Neutrality," 6 November 1956 (IAC-M-265,
6 November 1956, Secretary's Note 2). The Secretary has also
authorized release to USIA of SNIE 11-9-56, "Sinn-Soviet Intentions in
the Suez Crisis," and
25X6
3. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
25X1 I land NIE 100-7-56,
"Effect of a Test Moratorium on the Soviet Weapons Development
Program, " both dated 13 November 1956.
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
Mr. Sherman Kent
25X1
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Mr. Ctto Guthe
25X1
Department of State
Mr. William McAfee
Mr. Boris H. Klosson
Mr. Owen Hilman
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman
Dr. Edwin G. Davis
Department of the Navy
Captain J. B. Carroll
Department. of the Air Force
Colonel W. B. Sawyer
Colonel H. E. Cotter
Colonel. Jonckheere
Mr. Jack Power
Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Woods, Jr.
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Colonel Charles H. Dayhuff, Jr. , USA
Colonel A. Ward Gillette, USA
Colonel Ralph W. Wade, USAF
Lieutenant Colonel Albert E. Stoll, Jr. , USAF
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