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

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• Publication Date: November 6, 1956
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6 November 1956
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 1045, 6 November 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Pre siding*
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. Alan H. Belmont, Federal Bureau of Investigation representative
to the IAC
* Part of meeting
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1. Approval of Minutes
30 October Meeting
(IAC-M-263)
Approved as written.
2. Watch Committee Report
No. 326
Noted this report.
3. Review of Arab-Israeli
and Suez Situations
a. The Chairman stated that, subsequent to the special IAC
meeting of the previous evening (which had adjourned at 0100), he had
requested that formal circularization of the estimate approved at
that meeting (SNIE 11-9-56) be withheld in order that he might again
review the paper in the morning. Mr. Dulles noted also that he had
taken the estimate as a draft to the White House during the morning
(6 November) where it had been personally read by the President.
b. Mr. Dulles then referred to late information and intelli-
gence from various sources, particularly that bearing on the Middle
East situation, and stated that he would ask the IAC members to re-
consider SNIE 11-9-56.
C. Army Briefing. Army representatives gave a briefing
on the military situation in the Middle East, especially with respect
to developments affecting ground forces.
d.
SNIE 11-9-56
Sino-Soviet Intentions
in the Suez Crisis
Following distribution of a proposed revision of
SNIE 11-9-56, the members discussed this draft and approved the
proposed revision, as amended.
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e. Navy Briefing. General Cabell introduced a naval
representative who briefed the members on matters affecting the
naval situation in the Middle East.
f . Air Force Briefing. Air Force representatives
reviewed Middle Eastern developments, particularly with respect to
relative air force strengths and current or potential air activities.
25X6
4. SNIE 11-8-56
Likelihood of Soviet Violation
of Austrian Neutrality
While considering this estimate, which had been prepared
to meet a White House requirement, the members reviewed various
relevant matters, including a special report received by General
Schow and certain State Department communications. Following
their discussion, the members approved the estimate, as amended.
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5.. Release of Estimates to
Foreign Governments
25X1
a,
SNIE 12-2-56
Probable Developments in
East Europe and Implications
for Soviet Policy
(Memorandum to IAC, 1 November)
Agreed not to release this estimate to any foreign
6. Review of Developments
in East Europe
General Cabell noted that significant recent developments in
East Europe had been considered by the members in connection with
their discussion of other agenda items, particularly the Watch Committee
report, the review of the related Middle Eastern situation and their
consideration of SNIE 11-8-56.
7. Release of SNIE 11-9-56
Sino-Soviet Intentions
in the Suez Crisis
A question having been raised as to whether SNIE 11-9-56
should be released to the UK and/or Canada, the members agreed that
this estimate should not be released to those governments.
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Pursuant to General Cabell's request at 1335, the members
remained for a brief executive session.
Adjournment: 1345
25X
Acting Secretary
25X6
SECRETARY'S NOTES
1. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of 25X1
and SNIE 12-2-56,
"Probable Developments in East Europe and Implications for Soviet
Policy, " both dated 30 October 1956 (IAC-M-263, 30 October 1956,
Secretary's Note 1).
2. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
SNIE 11-8-56, "Likelihood of Soviet Violation of Austrian Neutrality,"
SNIE 11-9-56, "Sino-Soviet Intentions in the Suez Crisis," and
all dated
6 November 1956.
25X1
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IAC Meeting, 6 November 1956
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. "Robert Amory
Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Otto Guthe
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
25X1
25X1
Department of State
Mr. Boris Kiosson
Mr. Harold Glidden
Mr. Albert Irving
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Owen
Mr. J. D. Stoddart
Lieutenant Colonel R. Delaney
Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Pratt
Department of the Navy
Captain J. B. Carroll
Commander E. C.= Blonts
Department of the Air Force
Colonel P. D. Wynne
Colonel E. M, Kirton
Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Woods, Jr.
Major Grady Dean
Colonel C. J. Stattler, Jr.
Major E. H. Caton
Commander J. H. Davis
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Colonel Charles H. Dayhuff, Jr., USA
Colonel Ralph M. Wade, USAF
Colonel Ernest H. Foley, USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James M. Norwood, USAF
Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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