LIST OF IAC MEMORANDUMS

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TAO-D-123 Memorandum for Members of IAC and USCIB -- Subject:
Proposed NSCID No. 6 (9 July 1958) (Limited Distribution)
TAG -D-123/1 Memorandum for Members of IAC and USCIB -- Subject:
Proposed Revisions in NSCIDD No. 6 (23 July 1958)
Limited Distribution)
1AAC-D-123/2 Memorandum for Members of IAC and USCIB -- I+CID
No. 6 (25 Aug 1958) (Limited Distribution)
IAC-D-123/3 Recommended Assignment to the NSA of Resoonsibilitr for
a.Control of ELINT Processing and Analysis
(26 Aug 1958) (Limited Distribution)
TAC-D-124 Memorandum for IAC -- Reporting on Test ICAM and
Space Vehicles (17 July 1958) (Limited Distribution)
Gopy in Reading Room
TACD-125 Memorandum for Members of IAC ar-d TJSCIB -- Subject:
evis ion of NSC IDs (23 July 1958)
3opy of Material forwarded to the NSC on 29 July 1958 --
NSC ID No. 1; NSCID No. 6; NSCID No. 7; Change sheets
for NSCIDs 2, 3, it, 5
IAC-D-125/1 Memorandum for Members of IAC and USC lB -- Subjects
q?evision of NSCIDs (30 July 1958)
IAC-D-125/2 Memorandum for Members of IAC and USCIB --
Subject: Recommended Revisions of National Security
Council Intelligence Directives (15 Sept 1958)
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IAC-D-126 Memorandum for IAC--Subject: First Comparative
Evaluation of U. S. -Soviet Capabilities in Selected
Weapons Systems (24 July 1958) (Limited Distribution)
IAC-D-127 Memorandum to IAC--Subject: Bureau of the Budget
Tabulation of Foreign Positive Strategic Intelligence
Cost Estimates (31 July 1958) (Limited Distribution)
IAG4D-129 Proposed Draft DCID 1/5: Terms of Reference,
Watch Committee of the USIB (20 Aug 1958)
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IAC-D-130 Agreed Procedures for U. S. Participation in
NATO Standing Group Intelligence Estimate
(28 Aug 1958)
Analysis of Bloc Radio and Press Propaganda
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10 September 1958
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Exploitation of Soviet Long-Range Missile Test Activities
We have been requested to place the attached memorandum,
which has been approved by the Critical Collection Problems
Committee, on the agenda of the lAC meeting scheduled for 16
September. At that time Mr. Amory will also make a brief oral
presentation on this matter from background material presently
being prepared by various members of the CCPC.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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5 September 1958
MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION
SUBJECT: Analysis of Bloc Radio Broadcasts, Newspapers, and Periodicals.
Reference: IAC M-356, 12 August 1958, Item 2b; IAC-M-357 19 August,
Item 1.
Materials Available
1. Radio Broadcasts. These are monitored, translated, and a
generous selection printed and disseminated in the FBIS Daily Report.
Coverage of Radio Moscow and Radio Peiping is described as "virtually
exhaustive"; of Soviet and Chinese Communist regional radio broadcasts,
and of East European and Far East Satellite stations, as "selective". The
Daily Report is voluminous. Spot items of special interest are rapidly
made available by teletype to interested recipients by the FBIS.
2. Newspapers and Periodicals. There is "virtually exhaustive"
coverage of the output of TASS and of the New China News Agency. Consider-
able numbers of Soviet and European Satellite newspapers and periodicals
are available; for example the State Department research people receive 39
Soviet newspapers, 97 Soviet journals, 42 Eastern European newspapers, and
127 Eastern European journals. The supply of Chinese Communist printed
materials is still comparatively scanty: out of some 800 newspapers
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published in Communist China in 1957 only about 70 were available in
Hong Kong on a fairly regular basis, and the FDD reported in July 1957
a list of 18 which it exploited. We are still considerably dependent
on radio rebroadcasts of Chinese Communist press materials.
Methods of Analysis
3. It is convenient to distinguish three ways of using these
(a) Ordinary reading by intelligence analysts. This is a
rather cavalier designation for what is certainly the principal
method of extracting intelligence from these materials. Needless
to say, many intelligence analysts spend a good deal of their time
in studying, clipping, and filing the contents of newspapers,
journals, and the FBIS Daily Report. It is worth remarking, as
an example of the esteem in which these materials are held, that
IRA's Division of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe considers them to be its most important single
source of information.
(b) Research projects - into some particular problem or subject
as treated in Bloc radio, newspaper or other published materials,
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past and present. All intelligence analysts do a good deal of this
in the course of their work, and indeed the significance of any Bloc
utterance can seldom be evaluated properly except in relation to
previous Bloc utterances. But there are also various research
projects of large scale, such as some of those done by the Rand
Corporation or by Russian Research Centers at universities, or by
individual scholars. Extensive projects are peculiarly suited to be
carried out under the auspices of universities, or by such organza-'
tions as Rand.
(c) "Content analysis". This phrase is here loosely used to
mean the systematic analysis of radio, newspaper and journalistic
materials, day by day, as a full-time and specialized job. More
narrowly, "content analysis", or "propaganda analysis", involves the
application of special analytical techniques to propaganda and
policy materials, by persons who have special training in the study
of communications.
Content analysis is conducted at present only by the Radio
Propaganda Branch of FBID, where about 15 professionals currently
work at the job. This Branch reports its findings in various
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special papers, and regularly in two periodicals - a three-page
weekly TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF CCiMUNIST BLOC BROADCASTS, and a
more detailed bi-weekly SURVEY OF,COMMUNIST BLOC BROADCASTS.
General Remarks
4. There would probably be no dissent to the proposition that
analysis of the contents of radio broadcasts, newspapers and journals from
the Bloc is one of the most vital aspects of intelligence work. It is
of peculiar importance in connection with Chinese Communist affairs and
Sino-Soviet relations, where other evidences are exceedingly scanty. In
the cursory collection of data for this memorandum there appeared a strong,
though not wholly unanimous, opinion that a more extensive acquisition
and exploitation of Chinese Communist printed materials would be highly
profitable to the total intelligence effort.
5. The principal other suggestion that came up in the course of
preparing this memorandum appears to be more controversial. This was that
a substantially greater effort be allocated to ticontent analysis" --
not necessarily to content analysis only in its narrowest sense, but
rather to the technically skilled study of Bloc propaganda materials by
persons whose full-time job this was. In short, that there be an increase
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in the kind of work presently carried on by the Radio Propaganda Branch
of FBID. There are strong proponents of this course, and there are others
who contend that analysis of propaganda materials is best carried on as a
part of the work of regional intelligence specialists, who devote them-
selves not in the exploitation of one source of information, but rather
to the affairs of the country or region whence the information comes.
6. Should the IAC desire to pursue this subject further, it is
recommended that the Chairman designate some qualified person to form a
small committee, investigate the matter more thoroughly than has been
done for this memorandum, and submit recommendations for action.
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28 August 1958
I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Agreed Procedures for U. S. Participation in NATO
Standing Group Intelligence Estimate
The attached documents setting forth the "Agreed Procedures"
for U. $. participation in the NATO Standing Group Intelligence
Estimate are forwarded for information.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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Honorable Donald A. Quarles
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Don:
23. August 1958
Thank. you for your letter of 15 August, transmitting
the "Agreed Procedures" for U. S. participation in the
NATO Standing Group Intelligence Estimate.
I have approved the statement of understanding and
it is returned herewith.
Sincerely,
/s/
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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Washington
15 August 1958
Attached is a statement of "Agreed Procedures" under which,
with the assistance of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, you
would support the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the execution of their
responsibility in regard to the Standing Group Intelligence Estimate.
This paper was developed under the guidelines reached at. our
meeting of -7 March 1958. I am satisfied that it follows those
guidelines., and will serve a useful purpose, not only in solving the
instant problem of U. S. support to the Standing Group, but also
in providing a precedent under which the Intelligence Advisory
Committee can advise and assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when they
deem it appropriate, in the execution of their military responsibilities
pertaining to their intelligence relationships with the.military
authorities of other countries. Accordingly I have signed the state-
ment of understanding and am sending it to you for your signature,
if you agree with the procedures as set forth.
Upon receipt of your acceptance of the inclosure as the basis
for your support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in respect to the
Standing Group Estimate, the Deputy Director for Intelligence,
Joint Staff, as the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will
proceed with implementation of that document. As the.first step,
you may expect a request for comment on draft terms of reference.
Sincerely yours,
DONALD A. QUARLES
Deputy
Honorable Allen Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
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AGREED PROCEDURES FOR U. S. PARTICIPATION IN
NATO STANDING GROUP INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
In the preparation of the subject estimate, it is agreed that the
following principles and procedures shall govern the relationships
between the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on
the one hand and the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the
Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC)* on the other:
1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be responsible for prescribing
the scope, format and outline of the estimate and for establishing
appropriate deadlines for its completion. The Joint Chiefs of Staff
shall consult with the Director of Central Intelligence prior to final
determination of these items.
2. The first draft of the U. S. Position Paper will be prepared
by the Joint Staff and shall be reviewed and modified as appropriate
by a working group including representatives of the Director of
Central Intelligence, of the Department of State, of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, and of the military departments. Applicable National
Intelligence Estimates, supplemented by contributions from interested
agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee, shall
form the basis for this draft. The draft will then be coordinated
with U. S. intelligence agencies in the manner employed for National
Intelligence Estimates.
3. The coordinated draft shall be acted upon by the Intelligence
Advisory.Committee.. The Estimate as accepted by the IAC shall be
reviewed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff; upon approval by them it shall
become., the U. S. Position Paper for the guidance of the U. S.
representative on such Standing Group body as is designated to
prepare. the Estimate. Any disagreement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
with substantive content of the IAC approved Estimate shall be re-
solved by direct discussion between the Director of Central Intelli-
gence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
* It is understood that the U. S. Intelligence Board will be substituted
herein when it replaces the IAC.
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.. 4. The U. S. representative shall be designated by the Joint Chiefs
of. Staff. He shall be assisted by appropriate representatives of the
intelligence agencies concerned. The Director of Central Intelligence
may designate an individual to advise and assist the U. S. representative
in. the work of the latter on the Steering Committee.
5, .. _ The draft Standing; Group Intelligence Estimate, when completed,
shall be: transmitted to the Intelligence Advisory Committee. Comments
and. recommendations of the Intelligence Advisory Committee will then
be forwarded to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Chiefs of Staff,
after consideration of comments and recommendations of the IAC and the
U, S. representative, Standing Group, NATO, shall take the appropriate
further action.
APPROVED:.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Director of Central Intelligence
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IAC-D-129
20 August 1958
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Proposed Draft DCID 1/5: Teams of Reference,
Watch Committee of the USIB
1. Attached is a memorandum from the Director, National
Indications Center (Tab A) concerning a proposed revision of
the terms of reference of the Watch Committee which has been
prepared in the light of the new draft NSCID 1. We are also
forwarding a draft DCID 1/5 designed to make the necessary
changes in and supersede the existing DCID 1/2 of 11 May 1954.
In general, changes are indicated by underscoring while the old
language appears in parentheses.
2. This proposed DCID 1/5 will be placed on the agenda of
an early IAC meeting for approval.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARY OF THE INTELLIGENCE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: Revisions in DCID 1/2
1. An examination of DCID 1 /2 has been made and it is the opinion
of General Cabell, Chairman of the Watch Committee, and of other
members of the Watch Committee, who were consulted on the matter,
that no change seems to be required in the language of this directive --
except that when the USIB comes into existence, its name should be
substituted for the IAC wherever it occurs, and wherever the term
Indications Center appears, National Indications Center should be
substituted.
2. This directive has been an ideal charter to work under and four
years after its issuance, it still provides adequate room for growth
and flexibility.
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20 August 1958
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DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. (1/2) 1/5
TERMS OF REFERENCE, WATCH COMMITTEE OF THE (IAC) USIB
(II May 1954; SECRET)
Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6)4e, NSC.I D No. I, and paragraph
10,a,(I) of NSC 162/2, approved by the President on 30 October 1953, the
following terms of reference for the Watch Committee of the (IAC) USIB are
hereby established:
Preamble
The Soviet/Communist bloc, as a potential aggressor, has the
capability to initiate suddenly at any time and in a place and
by methods of its own choosing, hostile action* in such strength
as to threaten gravely the security of the United States. The
mission of providing earliest possible warning of hostile action
will be undertaken by the (IAC) USIB agencies, within the scope
of their responsibilities, as of the highest priority. The proper
discharge of this mission depends upon the carrying out of
complementary watch and estimating functions.
A. Name
Watch Committee of the(IAC) USIB
B. Mission
To provide earliest possible warning to the United States Government of hostile
action by the USSR, or its allies, which endangers the security of the United
States.
C. Functions
I. To develop and operate on a current and continuing basis an intelligence plan
for the levying upon (IAC) USIB members, and the requesting from other U. S. agencies
through appropriate channels, of the intelligence requirements necessary to provide the
maximum degree of advance warning and for recommending the collection priorities of
these requirements.
2. To analyze and evaluate information and intelligence, both current and cumu-
lative, on an all-source basis, furnished by the (IAC) USIB agencies relating to the
imminence of hostilities, and to develop therefrom the conclusions as to indications
of:
a. Soviet/Communist intentions to initiate hostilities against
* Aggressive action by armed forces, or by organizations or individuals in support
of military strategy.
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I the continental United States, U. S. possessions, or U. S. forces
abroad,
2 U.S. allies or their forces,
3 areas peripheral to the Soviet Orbit.
b. any other development, actual or potential, susceptible of direct
exploitation by Soviet/Communist hostile action which would jeopardize the
security of the United States.
3. To report promptly their conclusions, together with significant indications,
to the principals of the (IAC) USIB and other appropriate recipients. In the event
of an impending critical situation, (IAC) USIB principals will be immediately
advised after which the provisions of paragraph (6)4e, NSCID No. I, will apply.
4. To make recommendations to the (IAC);,USIB, or member agencies thereof,
including such divergent views as may be recorded.
.w 5. The Watch Committee shall avoid duplicating (IAC) USIB estimative functions.
D. Composition and Organization
1. The Watch Committee will be composed of a Senior Officer representing each
(IAC) USIB member organization, one of whom will be designated by the DCI, after
consultation with the (IAC), USIB, as Chairman for a specified period. The Committee
will be supported by (an) the National Indications Center, headed by a Director to be
provided by CIA and consisting of an administrative Secretariat and an Indications
Group.
2. The Watch Committee will meet on a regular schedule as determined by the
Committee and on special occasions when requested by one or more of its members or
their principals.
E. Duties and Responsibilities
The Watch Committee shall discharge, or direct the National Indications Center
in the discharge of, the below-listed duties and responsi ilities.
I. Develop and operate on a current and continuing basis the Watch Committee
Intelligence Plan for systematizing, energizing, and coordinating through appropriate
channels the world-wide collection by U.S. agencies of information and intelligence
pertinent to the Watch Committee mission.
2. Arrange through the (IAC) USIB or the appropriate. member thereof for exploitation
of every domestic and foreign source of information and intelligence pertinent to the
Watch Committee mission; and, among other actions, arrange, at appropriate times, that
representatives of (IAC) USIB field intelligence activities confer with the (IAC) USIB
and the Watch Committee in order effectively to coordinate, but not direct, field in-
telligence activities with.the activities of the Watch Committee.
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3. Arrange with the (IAC) USIB agencies for a systematic screening of alI infor-
mation and intelligence received by them by any means for the purpose of immediately
extracting and forwarding to the National Indications Center alI items which may con-
tain indications of Soviet/Communist intentions as set forth in C, 2 above (this pro-
cedure is in addition to the action called for in paragraph (6)4e of NSCID No. I) ; an
agency evaluation, where appropriate, will be forwarded as soon as possible.
4. Members will maintain close and intimate liaison with their respective parent
agencies to assist them in ensuring that all pertinent information and intelligence is
being made available to the National Indications Center.
5. Continuously screen all pertinent information and intelligence received from
all (IAC) USIB agencies for indications relating to the Watch Committee mission.
6. Develop promptly an early evaluation and analysis of each indication in
coordination with the intelligence agency or agencies best qualified to deal with the
field of intelligence to which the indication belongs.
7. Coordinate with the individual members of the Watch Committee the selection
of indications for consideration by the Committee in regular and special meetings.
8. Prepare material for use by the Watch Committee to assist in its deliberations
and the formulation of its conclusions.
9. Coordinate the reproduction and dissemination of approved Watch Committee
reports.
10. Maintain in readily usable form a complete and integrated file of all available
information and intelligence pertinent to the Watch Committee mission.
II . Maintain wall maps, charts and other display material which wi II most effectively
assist in illustrating and interpreting graphically the current and cumulative indications.
12. Concurrently, but not as a substitute for current methods of analysis and evaluation,
develop and test (with outside assistance if desirable) the application of mechanical aids
and techniques to the problem on an experimental basis with a view to their eventual use
in assisting effectively the Watch Committee in the accomplishment of its mission.
13. Perform such additional tasks as shall be required by the (IAC) USIB in the discharge
of the Watch Committee mission.
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8 August 1958
I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
ntelligence Conference
We are forwarding for information the attached letter from
25X1 the rding an intelligence conference
to be held i is fall, together with a proposed program
for the conference. Mr. Dulles may discuss this matter informally
at an early IAC meeting.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT : Bureau of the Budget Tabulation of Foreign Positive
Strategic Intelligence Cost Estimates
Attached is a copy of a letter from the Director, Bureau of the
Budget, to Mr. Dulles enclosing a tabulation of this year's foreign,
positive, strategic intelligence cost estimates together with compara-
tive summary data for fiscal years 1956 and 1957. As you recall, it
was agreed at the IAC meeting on 29 July that a copy of these tabula-
tions should be circulated to each IAC member, and that a working
group chaired by the CIA Comptroller should review these data and
make recommendations to the IAC with respect to standardizing .
criteria for the development and presentation of such intelligence
cost estimates.
We are distributing one copy of this material to each IAC
member on an "Eyes Only" basis. In addition, the CIA Comptroller
proposes to make one copy available to each member of the working
group.
JOHN HEIRES
Secretary
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON U. D.C.
JUN 2 3 1958
My dear Mr. Dulles:
Enclosed are six copies of this year's foreign, positive,
strategic intelligence cost estimates together with comparative
summary data for fiscal years 1956 and 1957. The tabulations
have been prepared by the Bureau of the Budget for its own
use and for use by the President's Board of Consultants on
Foreign Intelligence Activities on. the basis of estimates
submitted by the several departments and agencies engaged
in intelligence activities.
Because of the detailed information on covert collection
included in the estimates, the Bureau is not distributing
copies directly to the individual contributors. Rather, :re-
are again taking the liberty of sending multiple copies to
you as Chairman of the Intelligence Advisory Committee with
the request .that you make whatever distribution you deem
appropriate.
Sincerely yours,
Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington 25, D. C.
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1. This is the fifth in a series of annual reports prepared by the
Bureau of the Budget on estimated foreign, positive, strategic intelligence
efforts. Like earlier reports it is subject to a rather wide margin of
possible error because the existing budget and accounting structure of the
a encies does not permit easy idcuti ication of all intelligence activities.
The tables represent estimates which cut across a large number of separate
appropriations and the data cannot be related directly to actual accounting
figures. The precise margin of error, which is most signif icant in Department
of Defense estimates, cannot be determined but it is probably at least 25%,
meaning that the real cost of intelligence activity may amoiuzt to as much as
;l billion.
2. Included in this report are summary tables for the past three years
which are intended to give some indication of trends in the total intelligence
program. During these three years, there has.been very little change in the
format of the reports and the criteria which served as their base.
3. As is evident, roughly three-fourths of total intelligence costs are
borne by the Department of Defense. The non-Defense agencies appear to have
achieved a degree of consistency in interpreting the criteria issued by the
Bureau of the Budget and their reports over'the past three years evidence a
high degree of stability. For the Defense agencies, however, quite the contrary
is true; here we find large differences in the various reporting categories
from year to year, explained presumably on the basis of varying interpretations
,of the reporting criteria. It is hoped that prior to the call for estimates
for FY 1959 more specific guidelines can be agreed upon, so that the consumer in
subsequent years will have a greater assurance that each of the service estimates
are based on common understandings. -
. 4+. For this year's report Army cost and manpower estimates were based
on submissions from the various continental armies, operating agencies, and
overseas commands, using actual cost data and obligations where available.
Navy estimates were based on known commitments for the first half of FY 1958
and -then doubling these commitments. They were drawn up entirely in Washington
without inquiry'from the field. Air Force estimates on the other hand are
largely a compilation of field agency submissions which were based on the latest
financial plans of the contributors.
5. The Department of the Army has spread the cost of additions to capital
equipment into categories 1 through 4, whereas the other services reported
these items net of additions to capital equipment.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: First Comparative Evaluation of U. S. -Soviet
Capabilities in Selected Weapons Systems
1. The President has now approved an evaluation .of air defense
radar developments and capabilities as the first to be. undertaken under
the aegis of the new Comparative Evaluations Group created by the NSC.
In general each evaluation is to be completed within three .months.
2. The President has also approved the following procedure:
f13 c. The Chairman of the Group should designate
one individual to be responsible for each of the studies to
be undertaken. (In general, the Director of Central Intelli-
gence. in consultation with the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, should be. responsible for (1) collecting and
evaluating all available information concerning Soviet
capabilities in the particular area selected for study, and
(2) designating the foreign intelligence expert or experts
most capable in such field. In general, the Director,
Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, should be responsible
for collection of all necessary information concerning U. S.
capabilities in the particular area selected for study. Where
appropriate, he should call in for consultation other indi-
viduals having special competence in the area under study. )"
3. It is my intention to designate the best qualified individuals
in the intelligence community, regardless of agency affiliation, to
carry out the intelligence portions of the evaluations. For the first
study, I propose to designate Lt. General Earl W. Barnes, USAF
(Ret.) who has served with WSEG. He would be assisted by a small
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group of senior specialists drawn from the intelligence agencies with
primary competence in this field.
4. 1 suggest that we discuss this subject briefly at the IAC
meeting on Tuesday 29 July.
/s/
ALLEN W. DULLES
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
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