INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 29 MARCH 1955

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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 Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 29 March 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General John M. Willems, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl. F. E-spe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, acting for 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
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Huntington D. Sheldon, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
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Central Intelligence Agency
antral Intelligence Agency
Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Mr. Richard W. Tims, Department of State
Mr. Clinton E. Knox, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel John H. Donaldson, Jr., Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel H. S. Lowe, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Lieutenant Commander Joseph B. Sullivan, Department of the Navy
Colonel James L. Cole, United States Air Force
Colonel Willis B. Sawyer, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Mr. Donald F. Benjamin, United States Air Force
Colonel Floyd E. Dunn, USA, The Joint Staff
Captain Poyntell C. Staley, Jr. , USN, The Joint Staff
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1. Approval of Minutes
15 March 1955 Meeting
(IAQ-M-187)
16 March 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M- 188)
18 March 1955 Meeting
(IAC-M- 189)
Approved as written.
The Chairman noted with appreciation the prompt
establishment of the IAC Current Intelligence Group for the Formosa
Straits Problem pursuant to the action of the IAC on 18 March.
Organized on 19 March, the group began issuing daily reports on
21 March.
2. Quarterly Revision of
the Program of National
Intelligence Estimates
(ONE Memorandum dated
23 March 1955)
Approved. An addition to the program was noted, namely
NIE 100-4/ 1-55 "Morale on Taiwan, " undertaken at the request of
the Department of State.
3. Current Situation and
Probable Developments
in Hungary
(NIE 12.5-55)
Approved as'amended.
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5. Coordination of Intelligence
Activities Regarding the
Formosa Straits Situation
(IAC-15-91 /2, 28 March 1955)
Action on this paper was deferred pending further study
by the members. The Chairman requested that, if possible, the
members make their views known before the next meeting, scheduled
for 12 April. He ascertained that the FBI and AEC members did
not have an immediate interest in the matter but would be kept
.advised. It was agreed to change the word "could" to "should"
in the third sentence of paragraph 6b and to reference DCID 5/1
in paragraph 7a.
6. Comments of Admiral
Stump on NIE 100-4-55
The Chairman read the comments of Admiral Stump
on a summary of NIE 100-4- 55 "Communist Capabilities and
Intentions with Respect to the Offshore Islands and Taiwan through
1955, and Communist and Non-Communist Reactions with Respect
to the Defense of Taiwan" which CIA had circulated to the field.
He directed the Secretary to provide the members with copies of
the summary and of Admiral Stump's comments thereon.
At 1205 the Chairman requested the members to
remain for an Executive Session. Following a discussion of
certain aspects of the Offshore Island situation, it was agreed
that the IAC Current Intelligence Group for the Formosa Straits
Problem would hereafter produce weekly a roundup of events
designed to provide reader continuity.
Secretary
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Secretary's Note
1. As noted in the minutes above, the next meeting of the
IAC is scheduled for 12 April at 1045.
2. No objections having been raised by a member, the
Secretary has authorized that the following estimates be released
to USIA:
NIE 100-4-55:" Communist Capabilities and Intentions
with Respect to the Offshore Islands and Taiwan
through 1955, and Communist and Non-Communist
Reactions with Respect to the Defense of Taiwan"
3. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next meeting
of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA, NIE 12. 5-55
"Current Situation and Probable Developments in "
4. The following estimates have been released to foreign
governments as indicated:
NIE 11-55: "Probable Soviet Response to the
Ratification of the Paris Agreements, "F--
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