COORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES REGARDING THE FORMOSA STRAITS SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000600090008-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 28, 1955
• Content Type: MIN

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IAC-rD-91 /2
28 March 1955
SECRET
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Coordination of Intelligence Activities Regarding
the Formosa Straits Situation
In view of the fact that no meeting of the IAC is planned for
5 April, the attached proposal of the Director of Central Intelligence
has been added to the Agenda of the IAC meeting scheduled for
29 March.
Secretary
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28 March 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR THE INPELLIGENCE ADVISORY COn4ITTEE
SUBJECT: Coordination of Intelligence Activities Regarding the Formosa
Straits Situation
1. As a means of providing prompt and authoritative joint current
intelligence summaries to the President and other senior policy-makers
regarding the Formosa Straits situation, the IAC has established the
Current Intelligence Group meeting daily in the Indications Center. The
reports of that group have been disseminated every day since 21 March.
2. The Watch Coimittee has prepared and caused to be disseminated
to field collection agencies, a sharpened list of "indicators" bearing
on this area, as a collection guide. This list will be kept under con-
tinual revision.
3. CIA has stepped up its efforts at clandestine collection and
other collection agencies have likewise stepped up their efforts.
1. It is also essential that intelligence support on Taiwan itself
for the U.S, Commander, as well as reporting to Washington, be as effective
as possible. The intelligence coLriunity should do all that it can to ensure
against a failure of intelligence at a critical moment.
5. Accordingly, I suggest that the IAC note the steps being taken by
the military authorities in the area, and the other steps indicated above.
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6. With respect to increasing Intelligence effectiveness on
Taiwan, there appear to be two additional practical steps appropriate:
Neither of these two Corittees would possess any authority beyond the
total of the authorities already held by the respective members; thus
Corriittee authority would be limited to those matters upon which agreement
could be reached. In the absence of such agreement the Coriittees would
serve to raise the issue and the normal mechanisms for resolution could
then be invoked.
7. Under the concept covered in paragraph 6 above, I recommend:
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b. That the TAC support and endorse a recoiraendation by
r.ie to Admiral Stump that he arrange for the estab lislvaent of the
as described above.
9. I recommend that in order to effect these coordinating and
liaison arrangements, the TAC remembers notify their appropriate field repre-
sentatives.
/s/
ALLEN W. DULLES
Director
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