EMERGENCY PLANNING OF THE SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATES COMMITTEE

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• Publication Date: March 21, 1957
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MEMORANDUM FOR : Chairman, Intelligence Advisory Committee
SUBJECT . Emergency Planning of the Scientific
Estimates Committee
REFERENCES : a. IAC-D-96/2, 3 April 1956
b. IAC-M-237, 17 April 1956, item 3 a
Introduction
1. Pursuant to the recommendation of paragraph IV, 2, e
of Reference a, which was approved by the Intelligence Advisory
Committee (IAC) as recorded in Reference b, the Scientific
Estimates Committee (SEC) submits its concept of an SEC wartime
plan of operation. In the judgment of the SEC, this paper provides
a framework for detailed planning to meet emergency situations
under anticipated types of warfare.
Assumptions
2. The National Security Council (NSC) will continue to look
to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for national intelligence
advice and support under wartime conditions.
3. The IAC will continue to be charged with its present
mission and functions under emergency conditions.
4. The present subcommittee-IAC relationship will continue.
5. The joint responsibilities of Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) and the Department of Defense for the wartime conduct of
clandestine activities are not within the scope of this paper.
6. The SEC mission will remain within the framework de-
termined by Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 3/4
(DCID 3/4), with the exception that production of NIS Chapter VII,
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"Scientific, "" is expected to be greatly curtailed under wartime
conditions. Excluding those areas of responsibility assigned by
DCID 3/4 to the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
(JAEIC) and to the Guided Missile Intelligence Committee (GMIC),
the SEC will devote itself primarily to integration of scientific and
technical intelligence contributions to national intelligence estimates
and to coordination of intelligence with respect to foreign, chiefly
enemy, technological developments.
SEC Wartime Organization and Membership
7. The organization of the SEC will remain unchanged in a
wartime situation except for the addition of such ad hoc representa-
tion as may be deemed necessary for the duration of the emergency
by the regular committee members or by the IAC. For example, it
is understood that the wartime director of scientific research in the
national mobilization structure will be eligible for representation in
the SEC.
8. CIA will continue to provide the executive secretary and
secretariat, which it will house at the CIA Relocation Center. The
mission of the secretariat will remain unchanged.
SEC Meetings
9. The chairman will call SEC meetings as required to
fulfill the committee's mission. The secretary will notify members
of the time and place of SEC meetings through the respective duty
officers of the SEC member agencies.
* See Annex for the SEC's present concept of its wartime mission.
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Vital Documents
10. The secretariat has ensured storage at the CIA Relocation
Center of SEC vital documents, including SEC agenda, minutes of
meetings, memoranda, reports, surveys, publications, agreed working
papers, and draft contributions to national intelligence estimates. It
will arrange for reproduction of such material as required for SEC
use,
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Chairman
Scientific Estimates Committee
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ANNEX
EMERGENCY PLANNING OF THE
SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATES COMMITTEE
The SEC's Present Concept of Its Wartime Mission
a. Coordinate national intelligence on foreign, chiefly enemy,
developments in science and technology as it contributes to our
knowledge of enemy potentials, exploitable vulnerabilities, and inten-
tions, with the proviso that designation of operational targets is not
generally comprehended in this function, although specific exceptions
may require SEC action. The SEC will be prepared to coordinate
current scientific and technical intelligence within its purview,
produce periodic and special reports on foreign, chiefly enemy,
developments in science and technology, prepare spot evaluations as
required, and make short-term projections.
b. Integrate scientific and technical intelligence contributions
to post-hostilities planning at the national intelligence level. This
function will normally be fulfilled in; compliance with IAC action.
co Provide scientific intelligence support within its sphere
of responsibility to appropriate levels, including that of the. wartime
director for scientific research, in the national mobilization
structure.
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