MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ON 13 MARCH 1952

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000100040017-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 13, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

gove'd For Relea ib*DREIA-RDP82 00:100040017-4
1W 11
SECURITY 1NNR'ORMATIOU <
LIMITED IffIB MN
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting held in Directorts
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, on 13 March 1952
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
General Walter Bedell Smith
Presiding
MEM$ERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General A. R. Bolling, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral R. F. Stout, acting for Director of Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,"
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Dr. Malcolm C. Henderson, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Atomic, Energy Commission
Brigadier General Richard C, Partridge, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
*Mr. Frank G. Wisner, Central. Intelligence Agency
Mr. Loftus E. Becker, Central Intelligence Agency.
*Dr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
*Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
*Mr. Lyman Kirk atrick, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
F C"trt, Inte1gence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
*Mr. Richard Helms, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. William C. Trueheart, Department of State
Mr. P. H. Trezise, Department of State
Brigadier General John Weckerling, Department of the Army
Colonel O. B. Sykes, Department of the Army
Lieut. Colonel U. G. Carlan, Department of the Army
Lieut. Colonel George Wilson, Department of the Army
Mr. Roy S. Tod, Department of the Army
Mr. R. W. Guenthner, Department of the Army
Captain Kenneth C. Hurd, USN, Department of the Navy
Commander D. F. Harrington, Jr., USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel Edward H. Porter, Department of the Air Force
Colonel J. C. Marchant, Department of the Air Force
*Colonel Charles F. Gillis, Department of the Air Force
Colonel S. M. Lansing, The Joint Staff
James Q. Reber TOP SECRET
*For part of meeting. Secretary _ _
Approved For Relea1e0$/QCEe TIARDP82004l ~{Oq 017-4
25X1
 'TS 36233 Approved For Rel
IAC4
13 March 1952
Ap roval of Minutes
1. Action: The minutes of the
(SAC-M-63 were approved. Add
last meeting, 6 March 1952
Prospects for L he
of an Inclusive Middle Eat
Command Organization SR 3)
2. Action: Approved as amended.
Proposed Estimates on Soviet
IA'-" D-:T
to those present.
Action: Agreed that (a) the estimates proposed in this
3.
paper should be prepared; (b) NIE-63 and NIE-64, dealing with the
capabilities and courses of action of the USSR respectively through
mid-1953, would be published as one estimate, with two parts if
necessary, this being a more practical and efficient use of research;
(c) the scope of NIE-65 should be extended to 1957 in order to be
more useful to policy planning officials.
TOP SECRET
IACIAC -M-
13 March 1952
25X1
Approved For P I P rIARDP8200400R0001 00040017-4
1 -U ,. It
 Ap.provec For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100040017-4
SECURITY ! OR l .T nN
Ts 36238 10 %S EAU'ET I
13 March 1952
Progress Report (IAC-PR-22)
6. The report was noted without suggestion for change.
Coordination in Berlin
7. Action: It was agreed that a CIA representative would be
established as coordinator of intelligence activities in Berlin
25X1 under the general supervision of lit being under-
stood that the function of this officer was to pull together the
chiefs of the various intelligence organizations for their mutual
benefit in avoiding duplication of effort detrimental to each other
and our objectives. Mr. Kirkpatrick was requested to draft in
collaboration with the other interested agencies a plan for coordina-
tion, taking into account the discussion of the meeting, for submission
to the IAC at the next meeting.
8. Discussion: General Bolling presented a structural chart
showing the various
25X1
His pea was tha some coordinating device
9. General Smith noted the change likely to come about as a
result of the conclusions of the German contractual relationship,
bringing with it greater independence on the part of the Germans
as well as more stringent financial circumstances for all the
agencies. He noted the fact that in the field of clandestine col-
lection the DCI does not have authority to tell other agencies what
to do. He stated, however, that by virtue of the statute and NSCID 5,
it would be proper for him to request other agencies to cease and
desist what they are doing in the field of clandestine activities.
In the situation in Germany, however, where there are considerable
opportunities for clandestine collection and all too few resources
with which to collect and where also substantial intelligence acquired
TOP SECRET
IAC IAC-M-6.
13 March 1952
25X1
Approved For Releas 0mo:LlA-RDP82-00400R000100040017-4
 P?' v? TOP SECr`T
6 36238 Approved For Re1e~2 jQ? : CIA-RDP82-0 -
13 March 1952
by the other agencies would be lost if their activity was discon-
tinued, it would be wiser to coordinate the various activities. He
conceived that it might be done either through a small general staff
or a coordinating committee whose chairman, it seemed to him, should
be a representative of the CIA. At the moment no officer within the
Agency is available for this function and he had discussed with
General Bolling the possibility of assigning an Army officer who
would be competent and available.
10. General Samford concurred in General Smith's proposal. He
felt certain that if the coordination attempted here were carried on
in the right spirit there would be positive rather than negative
results, He emphasized that too precise an instruction to the various
agencies in Berlin would tend to make them feel that there was no
freedom for independent movement.
-3-
TOP SECRET
IAC
13 March 1952
25X1
a~ r
Approved For Release 0: CIA-RDP82-00400R000100040017-4
 Alcoved For Release 200J/Jvff`RDP82-00400R000100040017-4
SIGNATURE RECORD AND COVER SHEET
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
REGISTRY
SOURCE
C IC
~
CIA CONTROL NO.
DOC. NO.
-r~C-M 6
~
DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED
DOC.DATE
13 March 19%
r
COPY NO.
Copy Tf a
LOGGED BY
NUMBER OF PAGES
V PC
NUMBER OF ATrAcHmENTs
None
ATTENTION: This form will be attached to each Top Secret document received by the Central Intelligence Agency or classified Top Secret
within the CIA and will remain attached to the document until such time as it is downgraded, destroyed, or transmitted outside of
CIA. Access to Top Secret material is limited to those individuals whose official duties relate to the material. Each alternate or assist-
ant Top Secret Control Officer who receives and/or releases the attached Top Secret material will sign this form and indicate period of
custody in the left-hand columns provided. The name of each individual who has seen the Top Secret document and the date of han-
dling should be indicated in the right-hand columns.
REFERRED TO
RECEIVED
RELEASED
SEEN BY
OFFICE
SIGNATURE
DATE
TIME
DATE
TIME
NAME AND OFFICE SYMBOL
DATE
r~J .~Ci a LZi
/"7ELLCw
S, Z
/~ dU
o
~ o
/
'30
NOTICE OF DETACHMENT: When this form is detached from Top Secret material it shall be completed in the appropriate spaces below and
transmitted to Central Top Secret Control for record.
-
THE TOP SECRET MATERIAL DETACHED FROM THIS FORM WAS.
BY (Signature)
DOWNGRADED El
---
DESTROYED ^
DISPATCHED (OUTSIDE CIA) TO
OFFICE
DATE
FORM
{ti1AR NO1951. 38-13 Approved For Release 2001108/SECRIWRDP82-00400R000100040017-4 16--011N-2 ore