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

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Approved For Releasp12004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100040018-3 T Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-0040OR000100040018-3 C- W% TOP SECRET COPY NO 2 cJ CIA 3623&pproved For elease 2004/03/26: CIA RDP8 o94 .00040018-3 LIMITS DISTR BUTION IAC-M- ~+ Revised 13 March 1952 INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting held in Director's Conference Room, Administration Building Central Intelligence Agency, on 13 March 1952 Director of Central Intelligence Agency General Walter Bedell Smith Presiding MEMBERS 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 25X1 C ntr 1 ntell ence Agency Central Intelligence 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 0. 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 Charles F. Gillis, Department of the Air Force Colonel J. C. Marchant, Department of the Air Force Colonel S. M. Lansing, The Joint Staff James Q. Reber Secretary TOP SECRET *For part of AWWAAAM For Release 2004/03/26: CIA-RDP82-0 66 25X1 i ST TS 36258 ,pproved For Release 210~3R6 ,-~DP82-OO4W%140Q14OO18-3 I VE4.f48L7 13 March 1952 Approval of Minutes 1. Action: The minutes of the last meeting, 6 March 1952 25X1 (IAC-M-63 were approved. Add o those present. Prospects for the Establishment of an Inclusive Middle East Command Organization SE-23) 2, Action: Approved as amended. Proposed Estimates on Soviet Intentions and War Potential IAC-D- 3. Ac tion: Agreed that (a) the estimates proposed in this paper should be prepared; (b) NIE-63 and NIE-61+, 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. 25X1 TOP $ECRET ZAC-K-64 (Revised) 13 March 1952 25X1 Approved For Release 209- IF/ UC P82-OO4OOROOO1OOO4OO18-3 L TS 36238-a Approved For Relg2 CIA-RDP82-0 rur VON ;RE e 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 there should be established a coordinator of intelligence activities in Berlin, it 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 submis- sion to the IAC at the next meeting. 8. Discussion: General Bolling presented a structural chart showing the various His plea was that some coordinating ev ce 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 IAO-M-64 (Revised) 13 March 1952 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100040018-3 TS 36238-roved For Release 2004/03/26 ? CIA DP82-00 ' pp g SECRET -AC-M- ''v se 25X1 13 March 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 IA C(Revised) 13 March 1952 j 0? -t itI Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP82-00400R000100040018-3 SIGNATURE RECORD AND COVER SHEET DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION REGISTRY SOURCE OIC 323 CIA CONTROL NO. DOC. NO. 1 3 Mar 5$ DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED DOG. 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