ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting Held in room 1121, Temporary M Building 26th Street and Constitution Avenue, N. W. 21 November 1957

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 29, 1957
• Content Type: MIN

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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
Control No. 485050
.EIC-M-64
29 November 1957
Minutes of Meeting,Held in
Room 1121, Temporary M Building
26th Street and Constitution Avenue, N. W.
21 November 1957
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Dr. Otto E. Guthe, CIA, Chairman
CIA.
Colonel Joseph C. Brewer, Department of the Air Force
*Mr..I;awrence E..Brice, Jr., Department of the Navy
Commander Charles B. Brouillette, Department of the Navy
Mr. Bennett V. S. Davis, Department of the Navy
Mr.. John W. Easton, Joint Staff (JCS)
*Mr. George Fowler, Department of the Army
Mr. J. Duncan Holmes, Department of the Army
*Mr. Edwin F. Jones Department of State
CIA
Mr. Robert P. Terrill, Department of State
EIC Executive Secretary
APPROVAL .OF MINUTES
1. The minutes of the BIC meeting.of 15 October 1957 were approved.
Members of EIC-Rl-S6 Working Group (Commander Ross R. Hirshfeld, Joint
Staff member not present).
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CONSIDERATION OF EIC-RI-S6, "COMMUNIST CHINA'S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1956:
TRADE AND TRANSPORT INVOLVED"
2. Discussion:
The draft report on "Communist China's , Imports. and Exports, 1956:
Trade and Transport Involved" (EIC-Rl-S6), prepared and approved by the
Working Group, was reviewed. The Chairman indicated that he considered
this report the best in the series and that the Working Group members
should be commended for their preparation of the report. Mr. Terrill also
indicated that he considered the report of high quality and the members of
the Working Group deserving of commendation. The other members concurred.
Chairman of the Working Group, thanked the other Working
Group members for their efforts and cooperation.
The EIC, after making minor revisions in the Working Group draft,
approved EIC-Rl..S6, and agreed that the Chairman should transmit it to the
IAC for its approval. The EIC unanimously commended the Working Group for
its preparation of this report.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP ON EIC SUBCOMMITTEES.
4. Discussion:
Mr. Holmes stated that the present requirement that documents
indicating the affiliation of individuals with specific EIC Subcommittees
or Working Groups have a SECRET security classification raised problems
in his agency. He requested that consideration be given to downgrading
the classification of such documents to CONFIDENTIAL.
It was agreed that this matter would be investigated, and a
report made to the EIC.
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