TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IAC FROM JAMES Q. REBER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2003
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in accordance with General Samford's request at the last IAC
meeting. The recipients are requested to destroy the original
and substitute the attached page,
JAIES Q. REEBER
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IAC-M-94(Revised)
15 January 1953
the policy makers. He recognized that the courses of action most likely
to be adopted by the Soviets would not necessarily be determined by these
studies. Nevertheless, he felt that examination of the subjects proposed
would be a start toward the type of study that would permit our estimates
to be prepared deliberately and carefully in advance of policy makers' re-
quests. He said that the new administration would probably require a more
vitalized approach, that the four proposals were only a beginning, and
that hard thinking would be required if such a development were to be suc-
cessful. Mr. Armstrong thought the JIG proposal a good one, but saw diffi-
culties in scheduling the work of his people in this regard in the face of
inadequate staff. He suggested that when we had made considerable progress.
in developing the studies on the regional approach we might be in a better
position, within our personnel capabilities, to attack this problem.
6. General Samford stated his view that it is most desirable to ex-
pand our planned estimate coverage to subjects more closely and accurately
related to National Security Council problems, and that we must be imagi-
native and farsighted to do this. He did not endorse the subjects presented
by General Porter as necessarily accomplishing the end intended but re-
quested that General Porter's views be accurately recorded in the minutes
to provide a reference for further consideration of this problem. General
Porter indicated that he himself was not entirely clear as to the exact
form that the terms of reference for these studies miglit take. However, he
offered to submit a draft terms of reference of one o' 1ese subjects for
interagency discussion.
7. The acting Chairman noted that the incoming administration would
be reviewing major U. S. policies, that such review would carry the usual
requirement for an intelligence estimate, and that members of the IAC should
accordingly make every effort to identify at the earliest possible moment
such intelligence requirements.
Probable Developments in
Iran Through 1953 MR-75/1)
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15 January 1953
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