MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN BUILDING CIA, ON 3 MARCH 1953

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2003
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• Publication Date: March 3, 1953
• Content Type: MIN

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3 March 1953
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special'Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Richard C. Partridge, Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Captain Allan L. Reed, acting for the Director of Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters', United States Air Force
Dr. Walter F. Colby, Director of Intelligence, Atomic Energy
Commission
Brigadier General Edward H. Porter, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Victor P. Keay, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minutes of Meeting Held. in Director's
Corfe.renc_ Room I.,dministration Luiiding
Central Intelligence Agency, on 3 March 19S3
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
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ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Loftus E. Becker, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. H. M. Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Howard M. Wiedemann, Department of State
Colonel Gerald F. Lillard, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel T. C. Anderson, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel D. T. Vanderhoef, Department of the Army
Commander William A. Clark, USN, Department of the Navy
Lieutenant Commander A. B. Grimes, USN, Department of the Navy
Colonel T. D. Brown, United States Air Force
Colonel Charles F. Gillis, United States Air Force
Colonel John J. Morrow, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Grant, United States Air Force
Mr. Jonathan N. Gilmore, United States Air Force
Colonel Samuel M. Lansing, The Joint Staff
Colonel Edwin M. Cahill, The Joint Staff
Captain John A. Holbrook, USN, The Joint Staff
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A provsi of Minutes
1. Action; The minutes of the ,"eeting of 19 February
1953 (Li0-t~[-96) were approved.
Soviet Capabilities for an Attack on the United States before
did-1955 E-ice.
2. Action: Approved as amended.
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Minutes of, Meeting Held in Directors
-(5^].c,erence I oo , Admini tr. a on }3~Lzi J ding on 5 i arch 1.03
Director of Central Intelligence,
Allan W. Dulles
Presiding
Assistant Deputy Director (Intelligence)
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
MBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special Assistant, Intelligence
Department of State
Major General Richard C. Partridge, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Richard F. Stout, acting for the Director of Naval
? Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Dr. Walter F. Colby, Director of Intelligence, Atomic Energy
Comaission
Brigadier General Edward. H. Porter, Deputy Director for Intelligence
The Joint Staff
Mr. Meffert Kuhrtz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO P:RESEJI'
Mr. Loftus E. Becker, Central Intelligence Agency
25X1 entral Intelligence Agency
Dr. H. M. Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Otto E, Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
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Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Edward R. Fried, Department of State
Mr. Harold W. Jacobson, Department of State
For part of meeting.
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Brigadier General John M,; Willems, Department of the Army
Colonel rxeral . F. Lii_arii, Department of the Pxmy
Lieutenazi1t C,. oriel C. .r.J er son, Department of the Army
Lieutenraa, Colonel C. ( ,?ssib;?y, Department of the Army
rear Admiral r_U C. Daniel, Department of the Navy
Captain Allan L. Reed, U:SI'1, Def.,?. yment. of the Navy
Commander J. r? . MeyF-rtho-F_a, De;~ ., tme .i; of the Ne,,ry
Colonel !harles F. Gillis, Unite. Sta::,es Air Force
Colonel John j. Morrow, 'United States t it Force
Colonel M., Young, TJnited States Air Force
Lieuteraat Colonel Thomas J. Grant, United States Air Force
Colonel Samuel M. Lansing, The Joint Staff
Captaili John A. Holbrook, USN, The Joint Staff
Commander Kelso Daly, The Joint Staff
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Acting Secretary
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Probable Effects on tie NcvJlet
Bloc of Certain Co .r, es of Action
Directed at the 100 7 VVal c A E%:te.rnai
Connfercocf Comnuni 562_007
1. Actio:.g Ap, ro7ed as revised. Several members commented
on the high d gree of cooper aticn and effort achieved in producing
this comalet estimate on short novice,
Proposed Estimates for
Latin C marica -- ~
2. Action: Agreed to begin working-level consideration of
the four estimates proposed in the Bocr:.'s memorandum to the IAC
of 27 February 1953 (NIE-84, Guatemala; NIE-85, Chile; NIE-86,
Brazil; NIE .._. Argentina). It was understood that the proposed
target dates were tentative, and that final IAC approval well might
not be obtainable by the times suggested.
Stalin's Co11 se
3. Mr, Dulles invited comment on the ability of the existing
machinery of the Federal intelligence system to respond to crises
such as that occasioned by the information of Stalin's illness.
There two general agreement that, in this instance, the existing
procedures wero adequate, it being noted that Agency watch officers
were promptly alerted and the President timely advised.
Executive Session
4. At General Porter's request, the Committee met in
executive session at the conclusion of the regular meeting. It
was agreed that the item of information he tabled would be considered
as part of the forthcoming SE-39?
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