MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM. ADMIN BUILDING CIA AT 1045 21 SEPTEMBER 1954

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• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
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• Publication Date: September 21, 1954
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045 21 September 1954
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulle s
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Arthur G. Trudeau, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral H. C. Daniel, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, acting for Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Rear Admiral Edwin. T. Layton, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
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Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
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Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. George F. Muller, Department of State
Mr. James Ennis, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Walter J. Rozamus, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Colonel John J. Morrow, United States Air Force
Major Van A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Major Ernest M. Maygarden, United States Air Force
Colonel Karl L. Scherer, USA, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Ray Malpass, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
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Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-1 8, 10 September 1954;
IAC-M-169, 14 September 1954)
1. Approved.
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Release of NIE 11-4-54
''Soviet Capabilities and
Probable Soviet Courses
of Action through Mid-1959"
3. Release
approved subject to:
a. The rephrasing of parts of two paragraphs as proposed
by the AEC member.
b. Deletion of footnotes referring
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c. The decision of the AEC, to be taken o .1-22 September,
relative to the of certain categories ofARestricted Data.c.kiy?3 -
The AEC member agreed to communicate the decision of the AEC
to the committee. In the case of a negative decision, the question
of the release of this document will be reopened by the IAC.
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Communication from the
Director of the Budget
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8. There were circulated cops o of tha letter e Budget, to September
from Mr. Rowland Hughes, Director get
Chairman of the IAC, requesting the Intelligence Advisory Committee
to "compile a special budget analysis summarizing by member agency
the 1956 budget estimates for those overt intelligence collection
activities which are the direct responsibilities of the officers comprising
the Committee. " Mr. Hughes noted that, to be most helpful, the
material should reach him by 1 November. It was agreed to defer
detailed consideration of the matter until the next meeting.
Items for
NSC Meeting
9. Mr. Dulles stated that Mr. Cutler had requested a briefing
of the NSC at its next meeting on the" situation in Vietnam and a further
treatment of the offshore island situation. Mr. Dulles indicated that
he would contact the members for the latest information on these
matters before the NSC meeting on 24 September. The Chairman also
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"Probable Warning of
Soviet Attack on the US
through Mid-1957"
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the deletion of references to
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commented briefly on his observations in Italy which had left him with
the impression that the long range trends that
He stated that he plans to bring this
raging.
Communism are not encou
matter to the attention of tie NSC.
Question of
Tito's position
10. Admiral Layton noted that information had been brought to
his attention suggesting the possibility that Tito is deceiving the US and &,~f
.ya in fact,working for the Soviet Union. Mr. Dulles directed the Board
of National Estimates to review the estimates on this subject and to
decide whether the matter should be reopened. It was also agreed that
Admiral Layton would send to the Board the staff officer who had
briefed him on the subject. The FBI member also agreed to contribute
to the discussion. The Chairman stated that the OCI analysis of the
article in the "Freeman" on this matter would be sent to Admiral
Layton.
Adjournment: 1216
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Secretary's Note
Pursuant to IAC-M-169, item 4, the Secretary, on 22 September
1954, in transmitting SNIE 11-8-54 "Probable Warning of Soviet Attack
on the US through Mid-1957, "also forwarded to the NSC Net Capabilities
Evaluation Subcommittee the statement relating to the purpose of
warning.
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