MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN.BUILD. CIA, AT 1045 31 AUGUST 1954

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85S00362R000200050018-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: August 31, 1954
• Content Type: MIN

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I N T E L L I G E N C E A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045 31 August 1954
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General John M. Willems, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
G-2, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Carl F. Espe, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, 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. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Huntington D. Sheldon, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
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Mr. Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Mr. J. C. Guthrie, Department of State
Mr. Frederick Dunn, Department of State
Lt. Colonel Vasco J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel J. G. Martin, Department of the Army
Lt. Colonel J. H. Donaldson, Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, Department of the Navy
Major V. A. Woods, Jr., United States Air Force
Major John F. Allums, United States Air Force
Colonel J. J. Morrow, United States Air Force
Captain Ray E. Malpass, USN, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain C. Ingram, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. C. H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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31 August 1954
Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-164, 24 August 1954)
1. The minutes of the 24 August meeting were approved as written.
Soviet Capabilities and Probable
Courses of Action Through Mid-1959
(NIE 11-4-54)
2. Approved in part and referred back to the Board of National
Estimates for consideration, together with the IAC representatives, of
certain changes proposed by members. JAEIG was requested to provide
for inclusion in the paper clarification of the ranges of the estimates in
paragraphs 83 and 84.
The paper will be resubmitted to the IAG at an early date with
recommendations regarding the proposed changes before final approval.
It was noted that copies of various charts and tables to be
included in the paper would be circulated for approval. It was agreed
that this paper supersedes NIE 11-5-54.
Probable Developments in North Africa
(NIE 71-54)
3. Approved as amended.
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Release of NIE 12-54
"Probable Developments in the
European Satellites as they Affect
Soviet Capabilities, through Mid-1956"
Time of Next IAC Meeting
5. Agreed to hold the next meeting of the IAC at 1400 on Tuesday,
7 September.
Adjournment: 1227
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Secretary
Secretary's Not e
1. The Board of National Estimates has recommended that NIE 71-54,
"Probable Developments in North Africa" not be released to any foreign
government. This matter will not be referred to the IAC for formal action
except at the request of a member.
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4. Approved the recommendation of the Board of National Estimates
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the footnotes on reliability. The Chairman noted that the decision to delete
these footnotes was applicable only to this particular paper and did not
necessarily imply approval of such deletion as a matter of principle
applicable to future papers.