MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN IAC CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMIN. BUILD. CIA, AT 1045, 20 DECEMBER 1955

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20 December 1955
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 20 December 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, 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. Charles H. Reichardt, acting for Atomic Energy Commission
representative to the IAC
Mr. Alan H. Belmont, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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1. Approval of Minutes
13 December Meeting
(IAC-M-222)
Approved, as amended at item 1 to read:
"c. General Samford stated that, based on the
experience of the Air Force, he believed that there
was merit in the idea of a coordinated community
approach. This approach had demonstrated its value
in the field of atomic energy intelligence.
"d. Mr. Dulles expressed the view that guided
missiles intelligence was national intelligence of
the highest priority. A concerted attack on the
problem by the community, under the guidance of
an IAC guided missiles committee, is therefore
essential if he and the community are to discharge
their responsibilities under existing NSC directives."
2. Next IAC Meeting
Agreed to hold the next IAC meeting on Thursday,
5 January 1956, at 1430.
3. Watch Committee Report.
No. 280,
4. Post-Mortem on NIE 30-4-55
Outlook for US Interests in
the Middle East
(ONE Memorandum, 12-December 1955)
Noted the findings, and approved the recommendation of
the post-mortem on this estimate.
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5. Proposed Terms of Reference
for the Joint Atomic Energy
Intelligence Committee
(IAC-D-10/ 18, 15 December 1955)
Approved as amended.
6. NIE 11-12-55
Soviet Guided Missile Capabilities
and Probable Programs
a. Approved as amended.
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DCI Letter to the Secretary of
Defense on the Question of an
IAC Guided Missile Intelligence
Committee
The Chairman circulated a draft of a letter he had prepared
for discussion with the Secretary of Defense regarding the establish-
ment of an IAC Guided Missiles Intelligence Committee. Mr. Dulles
stated that he would appreciate receiving any comments the members
would like to make on this subject by Friday, 23 December
(IAC-M-222, 13 December 1955, item 1, as amended in item 1 above).
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Adjournment: 1245
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Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTES
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2. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary does not propose to release to
USIA NIE 11-12-55, "Soviet Guided Missile Capabilities and
Probable Programs," 20 December 1955.
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IA C Meeting, 20 December 1955
ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Otto E. Guthe
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
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Department of State
Mr. Howard Furnas
Mr. Howard Wiedemann
Mr. Richard :Stuart
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Arthur
Lieutenant Colonel Donald L. Husman
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert S. Lowe
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Parr
Mr. John K. Rouleau
Department of the Navy
Captain B. E. Wiggin
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Department of the Air Force
Colonel Willis B. Sawyer
Lieutenant Colonel George H. Wilson
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF
Colonel Charles Dayhuff, USA
Colonel Orin C. Bjornsrud, USMC
Colonel A. Ward Gillette, USA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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