MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTORS CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1955
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INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency at 1045, 8 February 1955
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P.1 Cabell
*Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
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. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Assistant to the Director,
Federal Bureau of-Investigation
ALSO PRESENT
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr. , . Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. H. Marshall Chadwell, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Otto E. Guthe, Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
* Part of meeting
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LCjentral Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Tritelligence Agency
Mr.
Howard E. Furnas, Department of State
Mr.
R.
M. `Scammon, Department of State
Mr.
E.
R. Fried, Department of State
Mr.
Mose L. Harvey, Department of State
Lieutenant Colonel V. J. Fenili, Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Martin, i Department of the Army
Mr. Walter E. Monagan, Jr. , Department of the Army
Commander James G. Thorburn, Jr. , Department of the Navy
Mr. Lawrence Healey, Department of the Navy
Colonel P. D. Wynne, Jr. , United States Air Force
Major E. M. Maygarden, United States Air Force
Major Van A. Woods, Jr. , United States Air Force
Colonel Floyd -E. Dunn, USA, The Joint Staff
Colonel Robert Totten, USAF, The Joint Staff
Colonel Hugh D. Maxwell, Jr., USAF, The Joint Staff
Captain Ralph Metcalf, USN, The Joint Staff
Mr. Charles H. Reichardt, Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. M. W. Kuhrtz, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1. Resignation of
Premier Malenkov
The Chairman sought the opinions of the members regarding
the significance of Bulganin's sudden succession to the premiership
in the USSR and particularly the manner in which this development
might be exploited. Numerous ideas were put forth but there was no
attempt to reach any conclusions. It was generally agreed that the
event should be treated as a failure in leadership both in internal
matters such as the lack of progress in agriculture and in external
matters such as the failure of Soviet diplomacy in the face of the
Paris agreements. The Chairman indicated that he wished the
members to keep in touch with him regarding the matter in
preparation for his briefing of the NSC on 10 February.
2. Approval of Minutes
(IAC-M-182, 25 January 1955)
Approved as written.
3. Review of Current Communist
Attitudes Toward General War
(SNIE 11-4-55)
In view of the important political developments in the USSR,
it was decided to defer consideration of this paper by the IAC for
one week. In the meantime, the State member will make the draft
together with agency footnotes available to the Policy Planning Staff,
noting that it is uncoordinated and incomplete.
4. Probable Soviet Response
to the Ratification of the
Paris Agreements
(NIE 11-55)
For the same reason as noted above, IAC consideration of
this paper, scheduled for 15 February, was delayed one or two weeks.
The Army member noted that this delay was warranted under the
circumstances and that delivery to CINCEUR, the requestor, could
be deferred accordingly.
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7. Vietminh Violations of the
Geneva Agreements through
31 December 1955
(IAC-D-93, 17 January 1955)
While recognizing that the working group would probably
be required to meet only irregularly and infrequently, the IAC
concluded that it would be useful to have particular individuals
within each agency to continue to be identified as having responsibility
for covering Vietminh violations. It was therefore decided not to
dissolve the working group at this time.
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9. Post-Mortem on NIE 11-6-54
"Soviet Capabilities and
Probable Programs in the
Guided Missile Field"
(ONE Memorandum dated 2 February 1955)
Noted as amended. Advance copies of draft DCID 3/6,
proposing the establishment of a Guided Missile Intelligence Committee,
Secretary's Note
Secretary
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3. Inasmuch as 22 February is a national holiday and falls on,
the regular meeting day of the IAC, it is proposed to schedule the
IAC meeting for that week on Wednesday, 23 February, at 10;45,
unless objection is raised by a member at the next meeting of the
IAC.
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