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

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• Publication Date: November 5, 1956
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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
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building,
Central Intelligence Agency, at 2130, 5 November 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding`
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding*
Mr. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Robert A. Schow, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General Millard Lewis, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Brigadier General Richard Collins, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IAC
Mr. Meffert W. Kuhrtz, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
* Part of meeting
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SNIE 11-9-56
Sino-Soviet Intentions
in the Suez Crisis
a. In opening the meeting, General Cabell stated that the Watch
Committee had met during the afternoon (5 November), but that in-
formation regarding delivery of the Bulganin notes to various govern-
ments had arrived too late to be considered in connection with the
conclusions reached at that meeting. The Watch Committee therefore
had been asked to reconvene later in the day; however, as the matter
developed, it appeared to be one which might more properly be
considered by the IAC, which could make definitive estimative judg-
ments. The scheduled Watch Committee meeting thus was canceled
and a special meeting of the IAC was called.
b. General Cabell also noted that the President considered the
implications of these notes sufficiently serious to warrant special
watchfulness on the part of all government agencies, though there
had been no declaration of a formal alert. On the basis of his in-
structions from the White House, which paralleled those given to the
military services, General Cabell considered it his particular
responsibility to alert the intelligence community. Under these cir-
cumstances, and in consonance with the provision of NSCID No. 1
(para. 6) with respect to convening the IAC when there appears to be
an impending crisis situation, General Cabell had called this special
IAC meeting. Meanwhile, the Board of National Estimates had been
asked to evaluate the Bulganin notes, and prepare a draft special
national intelligence estimate for consideration by the IAC.
C. The members then exchanged views on the Bulganin notes,
and on various types of evidence from numerous sources which
appeared to have a bearing on the implications of the Soviet messages.
In the course of the discussion, the members also reviewed a draft
report of the special Watch Committee meeting held during the after-
noon, particularly the supporting or "back-up" material.
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d. Following distribution of a draft SNIE 11-9-56, the members
discussed this paper and approved it, as amended.'
Adjournment: 0100 (6 November)
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Acting Secretary
At its meeting on 6 November, and prior to formal dissemination
of this paper, the IAC reconsidered SNIE 11-9-56 and approved a
revised version of this estimate.
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IAC Meeting, 5 November 1956
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory
Mr. Sherman Kent
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Mr. Norman Paul
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
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Department of State
Mr. Emery Swank
Mr. Boris Klosson
Department of the Army
Brigadier General William Frederick, Jr.
Colonel John Snodgrass
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Pratt
Department of the Navy
Captain Bruce Wiggin
Captain W. S. Howell
Captain J. B. Carroll
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Department of the Air Force
Colonel R. A. Breitweiser
Colonel C. J. Stattler, Jr.
Colonel L. R.. Long
Colone. P. D. Wynne
Lieutenant Colonel V. A. Woods, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel G. McCrory
The Joint Staff
Colonel E. C. Van Orman
Colonel Charles H. Dayhuff, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Gould
Atomic Energy Commission
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