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

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1956
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Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 20 March 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. W. Park Armstrong,, Special Assistant for Intelligence,
Department of State
Major General Ridgely Gaither, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
Department of the Army
Captain Bruce E. Wiggin, acting for Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General John A. Samford, Director of Intelligence,
Headquarters, United States Air Force
Colonel Robert Totten, acting for Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IAC
Mr. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
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1. Approval of Minutes
6 March Meeting
(IAC-M-233)
Approved as written.
2. Watch Committee Reports
No. 292 and No. 293
3. NIE 11-56
Soviet Gross Capabilities for
Attack on US and Key Overseas
Installations Through Mid-1959
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b. Post-Mortem
(ONE Memorandum, 7 March)
Noted the findings and approved the recommendations of the
post-mortem, including the recommendation that an appropriate
progress report be submitted to the IAC by 15 October 1956.
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5. Validity Studies of Estimates
a. NIE 11-7-55
(ONE Memorandum, 7 March)
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b.
and Section of
NIE 36-54 in light of NIE 36. 1- 55
(ONE Memorandum, 5 March)
Noted.
6. Interagency Defector Committee
a. The members noted the Information Report of the
InteraLyencv Defector Committee (TAC-1)-R / Ih_ 1 1 Marrhl
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were introduced
to the members by Mr. Dulles, and remained present for the balance
of the meeting.
9. Glossary of Intelligence Terms
(IAC-D-98/2, 24 February 1956,
Draft)
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b. The members agreed to defer action on this matter
until a later IAC meeting at which Admiral Layton would be present
and would have an opportunity to present his views.
10. Exchange of Views Regarding
"De-Stalinization" Developments
in the USSR
The membersi xchanged views on recent 25X1
events in the USSR, particularly with respect to the nature and sig-
nificance of "de-Stalinization" developments.
11. IAC Secretariat
The Chairman informed the members that 5X1
was, on 15 March, appointed Secretary of the Intelligence Advisory
Committee, vice The Chairman and other members 25X1
expressed their appreciation tol for his work as Secretary 25X1
of the Committee.
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Adjournment: 1240
Secretary
1. The IAC Committee on Exchange of Delegations with the USSR
and the European Satellites, at its 12 March meeting, agreed to invite
USIA to sit with the committee. Unless objection is raised by an IAC
member prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Exchange Committee
on 26 March, the Secretary will authorize this committee formally to
extend an invitation to USIA.
3. The NIS Committee on 13 March 1956 approved the release
to the Department of Commerce of the following NIS elements on the
Areas listed:
NIS Area
NIS 38 (Burma)
NIS 42 (Thailand)
NIS 43 (Indochina)
32, 38, 62, 64, 65
62, 64
64
30, 60, 61
30, 61, 62, 63
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Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Otto E. Guthe
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Department of State
Mr. Howard E. Furnas
Mr. Boris Klosson
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Arthur
Mr. Lyman Wooster
Department of the Navy
Captain C. C. Coley
Department of the Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth L. Lueke
Lieutenant Colonel George H. Wilson
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
The Joint Staff
Colonel Ellsworth G. Van Orman, USMC
Commander William F. Cafferata, USN
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Meffert .. Kuhrtz
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