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

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: March 6, 1956
• Content Type: MIN

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IAC-M-233
6 March 1956
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 6 March 1956
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
*Presiding
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
*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
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
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 JAC
*Part of meeting
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1. Approval of Minutes
28 February Meeting
(IAC-M-232)
Approved as written,
Watch Committee Report
No,. 291
a. The report was noted,
b, Mr., Dulles said that he planned to bring the seriousness
of developments in the Arab-Isareli situation to the attention of the
President.. Before doing so` he would take note of findings of the
Watch Committee at its 7 March meeting.
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6 March 1956
4. . NIE 11-56
Soviet Gross Capabilities for
Attack on US and Key Overseas
Installations and Forces
Through Mid-1959
a. Approved as amended.
b. Mr. Kent was directed to include at the appropriate
place in the estimate a footnote defining Soviet aircraft types
referred to throughout the estimate,
c. Agreed to defer consideration of the post-mortem on
this estimate and the validity study of NIE 11-7-55.
Adjournment: 1315
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Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTES
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2. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of ME 11-3-56, "Probable Short-Term
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Communist Capabilities and Intentions Regarding Berlin, " and
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both dated 28 February 1956 (IAC-M-232, 28 February 1956,
Secretary's Note. 4).
3. Unless objection is raised by a member at the. next
meeting, the Secretary does not propose to release to USIA.
NIE. 11=56, "Soviet Gross Capabilities for Attack on'US and
Key Overseas Installations and Forces Through Mid-1959,"
6 March 1956.
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IAC Meeting, 6 March 1956
ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
Mr. Sherman Kent
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Mr. Otto E. Guthe
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
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Department of State
Mr. Howard Furnas
Mr. Howard Wiedemann
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Arthur
Lieutenant Colonel James G. Martin
Department of the Navy
Captain B. E. Wiggin
Commander MacLendon
Department of the Air Force
Colonel J. J. Morrow
Colonel P. D. Wynne
Colonel C. J. Stattler, Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Day
Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Nichols
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The Joint Staff
Captain Clarence White
Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Charles Reichardt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. M. 115/. Kuhrtz
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