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

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1957
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11 June 1957
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 1045, 11 June 1957
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, 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
Captain W. S. Howell, * acting for 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
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1. Approval of Minutes`
4 June`Meeting
(IAC-M-292)
Approved as written. In this connection, after referring to
item 4 Mr. Kent noted that he had communicated with Mr. Cumming
and that they were attempting to work out a solution with respect to
the proposed NIE on Resistance Intelligence.
2. Review of Crisis Situations
a. Watch Committee Report
No.; 357
Noted .
b. Other Crisis Situations
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Mr. Cumming then invited the member s
attention to the fact that the electoral returns in Lebanon thus far
appeared to be generally favorable to the US.
The members also exchanged views on recent developments
in Jordanian-Egyptian relations, especially the possible extent to
which King Hussein may have acted with the prior knowledge and
approval of King Saud in expelling certain Egyptian personnel from
Jordan.
Mr. Cumming stated that the problem of French-Tunisian
relations continued to bear watching and discussed in some detail
with the members certain factors affecting this situation. In this
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connection, Mr. Kent noted that a draft estimate on Tunisia which
had considered various of these matters was now ready for sub-
mission to the IAC and the members concurred in the Chairman's
suggestion that this estimate be reviewed at the next regular IAC
meeting. After stating that he planned to brief the NSC on this
situation, the Chairman indicated that he might contact Mr. Cumming
again on this matter and asked General Schow to furnish certain
order of battle information.
Mr. Cumming referred to recent reports regarding Yemen
and exchanged views with the -members on various aspects of this
situation, especially the political. orientation of the Imam and the
question of Soviet Bloc arms shipments to Yemen.
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4. SNIE 100-7-57
Probable Sino-Soviet Reactions
to US Deployment of Nuclear
Weapons Systems
Approved as amended.
5. NIE 11-3-57
Probable Intelligence Warning
of Soviet Attack on the US
Through Mid-1960
After discussing this draft estimate the members agreed to
defer action for one week, during which the IAC representatives
were directed to reconsider certain aspects of this paper (particularly
Section III, A) in the light of comments by General Lewis and other
members, and submit any proposed revisions for IAC consideration.
6. Special Air Force Briefing
At 1300 the Air Force presented a special briefing.
Adjournment: 1340
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Secretary
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SECRETARY'S NOTES
1. No objection having been raised by a member, the Secretary
has authorized release to USIA of NIE 36. 2-57, "The Outlook for Iraq,"
4 June 1957 (IAC-M-292, Secretary's Note 2).
2. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
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"Probable Sino-Soviet Reactions to US Deployment of Nuclear Weapons
Systems," both dated 11 June 1957.
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ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Robert Amory, Jr.
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Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Department of State
Mr. William McAfee
Mr. Thomas Larson
Mr. Howard Wiedemann
Mr. Peter Walker
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Pratt
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony P. Bonnaffon
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. McCord
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