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

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• Publication Date: August 27, 1957
• Content Type: MIN

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IAC-M-304
27 August 1957
I N T E L L I G E N C E ADVISORY C O M M I T T E E
Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 10.45, 27 August 1957
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Presiding
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., * Special Assistant, Intelligence,
Department of State
Mr. Gordon Arneson,' acting for Special Assistant, 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 wc ;O r,
Brigadier General Robert A. Breitweiser, acting for Assistant
Chief of Staff, Intelligence, United States Air Force
Brigadier General Richard Collins, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr. Milton E. Jenkinrts;' cting for Atomic Energy Commission
representative to the IAC
Mr. Meffert Kuhrtz, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
Part of meeting
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1. Approval of Minutes
20 August 1957
(IAC-M-303)
Approved as written.
2. Review of Crisis Situations
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 368
Noted.
b. Syrian Situation
The members reviewed various aspects of the Syrian situation,
particularly with respect to internal developments, the extent of
Soviet involvement and possible moves by other countries in the area.
Following their review of these matters, the members agreed to
undertake a special estimate on the Syrian situation which should
consider principally the degree of Syrian involvement with the Soviet
Bloc and prospects for a change in present trends. It was also agreed
that this estimate should be drafted on a crash basis and completed in
time for review at the next regular IAC meeting.
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4. Soviet Announcement Re
Testing of Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile
The Chairman raised for discussion the recent announce-
ment by the Soviet Union that it had successfully tested an inter-
continental ballistic missile (ICBM). Lt. Colonel Wilson outlined
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the action that GMIC had taken and read a preliminary GMIC statement
on the matter. The members and Lt. Colonel Wilson then discussed
pertinent information and intelligence from various sources bearing
on the possible significance of and motives behind the Soviet announce-
ment. GMIC was instructed to make certain modifications in the
final version of its statement and to provide members with copies
as rapidly as possible. The members also concurred in the view that
GMIC should deal only with technical aspects of the problem and not
attempt to treat. any related political ramifications. In this connection,
after discussing the general problem of wider dissemination of the
GMIC statement, particularly from a security standpoint, the members
agreed that the statement should be given a normal distribution in
intelligence publications commensurate with its classification and
substance.
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IAC Meeting, 27 August 1957
ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Col. Wilson - GMIC, Jt. Staff
Department of State
Mr. Gordon Arneson
Mr. William McAfee
Mr. Harald Jacobsen
Department of the Army
Lt. Col. Charles H. Pratt
Lt. Col. H. J. Davis
Major P. H. Dunbar
Department of the Navy
Capt. W. S. Howell
Cdr. C. A. Shaw
Department of the Air Force
Col. Lindscott Hall
Lt. Col. Paul A. Tisdale
Lt. Col. Van A. Woods, Jr.
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The Joint Staff
Colonel J.
M.
Pittman
USA
Colonel R.
H.
Agnew,
USA
Captain G.
H.
Carter,
USN
;W -Part of Meeting
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