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

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• Publication Date: June 4, 1958
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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 1045, 4 June 1958
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding*
Chairman,. Board of National Estimates
Mr. Sherman Kent
Presiding*
MEMBERS PRESENT
Mar. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., * Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Mr. Gordon Arneson, * acting for Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Major General R. H. Wienecke, Acting Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Vernon L. Lowrance, acting for Director of Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Major General James H. Walsh, Assistant. -Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
United States Air Force
Brigadier General Robert A. .Breitweiser, Deputy Director for
Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Mr.' Harry S. Traynor, 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
27 May Meeting
(IAC-M-343)
Approved as written subject to the amendment of the second
sentence of item 7 ("Wider Dissemination of NIS and NIE Reports")
to read:. "After discussion the members approved the proposed wider
dissemination of NIS and NIE reports in principle, with the under-
standing that in each case NIE's or SNIE's would be referred to the
IAC for approval of dissemination to proposed recipients, and that
the proposed dissemination of NIE 100-58 be deferred pending certain
inquiries by Mr. Cumming within the Department of State."
In this connection, Mr. Arneson advised that the Department
had no objection to the release of NIE 100-58 to the potential reci-
pients named in paragraph 1 of IAC-D-118. After further discussion
it was agreed to release NIE 100-58 to the following officials:
Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the
Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce,
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Director, Office of
Defense Mobilization, Director of the Budget; President, Export-
Import Bank of Washington, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Director, National Science Foundation.
2. Situation Review
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 408
Noted.
b. Review of Sensitive Situations
The Chairman referred briefly to developments in Lebanon
and noted that this situation would be reviewed in more detail during
consideration of the draft estimate (SNIE 36.4-58). .
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IAC-M-344
4 June 1958
5. SNIE 11-7-58
Strength and Composition
of Soviet Long-Range
Bomber Force
The members discussed this estimate generally, and in the
light of various amendments circulated at the meeting.
At 1200 the Chairman requested a temporary adjournment of
the IAC meeting in order that the members of USCIB could consider
a matter in executive session. The members of the IAC resumed
their review of SNIE 11-7-58 at 1245, with Mr. Kent acting as
Chairman.. After a further exchange of views it was agreed to
adjourn and consider SNIE 11-7-58 and the balance of the agenda
items at a special IAC meeting on Thursday, 5 June, at 1530.
Adjournment: 1300
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Secretary
SECRETARY'S NOTE
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Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Dr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Department of State
Mr. Howard Wiedemann
Mr. Floweree
Mr. Richard Sanger
Mr. Jay P. Moffat
Mr. Robert Thayer
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Pratt
Major Kenneth E. Buell
Major Warren A. Bovee
Major William 0. Peak
Department of the Navy
Captain W. S. Howell
Commander W. R. Mc Clendon
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Department of the Air Force
Colonel James F. Berry
Colonel Shepler W. FitzGerald
Lieutenant Colonel Richard D. Day
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
Mr. John A. Power
Mr. Robert A. Kilmarx
The Joint Staff
Colonel J.
M.
Pittman, USA
Colonel D.
M.
Garvey, USA
Colonel U.
P.
Williams, USA
Colonel A.
L.
Cox, USAF
Captain Allyn Cole
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Minutes of Meeting Held in
IAC Conference Room, Administration Building
Central Intelligence Agency, at 1045, 27 May 1958
Director of Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Presiding
Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Director of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
Brigadier General John J. Davis, acting for Assistant Chief of Staff,
Intelligence, 'Department of the Army
Rear Admiral Laurence H. Frost, Director of Naval Intelligence,
Department of the Navy
Major General James H. Walsh, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence,
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. Ralph R. Roach, acting for Federal Bureau of Investigation
representative to the IAC
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IAC-M-343
27 May 1958
1. Approval of Minutes
20 May Meeting
(IAC -M- 342 )
Approved as written, subject to the amendment of item 7 a
to read: "Approved as submitted. "
a. Watch Committee Report
No. 407
b. Review of Sensitive Situations
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The Chairman and Mr. Cumming discussed the Indonesian
situation. Mr. Dulles also raised a question about development's in
Burma and Admiral Frost commented on certain aspects of that
situation.
The members reviewed recent intelligence and information
bearing on the political situation in France. Reference was also
made to developments in Tunis.
With respect to the Middle East the members exchanged views
on the situation in Lebanon, and on the Jordanian-Israeli situation in
the light of the shooting of a UN official on Mount Scopus.
3. IAC Membership
After noting that this would be General Collins' last meeting
as a member of the IAC, the Chairman stated that General Collins
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had participated in the activities of the IAC with skill and effective-
ness and thanked him for the excellent contribution he had made to
the work of the intelligence community. General Collins expressed
his appreciation, referred to the valuable experience which he had
gained as a member of the IAC, and stated that General Breitweiser
would be his successor. The Chairman and members then welcomed
General Breitweiser as a new member of the IAC.
Inspection Problems Involved in
Possible US-USSR Agreement
Banning Production and Deployment
of Long-Range Ballistic Missiles
(IAC-D-119, 26 May 1958)
The Chairman referred to a letter from the Department of
State on this subject, which had been distributed prior to the meeting
(IAC-D-119, 26 May) and stated that he had named
of CIA to head the group which would work on this problem. The
tion of the group, the nature of the problem and the general approach
which would be used. After exchanging views, the members agreed
that the group should proceed, in the light of this discussion, to develop
a report which would meet the requirement of the State Department,
with the understanding that the IAC would be kept appropriately
advised regarding the group's activities.
members then discussed with questions such as the composi-
5. Initiation of SNIE on Implications
of Certain US Satellite Programs
After discussion the members agreed to initiate an SNIE
dealing with implications of a US reconnaissance satellite program
pursuant to a request by the Department of State in the light of a
Planning Board requirement. It was understood that the target date
for IAC consideration of this estimate would be determined after a
further consultation by the Department of State with General Cutler.
* See Secretary's Note.
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be deferred, pending certain inquiries by Mr.
Cumming within the Department of State.
NIE reports in principle, with the understanding tha
7. Wider Dissemination of
NIS and NIE Reports
(IAC-D-118, 28 April)
The members exchanged views on various aspects of this
proposal, in the course of which a new draft letter to potential
recipients of these publications was distributed. After discussion
the members approved the proposed wider dissemination of NIS and
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 Agreed to defer consideration of this estimate until the next
regular IAC meeting.
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a. Approved as amended.
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b.
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Agreed to release SNIE 66-58 to USIA.
12. Executive Session
At 1200 the Chairman requested an executive session.
Adjournment: 1245
Secretary
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SECRETARY'S NOTE
Subsequent to the IAC meeting we were informed by the Depart-
ment of State that the relevant policy paper had been separated from
the broader paper on space problems, and would be considered by the
NSC Planning Board about 17 July. Accordingly, the Board of National
Estimates has proposed that work proceed on the basis of a target
date of Tuesday, 8 July, for this estimate.
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IAC Meeting, 27 May 1958
ALSO PRESENT
Central Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell
Mr. Sherman Kent
Mr. Huntington Sheldon
Dr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.
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Department of State
Mr. Robert H. Thayer
Mr. Harold Glidden
Mr. Jay P. Moffat
Department of the Army
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Pratt
Major Philip H. Dunbar
Major Warren A. Bovee
Department of the Navy
Captain J. J. Carroll
Commander C. A. Shaw
Department of the Air Force
Colonel James F. Berry
Lieutenant Colonel Van A. Woods, Jr.
Mr. John Power
Brigadier General Robert A. Breitweiser
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Colonel J. M. Pittman, USA
Colonel D. M. Garvey, USA
GMIC
Colonel Earl McFarland, Jr.
USCIB
Captain Allyn Cole
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