STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING OF 9 FEBRUARY 1949

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2003
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• Publication Date: February 9, 1949
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9 February 1949
SUBJECT: Standing Committee Meeting of 9 February 1949
1. Herewith are some side-lights on the Standing Committee meet-
ing this morning. As indicated in the attached memo, they agreed or con-
curred in most of the Conclusions and Recommendations. They did not
vrish, however, to take up every item in the Report about the IAC. It
is thought that the Navy will comment on some of the IAC references
throughout the Report, but that the others will confine their comments
largely to the Conclusions and Recommendations in the attached memo.
2. Whereas in many of the recommendations in the attached memo
there is merely a statement of concurrence or agreement with the Report,
there was, needless to say, discussion on most points, as the meeting
lasted three hours. Here follow some of the side-lights on the recommend-
ations.
3. ON PAGE 63, paragraph 3: Some thought the DCI should do what
he wishes abou ringing the FBI into the IAC. Navy and State seem to have
the only positive feeling on this, and the others have "no objections."
They all, more or less, agreed that the FBI would probably not accept
an invitation to become a permanent member, and/or would probably not
attend meetings. They feel sure that Mr. Hoover would not come, and that
anyone he designated to come might carry the ball to the detriment of pure N?ju-4r
discussions among the intelligence agencies.
ON PAGE 63, paragraph 5. The Navy is still holding out for its
Board of Directors theory V _out the IAC and will advocate that in its
reply. No one else agrees to this theory, although they all favor more
active participation by the IAC in substantive intelligence.
ON PAGE 81, paragraph 4: All members of the Standing Committee
vehemently sai that CIA is NOT doing this and should do it. The general
consensus of opinion seemed to be that CIA should follow the JIC procedure,
whereby papers would be submitted to the IAC and if they were approved
no discussion would be necessary, but if there were a dissent, they would
be reconsidered and a discussion would be held with a view toward dis-
solving this dissent. Then the n ew paper would be re-submitted, with or
without a dissent, depending upon a result of the discussions. It was
even suggested that the Standing Committee would do this approval of
estimates as well as its policy worklll Also, some thought if it were
not resolved on lower levels this would go to the IAC members themselves
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at a meeting for discussion. But no one would really commit himself,
other than saying this should be done, and they would not permit an inclusion
in the recommendations to the IAC that it was not being done at present.
Furthermore, about "assuming collective responsibility," the Army and the
Air Force think that they do this only in a limited way as it pertains
to their own affairs, not as it pertains to the whole estimate.
There was such a diversity of views on this one paragraph that we
tried to get them all to say that they would submit their individual
comments, but they would not commit themselves even on this point..
In connection with the discussion and approval of estimates,
State was vehemently opposed to the things which CIA is producing
without consulting the IAC Agencies, and the Army was not pleased either.
See my memo of February 8 about Coordination of Intelligence," i.e.,
CIA as well as the agencies really working under NSCID No. 3 and DCI
3/1 and 3/2, and not by-passing them.
ON PAGE 81, paragraph 5: None of them agrees that General Irwin's
statements at the AC meeting the other day provided arrangements for
handling "crisis situations." Booth wants you to march right into the
Secretary of State with a club and tell him to give you his "Eyes Only"
telegrams and, incidentally, to give them to Booth's office also.' 11
ON PAGE 81, paragraph 6: The Standing Committee thought this was
a desirable feature and would be a boost for CIA if it were issued by
the NSC to the various departments. They agree, however, that a horse
may be led to water but cannot be made to drink.
PRESCOTT CHILDS
Chief, ICAPS
Enclosure: Memo to IAC Standing Committee Members
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