MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AT 1045, 6 DECEMBER 1955

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• Publication Date: December 6, 1955
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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, 6 December 1955
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, G-2,
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
Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, Deputy Director for Intelligence,
The Joint Staff
Mr. Harry S. Traynor, Atomic Energy Commission representative
to the IA C
Mr. Alan H. Belmont, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
'Part of meeting
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1. Approval of Minutes
29 November Meeting
(IA.C-M-220
Approved as written.
Watch Committee Report
No. 278
b. Noted the findings, and approved the recommendation
of the post-mortem on this estimate.
c. Noted the validity study on NIE 71-54, "Probable Develop-
ments in North Africa," published 31 August 1954.
4. NIE 80/90-55
Conditions and Trends
in Latin America
a. Approved as amended.
b. Agreed that a post-mortem on this.esti gate is not
required. The judgments in NIE 80/90-55 are based primarily on
broad general considerations rather than on specific intelligence
data. Intelligence deficiencies will be reviewed when new esti-
mates on individual Latin American countries are produced.
c. Noted the validity study, as amended, on NIE 70,
"Conditions and Trends in Latin America Affecting US Security,"
published 12 December 1952.
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5. Latin American Briefing
General Cabell asked if the members would be interested
in a briefing on CIA operations in Latin America. All expressed
interest and a briefing will be scheduled for an early meeting of
the IAC.
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7. NIE 11-13/1-55
Review of Soviet Foreign
Policy in the Light of the
Geneva Foreign Ministers'
Conference
a. Approved as amended.
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8. Briefing by General Gaither
on European Trip
General Gaither accepted Mr. Dulles' invitation to brief the
Committee on his European trip at an. early meeting of the IAC.
Adjournment: 1300
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Secretary
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SECRETARY'S NOTES
1. Unless objection is raised by a member at the next regular
meeting of the IAC, the Secretary proposes to release to USIA
NIE 80/90-55, "Conditions and Trends in Latin America," and
NIE 11-13/1-55, "Review of Soviet Foreign Policy in the Light of
the Geneva Foreign Ministers' Conference," both dated 6 December
1955.
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