197. Memorandum by the Intelligence Advisory Committee1
Washington, November 23, 1954.
SUBJECT
- Intelligence
In our opinion there are serious gaps in our Intelligence covering the Soviet Bloc areas, particularly in relation to our ability to determine the capabilities of the Soviet Union to launch nuclear attacks against the U.S. and to detect indications of their intentions to do so. We believe that we could have a substantially improved capability of filling these gaps through the use of aerial reconnaissance and photography, and that today these methods are the most practicable additional means to this end.
Allen W.
Dulles
Director of Central Intelligence
W. Park
Armstrong, Jr.
Spec. Asst. for Intelligence
Department of State
Arthur G.
Trudeau
Major General, USA
Asst. Chief of Staff, G–2
Department of the Army
John A. Samford
Major General, USAF
Director of Intelligence
Department of the Air Force
Carl F.
Espe
Rear Admiral, USN
Director of Naval Intelligence
Edwin T.
Layton
Rear Admiral, USN
Dep. Director for Intelligence
The Joint Staff, JCS
Harry S.
Traynor
Atomic Energy Commission
Representative to the IAD
Ralph R.
Roach
2Acting Asst. to the Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Job 33–02415A, Box 1. Top Secret. Although no addressee is given on the memorandum, it went to the President who alone made the decision on overflights.↩
- Printed from a copy that shows that Carl Reichardt signed for Traynor above Traynor’s typed signature and that shows only Roach’s typed signature.↩