in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for ReleaE 'ibisTo m CIA-RDPB1-00549ROUO100150022-5 Annex 1 19 September 1957 MEMORANDUM FOR Chairman Intelligence Advisory Committee SUBJECT Progress Report on Action Taken Pursuant to IAC Post-Mortem on NEE 11-5 57 Soviet Capabilities and Probable Programs in the Guided Missile Field 21 March 1957 as approved in Item 3 a 1 In compliance with its responsibilities under paragraph 5 of subject post-mortem the Scientific Estimates Committee SEC submits the following progress report of measures taken within the SEC's purview to reduce the indicated major gaps 2 Member agencies have continued to investigate all sources of information which could shed light on Soviet capabilities with respect to transporting and launching guided missiles There has been no significant progress in the past six months in this respect Several possible collection schemes based on acoustic and infrared principles and directed at the problem of detecting objects in space are under study but their implementation is not likely to occur in the near future Primary responsibility for these schemes is in the guided missile intelligence effort 3 There has been no significant improvement of our know- ledge of biological warfare and chemical warfare as related to guided missiles I -- 9 - STAT Chairman 5 cientific stimates Committee 9 August 1957 Declessified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013fo1f07 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu