NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STATUS OF PROJECTS

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SECURITY INFORMATION
COPY NO. 9
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
STATUS OF PROJECTS
as of
dune 8, 1953
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NA IO}I..AL SEC ETY C O,-,UNC IL
STATUS ,QF ,PROJECTS
Table of Contents
I. Completed Projects ................................. 1
II. Projects Under Consideration by the NSC............ 2
A. Items Scheduled on Agenda for the 149th
Meeting ........................................ 2
1. Significant World Developments Affecting
U.S. Security ................. ............ 2
2. Restatement of Basic National Security
Fb.LJ.cy . o . . . . . . 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 9 0 . 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . s . . e . . . e 2
3. El,a-tr.o-Magnetic Communications............ 2
y . Intelligence Support for the Voice of
America with Regard to Soviet Jamming...... 3
5. The Position of the United States with
Respect to United States and North Atlantic
Security Interests in Iceland .............. 3
B. Items Awaiting Subsequent NSC Consideration.... 4
1. United States Objectives and Courses of
Action with Respect to Japan ............... 4
2. United States Policies in the Far East..... 4
3. United States Objectives and Courses of
Action with Respect to Formosa and the
National Government of China ............... 5
4. Additional United Nations Forces for
Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Security of Strategically Important
Industrial Operations in Foreign
C o ~ ~,tr ie s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
III. Current NSC Planning Board Projects ................ 6
1. United States Tactics Toward Communist China Im-
mediately Following an Armistice in Korea...... 6
2. United States Objectives and Policies with
Respect to the Near East ....................... 6
at- Japanese Treaty Islands ........................ 6
United States Position with Respect to
Germany ........................................ 7
5. Review of United States Objectives Vis-A-Vis
the USSR in the Event of War ................... 7
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6.
United States Objectives and Courses of
Action with Respect to Latin America...........
7
7.
The Position of the United States with Respect
to South Asia ..................................
8
8.
The Position of the United States with Respect
to Yuoslavia ...........................?......
9
8
9 .
NSC 2
Series . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
10.
United States Objectives and Policies with
Respect to North Africa ........................
9
11.
Armaments and American Policy ..................
9
12.
United States Policy Toward the Soviet
Satellite States in Eastern Europe (Including
East Germany) .......................... .?,.....
10
13.
The Position of the United States with Respect
to the Communist Threat to Italy ...............
10
14.
Review of Economic Defense Policy ..............
10
15.
U.S. Continental Defense System ................
11
IV.
Other Current Council Projects .....................
12
1.
Organized Evacuation of Civilian Populations
in Civil Defense ...............................
12
2.
Basic National Security Policies and Programs
in Relation to Their Costs .....................
12
3.
Possibilities for Psychological Operations
Based on Thailand ..............................
12
4.
United States Policy on Soviet and Satellite
Defectors ............ ...........
13
Analysis of Possible Courses of Action in
Korea . . . . . ... ... . . . . . .. . . . . ? ? ? ? . . . . ? . . ? . . . . . . . ?
13
6.
A National Fe troleum Program ...................
13
7.
Effect on National Security Interests in Latin
America of Possible Anti-Trust Proceedings.....
14
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1. COMELETED PROJECTS
(June 1, 1953 - June 8, 19 53 )
1. TI ?ITUATION IN I NEAR S S
Ref: Ca ci - NSC Action No. 801
2. UNITED STMT r,S POLICY
I
Ref: Co-_ c _ - N
C 66/1;
INFL C DIRECT INJURY THE UNITED S UP TO Y 1955
Ref: Council - NSC 10, 140/1 and 141; NSC Action Nos. 519,
5 7, 699 and 804; Memos May 28 and June 1 1953;
Memos, subject, "A Project to Provide a More Adequate
Basis for Planning for the Security of the United
States", June 5, July 17 and 30, August 30 1951, and
October 21, November 21 25 and 26, 1952; Memo subject,
"Summary Evaluation of the Net Capability of the USSR
to Injure the Continental United States", November 25,
1952; SE-14
S Y EV U ION THE -QZ
4. PURCHASE R SALE OF STRATEGIC O TI S ABR FOR SPMEN
TO THE SOVIET BLOC
Rte: Council - Memo, May 28, 1953; NSC Action No. 807
5. T POSITION OHE ITDS TSW RESPECT T THE
C,O 1MUNIST THREAT TO ITALY
Ref: C_QUU . - Progress Report, dated May 20 1953 by the
Acting Secretary of State on NSC 67/3; tTSC Action
No. 808
6. GREEK OFFER OF ADD ON OOPS FOR ! I OREA
Ref: Council - NSC Action No. 8O9
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II. PROJECT D CON ER Y S
A. ITEMS SCHEDUL 0 F T 11+2th M91091 ON TUESDAY.,
1.
Agenda dated June 5, 1953)
L.OUZN
TINE U.S. SECURITY
The subject is scheduled for discussion in the light of
an oral briefing by the Director of Central Intelligence.
Refo qui - NSC 153, N SC 149/2 NS 20 NSC 68/2,
NSC 135/3 and NSC 79; NSC Action No. 7' 6-b; Memo,
February 6, 1953
ri i : At its meeting on April 28 in connection with
its action on NSC 149/1, the Council directed the Plan-
ning Board to prepare for Council consideration a revised
report on basic national security policies, based on
Part I of NSC 149/1 as amended and adopted (subsequently
issued as NSC 149/2) and covering all national security
programs, to supersede NSC 20/4, 68/2 and 135/3 (NSC
Action No. 776-b).
Current Status; The draft statement of policy on the
subject contained in NSC 153 is scheduled for consider-
ation. Continuation in effect of the objectives in the
Annex to NSC 153 is intended to constitute for the time
being a response to NSC 79 (see also project No. 5 in
Section III below).
3. ELECTRO-MAG ETIC CO=T,ICA IONS
Ref. Counc1_1 +- Memo, June 2, 1953; Memos subject, "The
Use of hadio as a Medium for Psychological Opera-
tions and the Impact of Its Use on National
Security", dated March 26 and May 13, 1953; Memo
for All Holders of May 13 Memo dated May 18, 1953;
Memos, subject, "Intelligence Support for the Voice
of America with Regard to Soviet Jamming" January
2, February 26 and 29, 1952; Memo, subject, "Poten-
tial Soviet Attack on our Essential Communications
Systems and Organizations", January 26, 1951; Memo,
Subject, "Current U.S. Telecommunications Planning
Program", dated April 21, 1953; SE-38
_ i i io At the request of the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, his memorandum and its attached report by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff on "The Effect of Radio as a Medium
for the Voice of America or Military Operations and Upon
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E C Ow AG IC C C TI. S Co t'd
Military and Civil Telecommunications" were transmitted
as NSC 137 for consideration by the Council of the re-
commendations contained in the second and third para-
graphs of the memorandum.
Current Status: The recommendations of the NSC Planning
Board contained in the reference memo of June 2 on the
subiect. prepared on the basis of the reference reports
the President's Committee on International
Information Activities (reference memo of March 26) and
the Telecommunications Advisor to the President (refer-
ence memo of May 13), are scheduled for consideration.
Ref: Ccutj - Progress Report dated April 13, 1953 by
the Acting Secretary of State on Pilot Operation of
Paragraph 3-n of NSC 66/1
ri i : The reference Progress Report has been circu-
lated for the information of the Council.
Clark Status. Scheduled to be noted.
5. HEPOSITION F THE E STATES WITH RES E 0 UN ED
Ref: Council Progress Report dated May 28 , 19539 by
the Acting Secretary of State on NSC 4O/1
origin; The reference Progress Report has been circu..
lated for the information of the Council.
Current Status: Scheduled to be noted.
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B. ITEMS AWIX T, NG SUBSEQUENT NSC CONSIDERATION
1. UNITED STATES' OBJ CTIVES AND COURSES OF ACTION WITH
RESPECT 0 J.,PAN
Ref; Counci l - NSC 125/2, 125/3 125/'i 125/5;
Annex to NSC 125/1, Annex to NSC 125/3; NSC
Action Nos. 660 and 761; Memos August 7,
1952 and April 27, 1953; NIE-52
Orrin; In connection with the President's approval
of NSC 125/2, he directed that the general structure
of a U.S. program to implement the courses of action
enumerated in paragraph 7 thereof should where suit-
able, be explored by the Department of State in
consultation with the Departments of Defense and
Coumierce, the Office of the Director for Mutual
Security, the Office: of Defense Mobilization and other
appropriate agencies and that the main elements of
such a program should be reported back to the Council
at the earliest possible time (reference memo of
August 7).
Current Status; Revision of NSC 125/4 prepared by
t7 P ann ng Board pursuant to NSC Action No. 761-a,
to take account of the question of the long-term
viability of the economy of Japan deprived of the
raw materials and markets of the Chinese mainland
has been submitted to the Council as NSC 125/5.
Tentatively scheduled for Council consideration on
June 18.
2. UNITED STATES POLICJFS IN THE FAR EAST
1{ef : Council NSC 1+ and ; NSC Action Nos.
`N and 777-d(2); Memo subject, "Cost Estimates
of United States Policies in the Far East",
April 21, 1953; Memo for All Holders of April
21 memo dated April. 23, 1953; Memo, April 30,
1953; NIE-47
Orig,,,i'no Draft statement of policy on the subject,
prepared by the Planning Board, was submitted for
Council consideration as NSC 148, together with a
Far East Financial Summary and an annex constitut-
ing an NSC Staff study on Communist China.
Current Status: Awaiting further study by the
Col-icil of N9 148.
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3. UNITED STATES OBJECTIJ S AND CO' SE$ OF ACTION WITH
RESPECT TO FORMOSA AND THE NATIONAL GOVETANMENT OF
CHINA
Ref7 Council - NSC 146, 128 and 48/5; Annex to
NSC ~~; NSC Action Nos. 760 6249 Memos,
April 6 and 7, 1953; NIE 27/1; SE-29
Ori-ain: The Council on April 2 directed the NSC
staafter preliminary discussion by State, Defense
and CIA, to prepare a report for Council considera-
tion in the light of a review of NSC 48/5, insofar as
it pertains to U.S. policy toward Formosa, the
Chinese Nationalist Government, and other anti-
communist Chinese forces and in the light of the
views of the JCS, contained in NSC 128 (NSC Action
No. 624-b).
Current tsatus: Awaiting further study by the
Council NSC 146 as amended by the reference memo
of April 6.
4. ~'QI3ITI0NAT, UNITED NATIONS FORCES FOR KOREA
Ref : Go757171 - memo, June =-1973--
Planning Board - Record of Meeting, June 3, 1953
Orig n: it _the direction of the President a letter
from ambassador Lodge on the subject has been
circulated by the reference memo for the considera-
tion of the Council at an early meeting.
Current Status: Awaiting comments by departments
and agencies concerned on the proposal contained in
enclosure to the reference memo, to be submitted.by
June 10 for Council consideration.
5.
SEC (JRITY OF STRATEGICALLY IMP RTs IJT INDUSTRIAL
OPERATIONS IE I G NC O U N T R I E S
Ref: Council - Progress Report dated June 8, 1953
by the Under Secretary of State on NSC 29
Origin: The reference progress report on the subject
is ng circulated for the information of the
Council.
Current Status: To be scheduled on the agenda of an
early Council meeting.
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III. CURRENT NSC PLANNING BOLR BOJECTS
1. iUN1 TED ST ` FS TACTICS-TOWARD COMMUNIST CHINA IMMEDI TEL
E'OJ,LOWING AN , MI N
YC~
Ref: oune s - TSC Action No. 777-d
Fem. .Bd. - Memo, June 5 1953; State Dept. draft,
subject, U. S. Tactics Toward Communist China
in the Event of an Armistice" dated June 1 1953;
Record of Meetings, May 13, 23 and June 3, 1953.
,Qrig: At its meeting on April 28 the Council
directed the NSC Planning Board to prepare for early
Council consideration a report on the above subject
(NSC Action No. 777-i).
CurrentStatus: A draft report prepared by the Board
Assistants was transmitted by the reference memo of
June 5 and is scheduled for consideration by the
Planning Board on June 8.
2. 01 "E STALES OBJETI 'SG PD PO ICIIS WITH RESPECT TO
THE NEAR EAST
Ref; o cit - NSC 129/1
Plan. Bd. - Memo for Senior Staff, March 17, 1953;
Memos, April 14, 24 and May 4, 1953; Record of
Meetings of Planning Board, April 10, 15, 27 and
May i, 1453
Orrin: The Senior Staff agreed on January 29 to prepare
recommendations for Council consideration on several
urgent and immediate policy questions including this
policy question.
Cu: Awaiting revision by State of the draft
report dated May 4. Tentatively scheduled for Planning
Board consideration on June 10 and 15.
J , ANECE ' ATISLAND,
Ref: Council - NSC 125/5, para. 4
Flan. Bd. -Memos, June 3 and 4, 1953; Record
of Meeting of Planning Board, May 20, 1953
ri n: The Planning Board requested the Departments of
State and Defense to state their respective positions by
May 15 on the question of whether the U.S. should
maintain the status quo in the entire group of islands
mentioned in Article 3 of the Pease Treaty, or whether
it should return certain of these islands to Japan.
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JAPANESE TRE.;1TY_ISLVDS jCont'd
Current Status: Awaiting preparation of a revised draft
report by the Board Assistants in the light of a dis-
cussion by the Planning Board on June 3 of the State-
Defense draft (reference memos of June 3 and 4).
4. UNITED STATES POSITION WITH RESPECT TO GERMANY
Ref: Council,- NSC Action No. 777-d
Plan. Bd. - Memo, May 29, 1953; Record of Action,
June 5, 1953
Origin: At its meeting on April 28 the Council directed
the Planning Board to prepare for early Council con-
sideration a report on the above subject (NSC Action
No. 777-d).
Current _tatus: Awaiting preparation by State of an
initial revision of the draft report dated May 29 in
the light of the Planning Board discussion on June 5,
on the basis of which the Board Assistants will prepare
a revised draft for Planning Board considera.tion?
Tentatively scheduled for Planning Board consideration
June 17.
5. REVIEW CF UNITED STATES OBJECTIVES VIS-&-VIS THE USSR IN
THE EVENT _OF_WAR
Ref: Council - NSC 153 and NSC 20/4
I'ln. Bd. - Record of Planning Board Meeting, May
29, 1953
Origin: The Planning Board on May 29 agreed that the
verbatim inclusion in NSC 153 (see Section II-11 above),
for Council consideration of the paragraphs of NSC 20/4
relating to United .States objectives vis-a-vis the USSR
in the event of war (par,-,is. 22 and 23 - circulated as Annex
in NSC 153), should be regarded as a temporary response to
NSC 79 pending Planning Board review of these paragraphs.
Ct,~rrent Status: Awaiting Planning Board review of the
objectives contained in the Annex in NSC 153. Tentatively
scheduled for June 17.
6. IZJI'TED STATES OBJECTIVES AND COURSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT
TO LATIN AMERICA,
Ref: Council - NSC 144/l; Annex to NSC 144
Origin.: NSC 144/1, approved by the President on March 18,
stated (para. 3) that its limited purpose was to define our
objectives and courses of action concerning important prob-
lems common to the area; policies toward specific country
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TO LATIPN AMERICA Cont'd
UNITED STATES OBJECTIVES AND COURSES OF ACTION- WITS 1 ESP'ECT
situations, such as those in Argentina and Guatemala, were
left for subsequent papers.
Current Status: Awaiting reports on specific country situa-
tions in Latin America from State (including especially
Panama, Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela and Brazil).
Ref: Council_- NSC 08/1
7. THE POSITION-OF THE-UNITED-STATES WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH ASIA
Plan. Bd. - Record of Senior Staff meeting, January
29, 1953
Origin: The Senior Staff at its meeting on January 29
agreed to prepare recommendations for Council consideration
on several urgent and immediate policy questions, including
this policy question.
Current Status: Awaiting consideration by the Planning
Board of a draft report by State, to be circulated.
8, THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO Y QSLA~VIA
Ref; Council - NSC?12 and 1
Plan. Bd. - Record of Meeting of Senior Staff,
January 29, 1953
Origin: The Senior Staff on January 29 agreed to prepare
recommendations for Council consideration on several urgent
and immediate policy questions, including this policy
question.
Current Status: Awaiting preparation of a draft report by
State.
9. NSC 26 SERIES
Ref: Council - NSC Action No. 753; Progress Report dated
March 9, 1953, by the Under Secretary of State on
NSC 26 series
Origin: The Council on March 25 noted the reference Progress
Report on the subject and that the Department of State is
preparing a proposed revision of this policy for Council
consideration (NSC Action No. 753).
Currnt Status: Awaiting report by State.
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10. UNITED STATES OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES WITH RESS"PECT TO
NORTH AFRICA
Ref: P1an.,Bd. - Memos for Senior Staff, March 4 and 16,
1953; Record of Meeting of Planning Board, May 11,
1953; NIE-69 and supplement
Origin: Draft statement of policy and staff study pre-
ared by State were transmitted by reference memo of March
for consideration by the Senior Staff.
Current Status: Awaiting revision by State, in the light
of the visit of the Secretary of State to the area, of the
draft report transmitted by the reference memos of March 4
and 16.
11. ARMAMENTS AND AMERICAN POLICY
Ref: Council - NSC 151; NSC Action Nos. 717, 725 and 799;
Progress Report dated January 19, 1953 by the Under
Secretary of State; Memo, February 17, 1953; Memo
"Formulation of a United States Position with Respect
to Regulation, Limitation and Balanced Reduction of
Armed. Forces and Armaments", dated June 3, 1953
Plan. Bd. - Memo for Senior NSC Staff, February 4,
1953
Origin: The NSC, on February 25, 1953, after discussing
recommendations of the Department of State Panel of Consul-
tants on Disarmament contained in their report on the
subject (reference memo of February 4), referred the report
to the Senior NSC Staff, directing it, with the assistance
of Dr. Vannevar Bush, to report back to the Council on
possible means of carrying out the recommendations
(NSC Action No, 725).
Current Status: Awaiting; (a) preparation of a report by
the Ad Hoc Committee on Armaments and American Policy of
the NSC Planning Board on Recommendations 2-5 of the Panel
of Consultants, (b) an outline plan to be prepared by
PSB pursuant to NSC Action No. 799-d of the specific steps,
including speeches by government officials, which should
be taken to carry out the recommendations contained in
NSC 151, and (c) exploration pursuant to NSC Action No.
717-b by the Planning Board before the next UN General
Assembly meeting in September of the possibility of a new
U.S. proposal on the subject of the regulation, limitation
and balanced reduction of armed forces and armaments.
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12. UNI'T'ED STATES TOWARD THE --SOVIET SATELLITE STATES
IN EASTERN EUROPE INCLUDING EAST GERMAN Y)
Orrin: The Senior Staff agreed on January 29 to prepare
recommendations for Council consideration on several urgent
and immediate policy questions, including this policy
question.
Plan, Bd. - Memo for Senior NSC Staff, March 3, 1953;
Memo, May 18, 1953; Record of Senior Staff Meeting,
January 29, 1953; Record of Meetings of Planning
Board April 24 and May 20, 1953
Ref: Q2uncil - NSC 58/2; NIE- 7
Current Status: Awaiting a coordinated revision by the
Board Assistants of the staff study on the subject, in-
cluding material from NIE-87.
13. THE--POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE
COOMMUIyNIST THREAT TO ITALY
Ref: Council - Progress Report, dated May 20, 1953, by
the Acting Secretary of State on NSC 67/3
Origin: The reference Progress Report on the subject (see
also Section I above) advises that the Department of
State considers that NSC 67/3 has, in some respects, been
overtaken by events, and that a new draft is under pre-
paration for submission for the consideration of the
Council, which will reflect conclusions drawn from the
outcome of the Italian national elections to be held on
June 7, 19 53 .
Current Status: Awaiting preparation of a draft report by
State.
14. REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEFENSE POLICY
Ref: Council - NSC 1552, iOr+7/2, 91/1, 122/1; NSC Action
Nos. 738 and 806; Progress Report dated January 19,
1953, by the Secretary of State and the Director for
Mutual Security on NSC 104/2
Plan. Bd. - Record of Meeting, June 5, 1953.
Origin: The Council on March 18, 1953 directed the NSC
Pl.enning Board, with the participation of the Department
of Commerce, to review the existing policy on this sub-
ject (NSC 104/2) and submit appropriate recommendations
for Council consideration (NSC Action No. 738).
Current Status: Awaiting preparation by the Economic
Defense Advisory Committee, with the assistance of such
special consultants as the departments and agencies
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REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEFENSE POLICY (.cant' d)
represented on the Committee may designate, of the
initial draft report called for by NSC Action No. 806,
for Planning Board Consideration not later than July 1.
15. U.S.-CONTINENTAL DEFENSE SYSTEM
Ref: Council - NSC 140- and NSC 140/1; Memos May 28 and
June 1, 1953; NSC Action No. 804.
Plan. Bd. - Memos, May 8 and June 1, 1953; Reoord
of Meetings of Planning Board, May 6, 22 and 27,
1953
Ori_g_in: The Planning Board on May 6 discussed the subject
and agreed that preliminary work should be initiated with-
in the departments and agencies concerned on existing and
proposed programs, with costs in each case, in anticipation
of preparation of a draft report after receipt of the
report of the Special Evaluation Subcommittee (see NSC
140/1) and the Department of Defense Ad Hoc Study Group
on Continental Defense.
Current Status: Awaiting preparation of a draft report by
the Continental Defense Committee of the Planning Board in
accordance with the terms of reference transmitted by the
reference memo of June 1. Due not later than July 15.
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1. 4RGANLUD E CUATION nF CTVTTTAN POPULATIONS IN CIVIL DEFENSE
Ref: Counoll - NSC 131 and 1311; NSC Action No. 651; Memo
June 9, 1952
Origin: On May 16, 1952 the Deputy Federal Civil Defense
Administrator requested that a policy memorandum on the sub-
ject which the FCDA was proposing to issue for the guidance
of state and local civil defense forces, be referred to the
NSC for such comments or action as was deemed appropriate
(circulated as NSC 131).
Cur, Trent St ts: Awaiting further study by the Federal Civil
Defense Administration in the light of the discussion at the
Council meeting on June 18, 1952.
2.
NATIONAL SECURITY POLICIES
TO THEIR COSTS
Ref: ~ol= - NSC 149/2; NSC Action Nos. 768 and 779
Origin: The Council at its meetings on April 22 and 28
amended and adopted NSC 1+9/1 sub ect to certain understand-
ings (NSC Action Nos. 776 and 768). NSC 149/1, as amended
and adopted was approved by the President on April 29 and
issued as 149/2. The Council adopted the reductions in the
atomic energy program proposed in Part II of NSC 149/1 with
the understanding that: (1) the Atomic Energy Commission
will review the possibility of further reductionsas a result
of the elimination of the large ship reactor program and the
aircraft nuclear propulsion program, pursuant to Action
768-e (see also NSC Action No. 779); (2) The Secretary of
Defense will urgently review the military requirements for
atomic weapons in the light of the revisions in the military
program; and (3) the Atomic Energy Commission will recommend
revisions in its expansion program in the light of any changes
in military requirements resulting from (2) above (NSC Action
No. 768"f).
u re S t, : Awaiting reports from the Secretary of
Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission pursuant to NSC
Action No. 768-f.
Ref: CcU_ c- NSC Action Nos. 780-, and
Qriir,&U. The Council on May 13 (NSC Action No. 788) noted
a brief oral report on the subject by Mr. C. D. Jackson, and
directed the Psychological Strategy Board to submit for
Council consideration a plan for coordinated psychological
operations based on Thailand.
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ROSSIRTLIXIBP FOR 0 , - Q ElA IoNS BASED Q
T ILAND_ _ Cont rd
Plan. d
- Record of Meeting of Planning Board on
May , 1953
rJn The NSC Planning Board on May 18 in connection with
its submission of a draft amendment to NSC 86/1 to the Council
for its consideration (see Section IT-B above) noted that F
July 11 1952; Memo, May 20, 1953
~
u rent t tus: Awaiting a report from the Psychological
Strategy Board pursuant to the above action.
4. UNIJED S A S EQ1 C SATELLIJE E T S
Ref: Coutc - NSC 86/1; Progress Report on NSC 86/1, dated
Curxenl to u5:
Ref: Co -&f1'+7; NSC Action Nos. 759,_777-1, 782 787
an ; Memo, "Future Courses of Action in Connection
with the Situation in Korea", March 30,1 1953; NIE 80;
SE-4l
5. ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE, co ms
c a n: Report on the subject prepared by the NSC Planning
Board in the light of the estimate of the JCS transmitted by
the reference memo of March 30 was submitted as NSC 147 for
the consideration of the Council.
Current Status: Awaiting preparation by State of a political
annex setting forth the foreign policy implications of the
course of action selected by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
further consideration of the subject by the Council after
completion of related studies now under way (NSC Action No.
794-~b and 1).
N LEU ROG
Ref. R~agjj,- NSC 97/3; NSC Action No. 798; Memo, June 2,
Or i ; The Council at its meeting on May 28: Adopted the
sent of policy contained in NSC 97/3, with the exception
of paragraph 8 which was adopted in principle on the under-
standing that the Director of Defense Mobilization will: (1)
Coordinate the implementation of subparagraphs 8-g and b
in the light of a review of the military requirements by the
Secretary of Defense: (2) Coordinate the implementation of
subparagraph 8-.q in the light of discussions by the Secretary
of Commerce with representatives of the tanker and ship-
25X1
25X1
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building industries; (3) Submit to the National Security
Council a progress report with particular reference to
(1) and (2) above, not later than July 1, 1953. The Council
also suggested that NSC 97/3 be referred for comment to
Civilian Consultants to be selected by the President (NSC
Action No. 798-.t and a).
Current Status: Awaiting preparation of a progress report
by the Director of Defense Mobilization pursuant to NSC
Action No. 798..]2 and comment from the Civilian Consultants
in accordance with NSC Action No. 798-a.
EF] C T 0. N ,AI C AL C JRITy J.'ERES TS N. LATIN AMERICA OF
POSSIBLE ANTI=TRUST PROQEEDINGS
Ref, Counc - Memo, June 1, 1953; NSC Action No. 805
Or'.i o A report by the NSC Planning Board on the subject
reference memo of June 1) was considered by the Council on
June 4, 1953 and it was agreed that in view of the adverse
effects on national security interests in Latin America of
the proposed anti-trust proceedings: (a) The proposed anti-
trust proceedings should be postponed without prejudice to
the Government for one year and (b) The Attorney General
should be directed to negotiate with the company, as a matter
of urgency, for the elimination of practices deemed to be
inconsistent with U.S. anti-trust laws reporting back to
the NSC on the results of the negotiations (NSC Action No.
805).
Current Status: Awaiting report from the Attorney General
on the results of the above mentioned negotiations.
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