3, Proposed National Security Gouncil Special Committee A draft (AEC 348) of a proposed directive from the National Security Counell to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman, AEC, which had been circulated prior to the meeting was considered. The draft directive, . if approved, would require preparation of a joint study of the scale and effort required to increase production of fissionable material during the — immediate future and its relation to requirements for facilities and manpower under conditions of partial or full U. S. national mobilization, After discussion it was apreed that preparation of such a study would be appropriate at this time and no objections were expressed to the draft directive as written, | 4, Raw Material 5 a, Future Allocations The Commissicn informed the Committee that on 8 June 1950 they had transmitted a letter to the Secretary of State, as Chairman of the Combined Policy Committee, expressing their concern > relative to the status of allocations of raw materiais and pointing out that in the near future action was necessary to secure allocations on a longer term basis. | : The recent request from the British Member of CPC for consideration of an interim allocation for 1950 of 505 tons of contained U30g was discussed. It was agreed that this matter should be a part of considerations of longer term allocations referred to above, Mr, LeBaron advised the Cornmission that he would inform Mr. Arneson of the Defense Department's views in this regard, b. Protection of Shi:-kolcbwe Mr, Dean read a draft letter which had been prepared for trans~ mission to the MLC concerning security of the Belgian Congo and pointed out the Commission's concern relative to the possibility that importation of ore from that source under emergency conditions might be denied unless some action was taken to find alternate means of transportation, Mr, Dean also read a letter which he proposed to trans- mit to Mr. Sengier (Union Miniere du Haut Katanga) which raised ~ 27 ~