a ¥ ¢. 40) 7 C3 August 9, 1957 EVES ONLY a SUBJECT: Discussion at the 33th Meeting of the National Security Council, Thursday, August 8, 1957 Present at the 33th Council meeting were the President of the United States, presiding; the Vice President of the United States; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the President for Atomic Energy; the Acting Director, U. 8. Information Agency; the Director, International Cooperation Administration; Ehe Beputy Secretary of Defense; the Counselor, Department of State (acting for the Secretary in Items 1 through 6}; the Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. Army (for Item 7); Admiral H. D. Felt, USN, Department of Defense; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Acting Director of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; Special Assistants to the President Cutler, Randall and Dearborn; the Acting White House Staff Secretary; the Naval Aide to the President; the Acting Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Director, NSC Secretariat. There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting and the main points taken. 1. U.S. POLICY TOWARD SOUTH ASIA (iS¢ 5701; Progress Report, dated July 24, 1957, by OCB on NSC 5701) Mr. Frederick Dearborn briefed the Council on the highlights of the reference Progress Report. In the course of his brief- a nee ae The National Security Council: Roted and discussed the reference Progress Report on the subject by the Operations Coordinating Board. DECLASSIFIED E.0. 12356, SEC. 3.4 (b) | p ORTIO NS EXEMPTED E.0, 12356, SEC. 13 (QCA YS eo! Po Oat wf 2 ! MEPOSITOMY olAwe aAthE Leb. linn bhitman Pte COLLECTION UNSC 34 hi BOX Ne. o Dem 1 OOK FOLDER oY iv “7 oy so it et tte . . AdaBirat, pn . REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. ETSEWROWER LIBRARY ° wee zy: ‘ yma ee ee ing (a copy of which is filed in the minutes of the meeting), Mr. Dearborn compared the level of U. S. and of Communist assistance to several countries of South Asia. The President manifested particular interest in this comparison, and asked several questions. « . ?_ — 7 i ESC. a . IFET thn me