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Governor Stassen suggested the possibility of developing
an integrated NATO force with atomic capabilities as an alternative
to creating a whole series of nations with independent eteomic capabilities. This was something along the lines of the old EDC military concept. Mr. Cutler commented that such an idea as this could
be considered in the context of subparegraph hhea ag now written.
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Secretary Dulles said he hoped that the Fresident's idea,
of having State, Defense and AEC get together on recommending means
of facilitating an increased exchange of scientific militery information with our allies, would not be overlooked. Mr. Cutler said
that the President's suggestion would go into the Record of Actions
of the Council mesting. The Vice President also spoke of the timeliness of the President's proposal.
(At this point the Secretary of State left
the meeting.
He wes replaced at the teble
The President once agein emphesized his very strong belief
in the desirability of pooling the scientific resources of the United
States, the RATO powers, end other friendly countries. He likewise
spoke contemptuously of General Groves!' exaggesreted regard for secrecy.
The Vice President pointed out that the Fresident's old
idea for the creation of an acedemy of sciences was not only being
picked up again by the press, but was avparently being adopted by
the Democrats. He thought that the opportunity to create such an
acadeny was better at this moment than it had ever been before.
Admiral Strauss pointed out that there wes currently coing
on a meeting at Princeton of two teams of British and U. S. scientists,
who hed been working on the problem of controlled thermonuclear reaction.
There had been a scientific break-through on this very signif-
icant problem, and there would presently be a joint announcement by
the U. S. end British scientists, both of which groups hed been responsible for the break-through
fhe [ational Security Council (Action on Item 1):
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Discussed the draft statement of policy contained in
NSC 5721, im the light of the views of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff transmitted by the reference memorandum of
October 9, 1957.
REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT D. EXSENHOWER LIBRARY
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Adopted the statement of policy in NSC 5721, subject
to the following amendments:
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MMe ee ete oe sehen ta etn boae Ra RigASa id tas saat ataerat oan ww ee.
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by Assistant Secretary Gerard C. Smith.)