UNCLASSIFIED
407095
October 25, 1957
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Discussion at the 341st Meeting
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of the National Security Council,
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Thursday, October 24, 1957
The following were present at the 341st Council meeting:
The President of the United States, presiding; the Vice President
of the United States; Christian A. Herter for the Secretary of State;
the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Direc-
tor, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the President for
Atomic Energy; the Special Assistant to the President for Disarmament;
the Director, U. S. Information Agency; the Director, International
Cooperation Administration; Gerard C. Smith, Assistant Secretary of
State; the Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; Frank ©. Wisner,
Central Intelligence Agency; the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Sec-
retaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; the Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff; the Chief of Staff, U. 8. Army; the Chief of Naval
Operations; the Acting Chief of Staff, U. 5. Air Force; the Acting
Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps; the Director of Central Intelligence;
the Assistant to the President; the Deputy Assistant to the President;
Special Assistants to the President Cutler and Dearborn; the White
House Staff Secretary; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy
Executive Secretary, NSC.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting
and the main points taken.
REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT. D. ELSENBOWER LIBRARY
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1.
STATUS OF NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS ON JUNE 30, 1957
{NSC 5720, Fart 1)
Mr. Cutler introduced General Twining, who, after making
certain preliminary observations, called upon Colonel Rosson, who
made the presentation on behalf of the Department of Defense. The
major topics discussed by Colonel Rosson and illustrated by charts
were the following:
1.
Basic Objectives of the Military Program
e.
Nuclear Retaliatory Capability
b.
Continental Defense
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