UNCLASSHAE: A719 by November 1, 1957 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Discussion at the 342nd Meeting ny of the National Security Council, i Thursday, October 31, 1957 Present at the 342nd NSC Meeting were the President of the United States, presiding; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Secretary of the Treasury; Mr. William P. Rogers for the Attorney General (participating in Item 3); the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (participating in Item 3); the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (participating in Item 3); the Special Assistant to the President for Disarmament; the Acting Director, U. S. Information Agency; the Director, International Cooperation Administration; the Chairman, Council of Economic Ad- visers (for Item 3 only); the Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; Assistant Secretary of State Gerard C. Smith; Frank C. Wisner, Cent- ral Intelligence Agency (Item 1); the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Army; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fred A. Bantz; the Secretary of the Air Force; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army; Admiral H. B. Felt for the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force; the 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, Randall and Dearborn; the White House Staff Secretary; the Executive Secretary, NSC; the Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC; the Director, NSC Secretariat; and Mr. George Weber, NSC Special Staff. Present from the Federal Civil Defense Ad- ministration (for Item 3 only) were Messrs. Ralph E. Spear, Gerald Gallagher, Benjamin Taylor, Jack Green, and John Devaney. 1. we v 2 - ENHOWER LIBRARY "7 ree There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting and the main points taken. CIA ANNUAL REPORT (NSC Actions Nos. 1379, 1546 and 1608) The National Security Council: Noted and discussed the remainder of the annual report by the Director of Central Intelligence, on the actions taken by the Central Intelligence Agency under NSC 5412/2, supplementing “CLASSIFIED 526,0 SEC. 3.4 (0) é L21 that portion of the report which was presented at the last Council meeting (NSC Action No. 1808). PORTIONS EXEMPTED E.0, 12355, sto. 13 @ DCs) MLE DeTs rN t] REPOSITORY Lon COLLECTION A/c BOX Ne. 4 Ko : ry REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT. D. mm MeeeGNCLASSI. a Letina Fides ele 2 FOLDER _34/) nk — Déicene v Cébob.s 3; patios ir. i Mee Se IG aM cok St ete