October 11, 10°
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SUBJECT:
EYES ONLY
Discussion at the 339tn Meeting
of the National Security Council,
Thursday, October 19,
135"
Present at the 339th NSC meeting were the Fresidert cf the
United States, presiding; the Vice President of the United tates;
the Acting Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; anc the Ast-
ing Director, Office of Defense Mobilization.
Also present were the
Acting Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General: tne Director,
Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the Fresiden* for Dis-
armament; Brig. Gen. Alfred D. Starbird for the Special Assistant to
the President for Atomic Energy; the Director, Internetione.. Tooperstion Administration; the Director, J}. S. Information Agency
the Act-
ing Federal Civil Defense Administrator (Item 1); the Direcvor, National Science Foundation {Item _); the President, National Academy
of Sciences (Item 1); Dr. J. Wallace Joyce, National Science Foundation (Item 1); the Deputy Secretary of Defense; Mr. William M. Hola-
dey, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; Dr. John F. Hagen,
Director, PROJECT VANGUARD; Mr. Mansfield D. Sprague, Assistant Secretary of Defense; Mr. Maurice Stans, Deputy Director, Burenu of the
Budget; Mr. Alvin G. Waggoner, Department of Defense; Mr. wWlLlian
Leonhart, Department of
State; Dr. Herbert Scoville, Jr., Orntral
Intelligence Agency; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; tue Direstor of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the President
the
Deputy Assistant to the President: Special Assistants to the President Cutler, Rendall and Dearborn; the White House Staff Se retary;
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the Executive Secretery, NSJ: ant tne Deputy Executive Ser- tary, NSC.
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and the main points taken.
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE FOR U. o.
(NSC 5520; NSC Actions Nos. 155° and 1713)
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a briefing on the Soviet earth satellite.
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