RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

Frc es #8 ‘ a TOP SECRET Pi rmemeres 7 ay »* par Tmo OU . January 23, 1958 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: at Discussion at the 352nd Meeting of the National Security Council, EYES W fiHt Wednesday, January 22, 1958 Present at the 352nd NSC Meeting were the President of the United States, presiding; the Vice President of the United States; the Secretary of State; Donald A. Quarles for the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were Fred C. Scribner, Jr., for the Secretary of the Treasury; ‘the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the “President for Atomic Energy; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Director of Central Intelligence; the Secretary of the Army; The Assistant to the President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; the Director, U. S. Information Agency; Dennis A. FitzGerald for the Director, International Cooperation Administration; the Under Secretary of State; Aséistant Secretary of State Smith; the Special Assistants to the President for Disarmament, for Information Projects, for National Security Affairs, for Science and Technology, and for Security Operations Coordination; 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. 1. CAPABILITIES OF FORCES FOR LIMITED MILITARY OPERATIONS (NSC Action No. 1814; Nsc 5724;3 NSC 5724/1; Nsc Actions Nos. 1643 and 1842) General Cutler read to the Council the Gaither Panel rec- ommendation on the subject, as follows: __. “Augment our and allied forces for limited military operations, and provide greater mobility, to enable us to deter or promptly suppress small wars which must not be allowed to grow into big ones. The Panel suggests that a study be undertaken, at the national rather than at a service level, to develop current doctrine on when and how nuclear weapons can contribute to limited oper- 2 oR : ations." E 4 t i LASSIFIED WITH DELET IONS £0. 12356, SEC. 3.4(b) Sn eR Case FFF NLE Date. Ue i é ul ae “ -, DOP SECRET “PEROSITORY, 4 enmseeBoe gen awe has Da LopFen AL Poe le Flag COLLECTION “WsSo - SOX Ne. Sy <7 Pea ND : FOLDER SS OP aoh LUSC a, Se ertinYeF2, lr"