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(Order of listing does not indicate
priority of one program over another.)
ATLAS (ICBM) Weapon System
TITAN (ICBM) Weapon System
THOR-JUPITER (IRBM) Weapon Systems
POLARIS (FEM) Weapon System
Anti-missile missile defense weapon system, including active defense and related early warning for
defense of the United States proper
IGY scientific satellite (VANGUARD-JUPITER C) programs
Satellite programs (other than VANGUARD and JUPITER C)
determined by the Secretary of Defense to have objectives having key political, scientific, psychological or military import.
NOTE:
4,
The above action, as approved by the President,
subsequently transmitted to the Secretary of Defense for appropriate implementation, superseding
those portions of the referenced actions and of
NSC 5520 which are in conflict with the above
priorities.
SIGNIFICANT WORLD DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING U. 8. SECURITY
The Director of Central Intelligence stated that while the
situation in Venezuela was quiet as of six o'clock this morning, it
seemed that Perez Jimenez was on his last legs. Accordingly, the
chief problem now was to effect a reasonable transition from dictatorship to some other form of power. Probably the only practicable
recourse would be the establishment of a military junta. For the
moment, at least, there were no visible civilian elements who could
take over authority in Venezuela.
With respect to the outcome of the elections in Guatemala,
Mr. Dulles stated that we did not really know what the results of the
election would be. Much depended on who counted the votes. The Acting President of Guatemala had apparently doublecrossed the middleof-the-road candidate, Cruz Salazar, by reporting him as standing
third in number of votes.
In point of fact, Cruz Salazar did not
appear to be running third, as reported, but rather was a good second. In any event, none of the three candidates had achieved a majority, so that, the election would have to go to the Chamber of Deputies to be decided on Friday. The United States would probably
manage with either the right-wing candidate or the middle-of-theroad candidate, whom we had favored; but our fear is that the election of the rightist would provoke a strong leftist reaction and
more disorder.
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