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March 21, 1958
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SUBJECT: Discussion at the 359th Meeting
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of the National Security Council,
Thursday, Mareh 20, 1958
Present at the 359th Council 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; the Attorney General;
the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Chairman, Atomic Energy
Commission; the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (participating
in Items 1-4); the Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (participating in Items 1 and 2); the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
the Director of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; the Acting Director,
U. S. Information Agency; the Director, International Cooperation
Administration; the Special Assistants to the President for Information Projects, for National Security Affairs, and for Science and
Technology; the White House Staff Secretary; Mr. Karl G. Harr, Jr.,
Department of Defense; Assistant Secretary of State Gerard C. Smith;
Paul McGrath, Charles Shafer, and Robert Stokley, Federal Civil De-
fense Administration (for Item 1); Dr. Gordon Dunning, Atomic Energy
Commission (for Item 1); the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy Executive Secretary, N&C.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting and the
main points taken.
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MEASURES TO CARRY OUT THE CONCEPT OF SHELTER
(NSC Action No. 1914; NSC 5724; Nsc 5724/1; NSC Actions Nos. 1841
and 1842; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject: "Report
to the President by the Security Resources Panel of the ODM 8ci-
ence Advisory Comnittee", dated January 22, 1958; NSC 5807)
In briefing the Council, General Cutler indicated that the
problem of providing shelter for the population against radioactive
fallout would be considered at two successive meetings of the Council. At the first one, today, the Council would hear a factual presentation by the Federal Civil Defense Administration on radioactive
fallout and on the types of protective measures against it.
(A copy
of General Cutler's briefing note is filed in the minutes of the
meeting, and another is attached to this memorandum.) Upon the conclusion of his briefing, General Cutler called on Governor Hoegh, the
Federal Civil Defense Administrator, who in turn indicated that the
presentation would be given by Dr. Paul McGrath of FCDA.
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