TOP SECRET that the report that the assassination had been attempted by the Comminists was highly reliable. Mr. Allen Dalles saia that he did not believe we could rely as yet on the validity of this version of the assassination attempt. After dealing briefly with the recent economic and military agreement between the Soviet Union and Egypt, Mr. Dulles stated that Naseer was now engaged in flirting with the United States, with the obvious objective of getting himself into a position, like Tito's, where he could play off the USSR against the United States and derive advantages from both. Mr. Dulles said that the intelligence community was watching the situation in East Germany and in East Berlin with very great care. He pointed out that Ulbricht's prestige was rising s0 rapidly that he was now in third place in the Communist hierarchy, after Khrushchev and Mao. Moreover, he was a genuine old-fashioned Stalinist, and he Beemed to be determined to arrest the flights of East Germans to West Berlin and West Germany. Nevertheless, Mr. Dulles did not think that the East German Government would undertake anything radical by way of & resumption of the blockade of West Berlin. The National Security Council: Noted and discussed an oral briefing by the Director of Central Intelligence on the subject, with specific reference to the highlights of NIE 11-4-57, "Main Trends in Soviet Capa- bilities and Policies, 1957-62"; and the situations in Indonesia, Egypt, and Fast Germany and East Berlin. (Secretary Dulles left the meeting at this time, and was replaced at the table by Under Secretary Douglas Dillon. ) 5. PEACEFUL USESOF ATOMIC ENERGY r . RISENHOWER LIBRARY REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. eee ene = I ST nT er psec, ot nm (NSC 550772; NSC Action No. 1726; NSC 5725; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, same subject, dated December 4, 1957) Mr. Cutler briefed the Council, again in great detail, on the contents of NSC 5725. In so doing, he listed a mumber of changes proposed by Admiral Strauss, most of which were accepted by the Council and which were listed in the Record of Action. With respect to the crucial issue set forth in the split paragraph, 33, on measures to facilitate the construction and use of U. S. power reactors and nuclear technology abroad, Mr. Cutler noted Admiral Strauss' view that a Council decision on this paragraph should be postponed and the matter referred for further study by the Atomic Energy Commission and reconsideration by the NSC Planning Board. Similarly, paregraphs 24 and 34 were suggested for such study and reconsideration. ho -10- ag ug rie a ny / 1 "mop SECRET