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August 23, 1957
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Discussion at the 335th Meeting
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Present at the 335th Council meeting were the President of
the United States, presiding; the Vice President of the United States;
Christien A. Herter for the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present
were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Acting Attorney General (partictpating in Items 1, 2 and 3); the Director, Bureau of the Budget;
the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (vcarticipating in Item 3); the
Federal Civil Defense Administrator (participating in Item 3); the Acting Director, U. S&S. Information Agency; the Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (participating in Item 3); the Director, International
Cooreration Adrinistration; the Acting Chairmen, Interdcrartme:tal Inellicence Conference, and the Cheirren, Interdepartiiental Cormittee
on Internal Security (attending for Items 1 and 2); the Deputy Secre-
tary of Defense; Willfem Leonhart, Department of State; the Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Steff; the Acting Director of Centrel Intelliscence;
the Deputy Assistent to the President; Special Assistents to the Fres-~
ident Cutler and Deesrborn; the White House Staff Secretary; the NSC
Representative on Internal Security (attending for Items 1 and 2); the
Zxecutive Secretary, N57; and the Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the mesting and
the main points taken.
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TSTENICAL SURVETLLANCEH COUNTI= RASURES.
(Meno for HSC from Executive Secretary, subject: "Clan@estine Lis-
taning Devices", Gated September 7, 1956; NSC Action Ho. 1640;
WSC 5618; Meros Por NS? from Executive Secretary, same subject,
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Coated July 22 and Auzust 20, 1957; Meno for NSC from Acting Exec-
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Mr. Cutler briefed the Council on the highlights of the re-
port of the NSC Special Ccrinittee on Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (transmitted by the reference memorandum of July 22). In
the course of his briefing, he called on the NSC Representetive on
Internal Security for elaboration of the problem of clandestine lis-
tening devices.
(A copy of Mr. Cutler's briefing note,
of Mr, Coyne, are filed in the minutes of the meeting. }
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