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Discussion at the 333rd Meeting
of the National Security Council,
Thursday, August 1, 1957
Present at the 333rd Council meeting were the President of
the United States; the Vice President of the United States; the Acting Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Secretary of
the freasury; the Acting Attorney General (participating in Items 2,
3, 4 and 5); Mr. Frederick Mueller for the Secretary of Commerce
(for Item 1); the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Chairman
Atomic Energy Commission (participating in Items 2, 3, 4% and 5};
the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (participating in Items 1,
2, 3, 4 and 5); the Acting Director, U. 8. Information Agency; the
Director, International Cooperation Administration; Assistant Secretary of State Bowle; Assistant Secretary of Defense Sprague;
Mr. William M. Holaday, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense;
the Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; Mr. Ralph Spear, Federal Civil Defense Administration; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; the Directof of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the
President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; Special Assistants to the President Cutler and Dearborn; the Acting White House
Staff Secretary; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Director,
NSC Secretariat.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting
end the main points taken.
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DEFINITION OF THE TERM "MOBILIZATION BASE"
(ls Action No. 1522-h; Memo for HSC from Acting Executive Sec-
retary, subject: "Basic Military Planning Concept to Govern
Planning and Development of the Mobilization Base", dated
March 1, 1957; NSC 5707/8; Memos for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject: "Definition of the Term ‘Mobilization Base'",
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Mr. Cutler briefed the Council on the background of this
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project (copy of briefing note filed in the minutes of the meeting).
He added that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had concurred in the Planning
Board recommendation, and called on the Director, Office of Defense
Mobilization, for comment.
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