> sal i “oFmeneAE, SECRE We “% a vow Oe ae to Msc 5518, including possible actions in the event of imminent or actual Communist control of Java. NOTE: The above actions, as approved by the President, subsequently transmitted to the Secretaries of I State and Defense, the Chairman, JCS, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director, ICA, for appropriate iaplementation. 4. HUMAN EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT [Nec Actions Nos. 1530-p, 1945, 1502 and 1665; NIE 100-4-57; NIE 100-6-57; Memos for NSC from Executive Secretary, same subject, dated January 29, June 19, and July 22, 1957) Mr. Cutler briefed the Council on the background of this project, and added that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had concurred in the draft NSC Action proposed by the Planning Board. (A copy of Mr. Cutler's briefing note is filed in the minutes of the meeting. ) Governor Hoegh said FCDA concurred in Governor Peterson's report and in the draft Action proposed by the Planning Board. Governor Hoegh felt that this was not the solution, but a solution, to be strengthened and supplemented inthe future. He felt it was an admirable grass-roots approach. Se [ ew REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY ~ eet ra a The President also thought this was a good approach. He said if we attempted to inform the public on the human effects of nuclear weapons by dramatic actions, we would create hysteria instead of spreading information. Working through the Foreign Policy Association and the American Assembly was a sound method. He favored the gradual approach. He wondered whether we had sounded out the Foreign Policy Association and the American Assembly. Mr. Cutler reported that FCDA had already been in touch with these organizations. Mr. Cutler pointed out that there was a difference of opinion in the Planning Board as to the appropriate official to make the initial contacts with the Foreign Policy Association, the American Assembly, and other organizations. The President said this was a job for FCDA in the long run. Mr. Cutler said that many of the topics listed for group discussion fell in the State Department's field, and suggested that the Secretary of State might be asked to collaborate with the Federal Civil Defense Administration in making the necessary contacts. The President and Secretary Herter agredd with this suggestion. The National Security Council: a. Discussed the proposed program of group discussions of national security issues and related matters detailed in paragraph 7 of the report on the subject Mee me + oe . La oe Avra weed32a 5bozSECRET r