EXE ws JTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRES . ‘ENT weym oly id SECURITYontario meade NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON ACY FE | Tg” pa EG Key 4, 1953 LELOQSANDUL FOR THE FRESIDEN?: C4 Re . ee At the request st of the Acting Secretary of Defense, the Specomiuttee of the Noetionsl Security Cowneil on Atomic Encrmr met on , 1£53 to determine the next steps to be tal-en in carrying out the "Agreed Coneents Resarding Atomic Nenpons" (Arpendix A), in the light of c memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommending that custody of atomic weapons be transferred frou the Atomis Energy Commis- ~~. sion to the Department of Defense (Appendix B). a Sar per. « : * 7B a _* 5 “ft The Acting Secretsry of Strte and the Acting Secretary of DeSense agreed to recomiend for your epprovel the transfer of custody of &1). completed atomic reapons from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Department of Defconse subject to: Statenonts by the Acting Scerctary ef State and the Acting Secretary S ne the above rceeermendation are attached hereto as tC wv wh. The Cneirnman cf the Atomic Enerey Comaission dissents fron is statenent. fhove reeenmendztion for the reasons indicated in his Sar PP atisencé hereto es Appendisc . PNET oe OF CLESCIFICATION, Ug 3 ARIES © SESERRCH Bt SD DEVELCPMENT inane ve 89 7 HAT T alg DOounLnT © \pETEasunED Til trane 7 t fp PATA OR FORMASLT gto eee ss FESTS FERDA EAS H © OBJECTION TO WS ux ErG 2b pick autqaer. Ge. Lveoubtiye. a2 ocerss E.0. 12386, SEC. 13 a)(s) _RESTRICTED=DATA-1pp. SE This docueneshtnineFitTritertsietnes - stcurizy Itt et eS Ques By NILE Dates 8hsl PORTIONS EXEMPTED — Re a gine v1 “ . —ny ME Fe ¢ Warp 1 NLE DATE alisfe a Authority Ut teh Lb a DECLASSIFIED CO a omy JAMES S. LY, oFR, ey qh Dt lon 4 Pad Aprendices G and D, respectively, Wigey ‘ WBE publicity. ees ee ee eee eh Oh Oh Peer eee er eer eeeeeensea ‘:: of a positive decision in advence of any . he Barges — “ ca L inte to notify [Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigii¢iigiigs . eee eee ee eee ewe ee . ao ge os ETH ae me atrend, inclucing suple orportunity for the pepertcn® of, | BEST COPY AVAILABLE + ' aT Na b, Careful consideration cf the question of timing and taeties involved in effecting the trancler co as to minimise the percholovical inpict of this actien both «t hone end » Ge oA reaffirmtion of the “Agreed Concepts Regarding Atomic Vcaponc", execpt for pararranh 3 thereof wnieh wold e anepeed by your eprroval of the above recomstndation,