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December 24, 1957
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MEMORANDUM
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Discussion at the 349th Meeting
of the National Security Council,
Monday, December 23, 1957
Present at the 349th NSC Meeting were the President of the
United States, presiding; the Vice Fresident of the United States;
the Secretary of State; the Acting Secretary of Defense; and the Di-
rector, Office of Defense Mobilization.
Also present were Mr. Fred
C. Scribner, Jr., for the Secretary of the Treasury; the Attorney
General (participating in Items 5, 6 end 7); the Director, Bureau
of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the President for Atomic
Energy; the Acting Federal Civil Defense Administrator; the Acting
Secretary of Commerce (participating in Item 2); the U. S. Represen-
tative to the United Kations; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
the Director cf Central Intelligence; Under Secretary of State Herter;
Assistant Secretary cf State Smith; the Deputy Assistent to the Fres-
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ident; the Director, U. S. Information Agency; the Special Assistant
to the Fresident for Disarmament; the Special Assistant to the Fresident for Foreign Econemic Policy; the Special Assistant to the Presi-
dent for Information Frojects; the Special Assistant to the Fresident
for National Security Affairs; the Special Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology; the Special Assistant to the President for
Security Operations Coordination; the White House Staff Secretary; the
Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting and
the main points taken.
1.
REPORT FY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON TEE NATO MEETING
Tne Fresident was unable to be present at the opening of the
meeting, and for the first half hour the Vice President presided.
Secretary Dulles expleined that so many members of the Na-
in Faris that it hardly seemed worthwhile to take the time now to report to the Council on what had transpired there. Instead, Secretary
Dulles asked the Council if he might read the speech which he was delivering from The White House on Monday night, reporting to the American people on the events at Faris. He solicited the advice and
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