AOZORD . November 15,1957 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Discussion at the 345th Meeting of the National Security Council, Thursday, November 14, 1957 Present at the 345th Council Meeting were the President of the United States presiding; the Vice President of the United States; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; and the Director,Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Attorney General; the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the President for Disarmament; Mr. Harold Vance for the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; the Federal Civil Defense Administrator; the Director, International Cooperation Administration; Mr. Saxton Bradford for the Acting Director, U. 5. Information Agency; the Under Secretary of State; the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Army; the Secretary of the Navy; the Secretary of the Air Force; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Chief of Steff, U.S. Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; the Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps; the Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Chairman, Council of Economic Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State Gerard C. Smith. Also present for the Department of Defense were: Assistant Secretary W. J. McNeil; Assistant to the Secretary of Defense William M. Holaday; Colonel E. H. Nigro,USAF; Captain J. W. O'Grady, USN; Colonel Richard Fellows, USAF; Colonel Willis BD. Crittenberger, USA; and Mr. Max Lehrer. Also present at the meeting were the Director of Central Intelligence; the Assistant to the President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; Special Assistants to the President Cutler and Dearborn; the White House Staff Secretary;Mr. Bryce Harlow, Administrative Assistant to the President; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC. ma* weee = REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. BISENBOWER LIBRARY '? ‘ > - §r . There follows se summary of the discussion at the meeting end the main points taken. : DECLASSIFIED E.0. 12356, SEC. 3.4 (b) NA -Mpa2. ev Ure MMU ~ PORTICNS EXEMPTED E.O, 12256, SEC. 13 f) AKC Leo Pye The RENT cy NILE DATE LLB ff REPOSITORY oo foe 4 f aA COLLECTION BOX No. Aa A ghee mAb thee On AgiA " ei om fe. 4 ve fa | LAOSae oT - Gea, _ ~ Lecad CP FoLDem 34S, “¥ PY ch te Rover Lr i i ASS lg 1459 }