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February 28, 1958
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Discussion at the 356th Meeting
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Thursday, February 27, 1958
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Present et the 356th NSC Meeting were the President of
the United States, presiding; the Secretary of State; the Secre~
tary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization.
Also present were the Acting Secretary of the Treasury; the Attore
ney General (participating in Items 2-4); Mr. Maurice H. Stans for
the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Federal Civil Defense Ad-
ministrator (participating in Items 2-4); the Acting Secretary of
Commerce (participating in Item 1); the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; the Director of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the
President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; the Director,
International Cooperation Administration; the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Special Assistants to the President for Information
Projects, for National Security Affairs, and for Science and Technology; the White House Staff Secretary; the NSC Representative on
Internal Security (for Item 4); the Director of Guided Missiles
(for Item 2); Brig. Gen. Austin W. Betts, USA, Office of the Di-
rector of Guided Missiles (for Item 2); Mr. A. G. Waggoner, Office of the Director of Guided Missiles (for Item 2); Assistant
Secretary of State Gerard C. Smith; Assistant Secretary of Defense Mansfield D. Sprague; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and
the Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC.
There follows a summary of the discussion at the meet~
ing and the main points taken.
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U. 5. ECONOMIC DEFENSE POLICY
(Nsc 570473 and references listed thereiny NSC Action No. 1857;
Memo for NSC from Acting Executive Secretary, same subject,
dated June 25, 1957; Memos for NSC from Executive Secretary,
same subject, dated February 17 and 26, 1958; Progress Report,
dated March 8-December 31, 1957, by the Secretaries of State
and Commerce on NSC 5704/1 and NSC 5704/3)
Upon entering the Cabinet Room ten minutes late, the
President commented with a smile that national security affairs
occasionally had to give way when domestic politics raised its
ugly head.
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