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March 11, 1955

MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Discussion at the 240th Meeting

of the National Security Council,
Thursday, March 10, 1955

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Present at the 240th meeting of the Council were the] Pres-

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United States; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of DefensP;

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the Acting Secretary of the Air Force (for Items 5 and 6); As
ant Secretary of State Holland (for Item 5); the Chairman, Joi
Chiefs of Steff; the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, the Chief of
Operations, the Chief of Staff, U. S. Air Force, and the C

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Brig. Gen. R. W. Porter, Jr., for the Director, Foreign Opera
Administration; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilizat
Also present were Mr. H. Chapman Rose for the Secretary of th
Treasury; the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Chairman, A
Energy Commission (for Item 3); the Director, U. S. Informati
Agency; the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy,

. U. S. Marine Corps (for Items 5 and 6); the Director of Centr
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telligence; the Assistant to the President; Robert Cutler, Jo
Dodge, and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Special Assistants to the
dent; the Deputy Assistant to the President; Dillon Anderson,

Consultant; Robert R. Bowie, Department of State; the White H

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Staff Secretary; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy

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There follows a summary of the discussion at the meating
and the main points taken.

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COORDINATION OF ECONOMIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL W

FOREIGN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES

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Nos. 1314-~dand 1315)

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to Special Assistant to the President Rockefeller in
implementation of recommendations contained in pleragraph 3 of section B of the Memorandum for the Hresi-

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