rg Fee nmfOOEws SECRET t ef , . » a haeSa ba Ee: ecey7 LO? February 14, 1958 MEMORANDUM was Ere? hniy%: SUBJECT: Discussion at the 355th Meeting Bygy eee of the National Security Council, Thursday, February 13, 1958 iA, 4 ' Present at the 355th NSC meeting were the Vice President of the United States, presiding; the Acting 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 Attor_ney General; the Acting Director, Burean of the Budget; the Chair- man, Atomic Energy Commission (participating in the action on Items 2 and 3); the Federal Civil Defense Administrator (participating in the action on Item 2); the Chairmen, Interdepartmental 4 a Intelligence Conference and Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security (attending for Item 2); the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Director of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the | President; the Deputy Assistant to the President; the Director, U. S. Information Agency; the Special Assistants to the Preaident for National Security Affairs, Science and Technology, and Security Operations Coordination; the White House Staff Secretary; the NSC Representative on Internal Security (attending for Item 2); Assis- tant 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 meeting and the main points taken. 1. SIGNIFICANT WORLD DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING U. S. SECURITY The Director of Central Intelligence pointed out that Colonel Husein, dissident leader on the island of Sumatra, had broadcast a demand on February 10 that the Djuanda Government resign within five days. The Government had rejected the demand and ordered the discharge of Colonel Husein and the other chief leaders of the dissidents. If, continued Mr. Dulles, the dissidents stick to their earlier demands, they should proceed to set up a rival government. However, they are showing reluctance to take this step, and conversations between them and the Central Government are more likely. Mr. Dulles said that it was extremely hard to predict the outcome of the crisis in Indonesia. Sukarno was ex- pected to return to Javea in e few days, and it is thought that he DECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS E.0. 12356, SEC. 3.40) Mose. * : Agency Case NEE . ne. am ee Nee Sefal? ais — OO ao y em ae wt wk > TOP. SECRET f REPOSITORY 1 Me eex han he CO" ot Mg!a 7ey i cotection ZV.3C BOX No. 43 7 FOLDER SoS set = ns Fy ae DeethNS LPL CC. S, = TGER