WICLASSIFY?™ “ph It was accordingly agreed that the bracketed portion of paragraph 23 would be deleted, and that the following phrase would be added to the last sentence in paragraph 23: "and with maximum encouragement of private participation." General Cutler next raised for discussion the JCS comments on NSC 5802, which were circulated at the beginning of the Council meeting. (A copy of the JCS comments is filed in the minutes of the meeting. ) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that although he had signed the memorandum containing the JCS comments on the subject, he was not particularly proud of it. General Twining, accordingly, did not press for the inclusion of the changes suggested in the JCS memorandum. (It is noted in this connection that the suggestion contained in paragraph 2-d of the JCS memoran. dum had been considered and adopted by the Council when reised by _ General Cutler during the earlier portion of today's meeting on the subject.) (NOTE: The above summary of the Council discussion on U. &. Policy on Continental Defense was recorded by Mr. J. Patrick Coyne, NSC Repre- sentative on Internal Security.) The National Security Council: &. Discussed the draft statement of policy on the subject contained in NSC 5802; in the light of the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thereon, as presented at the meeting. b. Adopted the statement of policy in NSC 5802, subject to the following amendments: (1) Page 5, paragraph 8: Delete the bracketed phrase and the footnote thereto. (2) Page 6, subparagraph 8-b, ith line: (3) Page 6, paragraph 9: (4) Page 11, subparagraph 20-b: (5) Page 12, paragraph 21: words "operational capability”. Delete the Delete the bracketed words and the footnote thereto. Delete the brack- eted sentence and the footnote thereto. "21, Revise to read as follows: Except as otherwise determined by proper authority, new Federal facilities and major expansion of existing Federal facilities, important to -~15- no yom 4 Oe bos