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February 18, 1960
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Discussion at the 435th Meeting
of the National Security Council,
Thursday, February 18, 1960
Present at the 435th NSC Meeting were the President of
United States, presiding (for Item 1); Christian A. Herter,
. Secretary of State, presiding (for Items 2,3 and 4): Thombs
S. Gates, Jr., Secretary of Defense; and Leo A. Hoegh,
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Also attendi
were Fred Scribner, Jr., for the Secretary of the Treas
Maurice A. Stems, Director, Bureau of the Budget; and Jo
MeCone, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (Item 1);
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attending the meeting were General Nathan F. Twining, Cha
Joint Chiefs of Steff; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chief of
¥.S. Army; Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operatic
General Thomas S. White, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force;
W. Dalles, Director of Central Intelligence; George V- A
Director, U.S. Information Agency; Maj. General Wilton B.
The Assistant to the President; Gordon Gray, Special Assi
the President for National Security Affairs; Karl G. Harr
Special Ascistant to the President for Security Operatio
ordination; George BE. Kistiakowsky, Special Assistant to
President for Science and Technology; Erig. General Andrew
J.
Goodpaster, White House Staff Secretary; Gerard C. Smith, jAssis-
tant Secretary of State; from the Department of Defense = |Dr.
Herbert F. York, John NW. Irwin, II, Sammel Clements, and It.Col.
Edvard V. Needels; James S. Jay, Jr., Executive Secretaryy NSC;
Marion W. Boggs, Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC; and Charles
Heskins, NSC.
There follows a summary of the discussion at] the
meeting and the main points taken.
1.
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NON-LETHAL WEAPONS AND TOCTRINE
FOR POSSIBLE USE
(NSC Action No. 2105-d; NSC 5906/1, paragraph 13)
Mr. Gray briefed the Council on the background, recalling the
1950 policy that the US will underteke gas warfare only iq retalidating