October 11, 10° a SUBJECT: EYES ONLY Discussion at the 339tn Meeting of the National Security Council, Thursday, October 19, 135" Present at the 339th NSC meeting were the Fresidert cf the United States, presiding; the Vice President of the United tates; the Acting Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; anc the Ast- ing Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also present were the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General: tne Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the Fresiden* for Dis- armament; Brig. Gen. Alfred D. Starbird for the Special Assistant to the President for Atomic Energy; the Director, Internetione.. Tooperstion Administration; the Director, J}. S. Information Agency the Act- ing Federal Civil Defense Administrator (Item 1); the Direcvor, National Science Foundation {Item _); the President, National Academy of Sciences (Item 1); Dr. J. Wallace Joyce, National Science Foundation (Item 1); the Deputy Secretary of Defense; Mr. William M. Hola- dey, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; Dr. John F. Hagen, Director, PROJECT VANGUARD; Mr. Mansfield D. Sprague, Assistant Secretary of Defense; Mr. Maurice Stans, Deputy Director, Burenu of the Budget; Mr. Alvin G. Waggoner, Department of Defense; Mr. wWlLlian Leonhart, Department of State; Dr. Herbert Scoville, Jr., Orntral Intelligence Agency; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; tue Direstor of Central Intelligence; The Assistant to the President the Deputy Assistant to the President: Special Assistants to the President Cutler, Rendall and Dearborn; the White House Staff Se retary; war the Executive Secretery, NSJ: ant tne Deputy Executive Ser- tary, NSC. There foilows a summer. and the main points taken. 1. x x as < tne rs-eting IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE FOR U. o. (NSC 5520; NSC Actions Nos. 155° and 1713) Mr. te oc” the ciscussion at a2 URITY Cutler explained the crder in whith the verioc.s suspects of this item of the agenda would be presented to the member. Council. ' cf the He then called on the Director of Central Intellieente for a briefing on the Soviet earth satellite. o a } tel ~~ ra DECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS E.0. 12356, SEC. 3.4(b} Agency Case F-9n75 z zs NLE CaseQ ~ By Ae NLE ondteZa tS u TOP REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT D. ua] Broo T9Ry uk Oe a be ah “. Be £9988 ? aahha a I cto : 3SECRET 7

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