National Security Policy


91. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Twining) to President Eisenhower

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 273, Records of the National Security Council, Official Meeting Minutes File. Top Secret.


93. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. No classification marking. Drafted by Goodpaster on March 26.


94. Memorandum of Discussion at the 439th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs on April 2.


95. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith) to Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5904 Series. Top Secret. Drafted by Furnas.


96. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. No classification marking. Drafted by Goodpaster.


97. Memorandum of Discussion at the 442d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs. On April 29, Admiral Burke prepared a memorandum for the record regarding discussion of this item. (Naval Historical Center, Burke Papers, Originator File) See the Supplement.


99. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on May 7.


101. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on May 7.


102. Memorandum of Discussion at the 445th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs on May 25. Another account of this meeting is in Kistiakowsky, A Scientist at the White House, pp. 333–336.


103. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on May 31. On February 5, the President discussed military reconnaissance with Herter, Douglas, Twining, Kistiakowsky, and others. (Memorandum of conference with the President by Goodpaster, February 8; ibid.) Other accounts of these meetings are in Kistiakowsky, A Scientist at the White House, pp. 245–246 and 336.


104. Memorandum of Discussion at the 446th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs on June 1. Another account of this meeting is in Kistiakowsky, A Scientist at the White House, pp. 338–339.


106. Memorandum of Discussion at the 449th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs.


107. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Colonel Eisenhower.


108. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. The President was on a working vacation in Newport, July 7–26.


109. Memorandum of Discussion at the 453d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs on July 28.


110. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith) to Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, G/PM Files: Lot 64 D 341. Top Secret. Sent through Under Secretary Dillon.


111. National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INRNIE Files. Top Secret. A note on the cover sheet reads in part: “Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The following Intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Joint Staff, and NSA.” The U.S. Intelligence Board concurred on August 1 except the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdiction.


113. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on August 13. Another memorandum of this conversation by Admiral Burke, dated August 11, and Burke’s memorandum of conversation with Gates on the SIOP held on August 15, are in the Naval Historical Center, Burke Papers, NSTL/SIOP Briefing Folder. Both are in the Supplement.


116. Report by the Special Panel on Satellite Reconnaissance to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Project Clean Up, Intelligence Matters. Top Secret.


117. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay) to Secretary of Defense Gates

Source: Eisenhower Library, NSC Staff Records, Disaster File. Secret. Copies were sent to Herter, Allen Dulles, and Kistiakowsky.


118. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5/9–260. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by George A. Morgan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, and approved in S on September 13.


120. Memorandum of Discussion at the 459th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs.