77. Editorial Note

Secretary of State Rusk testified on December 11, 1963, before the Senate Subcommittee on National Security Staffing and Operations, chaired by Senator Henry M. Jackson. In a broad statement, Rusk discussed a variety of issues concerning the staffing and operations of national security policy. He discussed the scope of foreign affairs; the role of Congress and Executive-Legislative relations; the respective roles of Desk Officers, Assistant Secretaries, and Ambassadors; the role of intelligence; and problems of coordination and administration. For text of his testimony, see Administration of National Security: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security Staffing and Operations of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, December 11, 1963, Part 6.