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  4. United States national security policy: estimates of threats to the national security; the extension of military assistance to foreign nations; the preparation of NSC 68, “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security”

United States national security policy: estimates of threats to the national security; the extension of military assistance to foreign nations; the preparation of NSC 68, “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security” 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. i, pp. 249 ff.

[84] Mr. Vannevar Bush to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( Bradley )

Washington , April 13, 1950.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[85] A Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary (Lay)

Washington , April 14, 1950.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 68 Series

[86] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Kirk ) to the Secretary of State

Moscow , April 25, 1950—11 a. m.

661.00/4–2550: Telegram

[93] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Washington , May 12, 1950.

Department of State Executive Secretariat Files

[95] Memorandum by the National Security Resources Board

[ Washington ,] 29 May 1950.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[100] Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary (Lay)

Washington , July 1, 1950.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 73 Series

[103] Memorandum by Mr. Charles E. Bohlen

[ Washington , July 13, 1950.]

661.00/7–1350

[104] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[ Washington ,] July 14, 1950.

Papers of Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, 1949–1953, at the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri.

[106] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[ Washington ,] July 19, 1950.

700.5/7–1950

[107] The President to the Secretary of State

Washington , July 19, 1950.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 68 Series