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

Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

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Memorandum for the National Security Council

Subject: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security

References: A. NSC 68 Series
B. NSC Action No. 3611

With respect to the revision of NSC 68/12 pursuant to NSC Action No. 361, previously scheduled for completion on November 15, the President has now directed:

a.
Submission to the National Security Council by the Secretary of Defense not later than Monday, November 20, 1950, of a revision of Annex 1 of NSC 68/1, containing a description of the military programs under NSC 68/2,3 including tentative cost estimates and the planning assumptions upon which the program is based, for discussion by the National Security Council at a special meeting on Wednesday, November 22.
b.
Submission by the National Security Council to the President, not later than December 15, of a revision of NSC 68/1 in its entirety.
James S. Lay, Jr.
  1. For substance, see NSC 68/2, September 30, p. 400.
  2. Not printed, but see footnote 3, ibid .
  3. Ante, ibid.