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United States national security policy: U.S. objectives and programs for national security; estimates of threats to the national security; military posture and foreign policy; organization for national security 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. i, pp. 126 ff. For information on United States organization for national security, including extensive material on the administrative structure and functions of the National Security Council, see Organizing for National Security: Inquiry of the Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, for the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, 3 vols. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1961), particularly volume 2 (Studies and Background Materials).

[62] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Lovett)

Washington, 22 October 1951.

JCS Records, CCS 370 (8–19–45) Post-War Requirements for Military Forces1

[64] The Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (Keyserling) to the President

Washington, November 2, 1951.

Truman Library, Truman Papers, PSF-Subject File

[67] Memorandum by Mr. Robert W. Tufts, Member of the Policy Planning Staff

[Washington, December 12, 1951.]

PPS Files, Lot 64 D 563

  1. National Archives Record Group 218, Records of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.↩