Office of the Historian

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 Security1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. i, pp. 1 ff. For information on U.S. organization for national security, including extensive material on the administrative structure and functions of the National Security Council, see Organizing for National Security: an Inquiry of the Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Chairman, for the Committee on Government Operations, U.S. Senate, 3 vols. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1961), particularly volume II.

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

Washington, September 25, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 159

[93] Report to the National Security Council by the National Security Council Planning Board

Washington, September 30, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162

[96] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the President

[Washington,] October 21, 1953.

740.5/10–2153

[97] National Intelligence Estimate

Washington, October 23, 1953.

INR–NIE files

[98] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Washington, October 27, 1953.

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “NSC 153–162, Sept–Dec, 1953”

[99] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Bowie) to the Secretary of State

Washington, October 28, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162

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

Washington, October 30, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162

[102] Memorandum for the Record by the President

[Washington,] November 11, 1953.

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file

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

Washington, November 20, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 172

[106] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Smith) to the President

[Washington,] December 3, 1953.

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “NSC 153–162, Sept–Dec. 1953”

[109] Report to the National Security Council by the National Security Council Planning Board

[Washington,] February 11, 1954.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5408

[115] Statement of Policy Adopted by the National Security Council

[Washington,] March 29, 1954.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5410

[117] Study Prepared by the National Security Council Planning Board

[Washington,] June 14, 1954.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5422

[118] Agency Studies Prepared for the National Security Council

[Washington,] June 14, 1954.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5422 Series

[119] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Washington, 23 June 1954.

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file