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)

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 159


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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162


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

740.5/10–2153


[97] National Intelligence Estimate

INR–NIE files


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

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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162


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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 162


[102] Memorandum for the Record by the President

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 172


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

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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5408


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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5410


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

S/SNSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 5422


[118] Agency Studies Prepared for the National Security Council

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


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

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file