Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume III, Microfiche Supplement, National Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament

282. Briefing Note for the December 20 NSC Meeting¹

Washington, December 19, 1960

The first part of the [illegible in the original] item is a report by NASA on its outer space programs.

At the meeting on November 7, 1960, the Council heard a presentation by [illegible in the original] on the outer space programs being conducted under Defense auspices, [illegible in the original] that meeting that the President requested NASA to present to the Council a report (a) on the outer space programs now being conducted under the auspices of NASA, and (b) on the level of effort the United States should devote to non-military outer space activities in the future.

(CALL ON: DR. [illegible in the original])

The second part of the first item is a presentation by Dr. Kistiakowsky of a report by the Science Advisory Committee on “Man in Space.”

(CALL ON: DR. KISTIAKOWSKY)

1. Source: NASA space programs. Confidential. 1 p. Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records.