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30. National Security Action Memorandum No. 2991

Washington, May 12, 1964.

TO

  • The Secretary of State
  • The Secretary of Defense
  • The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • The Director of Central Intelligence

SUBJECT

  • Evacuation and Protection of U.S. Citizens in Danger Areas Abroad

The President has rescinded NSC 6019/1 (Evacuation and Protection of U.S. Citizens in Danger Areas Abroad) dated January 2, 19612 and has directed that the Secretaries of State and Defense be responsible for carrying out this program.

McGeorge Bundy
  1. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/PC Files: Lot 70 D 199, National Security Action Memos (NSAM). Confidential.↩
  2. Regarding NSC 6019/1, see Foreign Relations, 1958–1960, vol. III, p. 532.↩