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A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of DOCUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Eighth Supplement DOCUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Eighth Supplement Guide compiled by Dale Reynolds Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Documents of the national security council. Eighth supplement [microform] / edited by Dale Reynolds. microfilm reels. Accompanied by printed reel guide compiled by Dale Reynolds, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Documents of the National Security Council. Eighth supplement. ISBN 1-55655-823-6 1. National Security Council (U.S.)--Archives. 2. National security--United States--History--Sources. 3. United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989-- Sources. I. Reynolds, Dale. II. Title: Guide to the microfilm edition of Documents of the National Security Council. Eighth supplement. UA23.15 353.1'3'0973--dc21 00-068557 CIP TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note v Note on Sources xiii Appendix I xv Appendix II xvii Abbreviations xix Reel Index Reel 1 NSC Policy Papers and Progress Reports 1 NSC Background Documents 3 Reel 2 NSC Background Documents cont 4 Reel 3 NSC Background Documents cont 5 National Security Action Memoranda 10 National Security Study Memoranda 11 Reels 4-12 National Security Study Memoranda cont 12 Reel 13 National Security Study Memoranda cont 28 National Security Decision Memoranda 31 Reel 14 Presidential Review Memoranda 42 Presidential Directives 43 National Security Study Directives 45 National Security Decision Directives 47 Reel 15 National Security Decision Directives cont 50 National Security Directives 55 National Security Reviews 58 Presidential Decision Directives 59 Presidential Review Directives 59 Subject Index 61 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Under the National Security Act of 1947 and the Reorganization Plan of 1949, the composition and function of the National Security Council (NSC) are clearly and simply defined. Chaired by the president, the NSC consists of statutory members (the vice- president and the secretaries of state and defense), statutory advisers (the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of central intelligence), the assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, and professional staff members who are on temporary assignment from the armed forces, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and elsewhere in the government or who have been recruited from universities and think tanks. The statutory function of the NSC is to advise the president with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to national security. The mere words by which the NSC was established (see page ix), however, do not begin to indicate how the NSC has evolved as a key--sometimes the key--foreign policy-making arm of the president under such strong-willed national security advisers as McGeorge Bundy, Henry Kissinger, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. For such an evaluation of the NSC's first four decades, an essential starting point is an examination of the many papers, memoranda, and directives generated by the NSC. Toward this end University Publications of America (UPA), for over a decade, has been committed to collecting and publishing all available NSC documents in Documents of the National Security Council. Now, with the addition of over 15,000 pages of formerly classified NSC papers, UPA's new Eighth Supplement to Documents of the National Security Council makes conveniently available to researchers for the first time an inner history of American foreign policy in the postwar era. Listed below are the different NSC file series that have been published by UPA; also listed are the locations of documents from these various file series within the UPA publications of Documents of the National Security Council. Following the numbered list are sections describing each of the file series. 1. National Security Council Policy Papers--Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977; First; Second; Third; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 2. National Security Council Background Documents--Documents of the National Security Council, Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 3. "P" Files--Documents of the National Security Council, Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; and Seventh Supplements. 4. "Mill" Papers--Documents of the National Security Council, Third; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; and Seventh Supplements. 5. National Security Council Actions--Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977; Fourth and Fifth Supplements. 6. National Security Action Memoranda--Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977; Fourth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 7. National Security Study Memoranda--Documents of the National Security Council, Second; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 8. National Security Decision Memoranda--Documents of the National Security Council, 1947-1977; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 9. Presidential Review Memoranda--Documents of the National Security Council, Fourth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 10. Presidential Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, 1947- 1977; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 11. National Security Study Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Fourth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 12. National Security Decision Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; and Eighth Supplements. 13. National Security Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Sixth and Eighth Supplements. 14. Presidential Decision Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Seventh Supplement. 15. NSC Intelligence Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Fifth Supplement. 16. National Security Reviews--Documents of the National Security Council, Eighth Supplement. 17. Presidential Review Directives--Documents of the National Security Council, Eighth Supplement. National Security Council Policy Papers (NSCPP) During the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, the NSC produced a series of formal policy papers whose purpose was to analyze current and potential national security issues and make policy recommendations to deal with those issues. These policy papers were prepared by the NSC staff and occasionally by members of the NSC in response to requests by the NSC to study specific issues. Each policy paper was assigned a number for reference purposes. When completed, policy papers were distributed to NSC members for study and comment. If the NSC decided to alter a policy paper, a revised draft of the paper would be produced and redistributed to NSC members for further study and comment. Each revised draft would be assigned the same number as the original paper, followed by a slant mark (/) and then the number of the revision. The decision whether or not to approve a policy paper was the president's; once approved, the paper became the official (and usually secret) policy of the U.S. government. If the same national security issue were reevaluated at a future date, a new number would be assigned to the ensuing policy paper. In the NSC Policy Paper section of this publication, the researcher will also find NSC progress reports. These progress reports were prepared by members of the NSC during the Truman administration and by the Operations Coordinating Board of the NSC during the Eisenhower administration. Their purpose was (1) to monitor the activities of various federal agencies in implementing the policies set forth in approved policy papers, and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of such activities in furthering the goals of such policy papers. Each progress report was assigned the number of the approved policy paper that it evaluated. The numbering system for policy papers underwent a change between the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. During the Truman administration (1945-1953), policy papers were assigned consecutive numbers beginning with #1. During the Eisenhower administration (1953-1961), policy papers were assigned four-digit numbers; the first two digits identified the year the paper was begun, and the last two digits identified the sequence of the specific paper. In this micropublication the policy papers and progress reports are arranged in numerical order, first by policy paper number and then by revision number. If there is more than one progress report for a policy paper, the progress reports are arranged chronologically. National Security Council Policy Papers Background Documents (NSCPPBD) This section consists of the background documentation used by the NSC staff in preparing policy papers. These files contain memoranda, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and early uncirculated drafts of policy papers prepared by the NSC staff; they also contain memoranda, reports, and comments on policy papers by NSC members and various U.S. government agencies. The documents are arranged chronologically under the appropriate policy paper number. The corresponding policy papers themselves can be found in the NSC Policy Paper section of this micropublication, or in previous UPA publications of Documents of the National Security Council. "P" (Procedure) Files The "P" Files were created during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations by the National Security Council Staff as a policy paper series separate and distinct from the formal NSCPP series. The studies contained in the "P" Files deal with issues that required an accelerated procedure of review and action, and that were
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