THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER NATIONAL SECURITY FILES 1953–19611953–1961 PART 3: CORRESPONDENCE FILES A UPA Collection from National Security Files General Editor George C. Herring The Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Files, 1953–1961 Part 3: Correspondence Files Microfilmed from the Holdings of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas Project Coordinator Robert E. Lester Guide compiled by Eric H. Doss A UPA Collection from 7500 Old Georgetown Road • Bethesda, MD 20814-6126 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Dwight D. Eisenhower national security files, 1953–1961 [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels. — (National security files) Summary: Reproduces documents from the Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the custody of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, National Archives and Records Administration. Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Alice Chen and Eric H. Doss. ISBN 1-55655-960-7 (pt. 1) — ISBN 1-55655-961-5 (pt. 2) — ISBN 0-88692-678-5 (pt. 3) 1. United States—Politics and government—1953–1961—Sources. 2. National security—United States— History—Sources. 3. United States—Foreign relations—1953–1961—Sources. 4. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library—Archives. I. Lester, Robert. II. Chen, Alice, 1982– . III. LexisNexis (Firm) IV. Series. E835 327.73'009'0945—dc22 2005040740 CIP Copyright © 2006 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 0-88692-678-5. TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note ...................................................................................... vii Source Note ........................................................................................................... ix Editorial Note......................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgments ................................................................................................ x Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ xi Reel Index Reels 1–2 NSC Agenda and Minutes ............................................................................... 1 Reel 3 NSC Agenda and Minutes cont. ...................................................................... 5 Availability of NSC Documents to Congress ................................................... 6 Budget ............................................................................................................. 6 Chronological, Richard L. Hall ......................................................................... 6 Consultants Comments ................................................................................... 7 Consultants ..................................................................................................... 7 Reel 4 Consultants cont. ............................................................................................ 7 Monthly Project Summary for NSC ................................................................. 8 National Security Council, General ................................................................. 8 Lists of Classified Documents......................................................................... 8 Log on Classified Material ............................................................................... 8 National Defense Telephone Directory ............................................................ 9 National Security Council Meeting Arrangements ........................................... 9 NSCIDs ........................................................................................................... 9 National Security Council, Organization and Functions .................................. 9 Reel 5 National Security Council, Organization and Functions cont. ......................... 9 Personnel ........................................................................................................ 10 Personnel Security Program ........................................................................... 11 Planning Board ................................................................................................ 11 iii Reel 6 Planning Board cont. ....................................................................................... 11 NSC Projects and Meeting Agendas............................................................... 12 NSC, Special Meetings ................................................................................... 12 NSC, Topics for Future Discussions ............................................................... 12 Administrative .................................................................................................. 12 Chronological, F. M. Dearborn ......................................................................... 12 Chronological, Karl G. Harr ............................................................................. 13 Reel 7 Chronological, Karl G. Harr cont. .................................................................... 13 Reel 8 Operations Coordinating Board ....................................................................... 15 OCB Luncheon Meetings ................................................................................ 16 OCB Minutes of Meetings ............................................................................... 16 Reel 9 OCB Minutes of Meetings cont. ...................................................................... 17 OCB Organization ........................................................................................... 18 Reel 10 OCB Organization cont. .................................................................................. 19 Special OCB Committee ................................................................................. 19 Special OCB Committee (F. M. Dearborn File) ................................................ 20 April 1955 ........................................................................................................ 20 Reel 11 April–September 1955 ..................................................................................... 20 Reel 12 September 1955–January 1956 ...................................................................... 22 Reel 13 January–May 1956.......................................................................................... 24 Reel 14 May–September 1956 ..................................................................................... 26 Reel 15 October 1956–June 1957 ................................................................................ 27 Reel 16 June 1957–February 1958 .............................................................................. 29 Reel 17 March 1958–September 1959 ......................................................................... 31 Reel 18 October 1959–January 1961........................................................................... 33 A–C, General .................................................................................................. 34 Reel 19 C–G, General .................................................................................................. 35 Reel 20 G–Q, General .................................................................................................. 37 Reel 21 R–Z, General ................................................................................................... 39 Principal Correspondents Index.......................................................................... 43 Subject Index ......................................................................................................... 57 v SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The National Security Council (NSC) was chartered under the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the president concerning domestic and foreign policy issues. Following an underutilization by President Harry S. Truman, the NSC became the hub of policy planning under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower realized the importance of the NSC’s work and depended on the council to effect major policy decisions. Eisenhower integrated many civilian and military advisers into the NSC, including leaders of industry, military officers, and publishers. Produced during the cold war, some documents contain phrases and terms that are uncommon today. It is important to consider that the quest for U.S. supremacy over the Soviet Union pervaded almost every government decision. Due to this influence, the collection contains numerous terms and phrases unfamiliar to many readers. Economic defense, for example, appears multiple times in this collection and refers to the preservation of the economic stability of the nation. Economic defense is closely related to national or continental defense; the former refers to the overall defense of the nation and the latter only to the defense of the actual land mass. The documents found in this collection, The Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Files, 1953–1961, Part 3: Correspondence Files, contain many examples of the administrative and logistical support necessary to maintain an effective advisory committee. Starting in 1953, the collection contains agendas and minutes of individual NSC meetings as compiled by Robert Cutler, the first national security adviser. The collection also contains documents from Dillon Anderson and Gordon Gray, the successive advisers. Contained in these notes and agendas are discussions of the official foreign policy of the United States. Many documents are simply administrative,