NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
TOP SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
October 30, 1953
NOTE BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
to the
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
on
BASIC NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
| References: | A. | NSC 162 and NSC 162/1 |
| B. | NSC Action Nos, 853, 868, 886, 926 and 944 | |
| C. | Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject, "Review of Basic National Security Policy", dated October 28, 1953 | |
| D. | NSC 153/1 | |
| E. | Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject, "Project Solarium", dated July 23, 1953 |
The National Security Council, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Director, Bureau of the Budget, the Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, and the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 168th Council meeting on October 29, 1953, adopted the statement of policy contained in NSC 162/1 subject to the changes which are set forth in NSC Action No. 944-a.
In connection with this action the Council also noted
a. The Presidents statement that if the Department of Defense hereafter finds that the provisions of subparagraph 9-a-(1), when read in the context of the total policy statement, operate to the disadvantage of the national security, the Secretary of Defense should bring this finding before the Council for reconsideration.
b. That action should be promptly taken to conform existing arrangements regarding atomic weapons to subparagraph 39-b.
c. That the policy in NSC 162/1 does not contemplate any fixed date for D-Day readiness.
