Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
Washington
February 3, 1961
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NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 2
TO: The Secretary of Defense
SUBJECT: Development of Counter-guerrilla Forces
At the National Security Council meeting on February 1, 1961, the President requested that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with other interested agencies, should examine means for placing more emphasis on the development of counter-guerrilla forces.
Accordingly, it is requested that the Department of Defense take action on this request and inform this office promptly of the measures which it proposes to take.
(Signed)
McGeorge Bundy
Special Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
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