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National Security Council [NSC]
Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1961

Under President Eisenhower, the National Security Council system evolved into the principal arm of the President in formulating and executing policy on military, international, and internal security affairs. The genesis of the new NSC system was a report prepared for the President in March 1953 by Robert Cutler, who became the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs. Cutler proposed a systematic flow of recommendation, decision, and implementation that he later described as the "policy hill" process. At the bottom of the hill, concerned agencies such as State and Defense produced draft policy recommendations on specific topics and worked for consensus at the agency level. These draft NSC papers went up the hill through the Planning Board, created to review and refine the recommendations before passing them on for full NSC consideration. The top of the foreign policy-making hill was the NSC itself, chaired by the President, which met regularly on Thursday mornings.

Number

Document Title

Date

21Sino-Soviet Bloc 19 ??
143/2Volunteer Freedom Corps 19 ??
144/1Latin America 19 ??
146/2Taiwan 19 ??
149/2Basic National Security Policy 19 ??
150/1St. Lawrence Seaway 19 ??
151/2Disclosure of Atomic Information to Allied Countries 19 ??
152/2Economic Defense 19 ??
152/3Economic Defense 19 ??
153/1Basic National Security Policy 19 ??
154/1Korea 19 ??
155/1Near East 19 ??
156/1Korea 19 ??
157/1Korea 19 ??
158European Satellites [incl. Poland] 19 ??
159/4Continental Defense 19 ??
160/1Germany [incl Berlin] 19 ??
162/2Basic National Security Policy 19 ??
163/1Security of Strategically Important Industry Abroad 19 ??
164/1Austria 19 ??
165/1Mission of USIA 19 ??
166/1Communist China 19 ??
167/2Korea 19 ??
168Communications Security 19 ??
169Electromagnetic Communications 19 ??
170/1Korea 19 ??
171/1Indonesia 19 ??
172/1Defense Mobilization Planning Assumptions 19 ??
174European Satellites [incl. Poland] 19 ??
5401Middle East Oil 19 ??
5402Iran1954
5403Finland1954
5404/1Germany [incl Berlin]1954
5405Mainland Southeast Asia1954
5406/1Yugoslavia1954
5408Continental Defense1954
5409South Asia1954
5410/1War Objectives1954
5411/2Italy1954
5412/2Covert Operations1954
5413/1Philipines1954
5414/1Defense Mobilization Planning Assumptions1954
5415/1Disposal Abroad of Agricultural Surpluses1954
5417/1Rubber1954
5417/2Rubber1954
5417/3Rubber1954
5418/1Spain1954
5419/1Guatamala1954
5420/3Reserves and National Guard1954
5422/2Basic National Security Policy1954
5423Directive for Net Capabilities Evaluation Panel1954
5424/1Antarctica1954
5425/1Organization for Internal Security1954
5426Iceland1954
5427Restricting Official Bloc Representatives in the U.S.1954
5428Near East1954
5429/2Far East1954
5429/5Far East1954
5431/1Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy1954
5432/1Latin America1954
5433/1Europe1954
5434/1Procedures for Periodic Review of Military Assistance Program1954
5435/1Germany [incl Berlin]1954
5436/1Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria1954
5437/1Security Clearances for Others than Full-Time Federal Employees1954
5438Transmittal of Information to USIB Watch Commitee1954
5501Basic National Security Policy1955
5502/1Russian Anti-Soviet Activities1955
5503Taiwan1955
5504Iran1955
5505/1Exploitation of Soviet and European Satellite Vulnerabilities1955
5506Future U.S. Economic Assistance for Asia1955
5507/2Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy1955
5508/1East-West Exchanges1955
5510/1Turkey1955
5511Directive for Net Capabilities Evaluation Panel1955
5512/1Security Clearances for Others than Full-Time Federal Employees1955
5513/1Attack Warning for Civilians1955
5514Korea1955
5516/1Japan1955
5517/1Priorities for Pre-D-Day Allocation for Military Equipment1955
5518Indonesia1955
5520Missile and Space Programs1955
5521NSC Relocation Plan1955
5524/1Four-Power Negotiations1955
5601Yugoslavia1956
5602/1Basic National Security Policy1956
5603Austria1956
5604Unprovoked Communist Attack Against U.S. Aircraft1956
5605Directive for Net Capabilities Evaluation Panel1956
5607East-West Exchanges1956
5608/1European Satellites [incl. Poland]1956
5612/1Mainland Southeast Asia1956
5613/1Latin America1956
5614/1Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria1956
5615/1Horn of Africa1956
5616/2European Satellites [incl. Poland]1956
5618Directive for Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Committee1956
5701South Asia1957
5701/1Spain1957
5702/2Korea1957
5703/1Iran1957
5704/1Economic Defense1957
5704/3Economic Defense1957
5705/1European Satellites [incl. Poland]1957
5706/2Defectors, Escapees, Refugees1957
5707/8Basic National Security Policy1957
5708/2Turkey1957
5711Communications Security1957
5712/1Iceland1957
5713/2Australia and New Zealand1957
5714Middle East Oil1957
5715/1Antarctica1957
5716/1Libya1957
5717Hong Kong1957
5718/1Greece1957
5719/1Africa South of the Sahara1957
5721/1France1957
5723Taiwan1957
5725/1Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy1957
5726/1Civil Aviation Policy Toward Sino-Soviet Bloc1957
5728Directive for Net Capabilities Evaluation Panel1957
5801/1Near East1958
5802/1Continental Defense1958
5803Germany [incl Berlin]1958
5804/1Antarctica1958
5805/1Yugoslavia1958
5806Priorities for Pre-D-Day Allocation for Military Equipment1958
5807/1Shelter [ Continental Defense]1958
5807/2Shelter [ Continental Defense]1958
5808/1European Satellites [incl. Poland]1958
5809Mainland Southeast Asia1958
5810/1Basic National Security Policy1958
5811/1European Satellites [incl. Poland]1958
5812/1Wartime Organization of Overseas Psychological Operations1958
5813/1Philipines1958
5814/1Missile and Space Programs1958
5815Directive for Comparative Evaluations Group1958
5816Directive for Net Capabilities Evaluation Panel1958
5817Korea1958
5818Africa South of the Sahara1958
5820/1Near East1958
5821/1Iran1958
5822/1Canada1958
5901Indonesia1959
5902/1Latin America1959
5903Horn of Africa1959
5904/1War Objectives1959
5905/1Antarctica1959
5906/1Basic National Security Policy1959
5907Korea1959
5908Directive for Comparative Evaluations Group1959
5909/1South Asia1959
5910/1France1959
5911/1Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria1959
5913/1Far East1959
5914/1Finland1959
6001Africa South of the Sahara1960
6002/1West Indies1960
6003Cyprus1960
6004/1Libya1960
6005/1Africa South of the Sahara1960
6006Scandanavia1960
6007/2Hong Kong1960
6008/1Japan1960
6010Iran1960
6011Near East1960
6012Mainland Southeast Asia1960
6014/1Italy1960
6015/1Turkey1960
6016/1Spain1960
6018/1Korea1960
6019/1Evacuation and Protection of U.S. Citizens Abroad1960
6020Austria1960
6022/1Continental Defense1960
6023Indonesia1960
6024Finland1960
6025Iceland1960
6027Channels for Transmission of Warning of Attack1960
6028Horn of Africa1960
6101Greece1961
6102Panama Canal and A Future Central American Canal1961
6103European Satellites [incl. Poland]1961
6104/2Shelter [ Continental Defense]1961
6107Philipines1961
6108Missile and Space Programs1961
6109Australia and New Zealand1961

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