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MINUTES OF THE 8TH MEETING
of the
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
held on Tuesday, March 23, 1948
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
. ARCHIVES RECORD AND
SERVICE
the
MEMBERS PRESENT
George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, Presiding
James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense
Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army
John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy
W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force
Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Securit Resources Board
OTHERS PRESENT
General Omar N. Bradley, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army
Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central
Intelligence
C. V. Whitney, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
Marx Leva, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
W. J. McNeill, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Robert Cutler, Consultant to the Secretary of Defense
SECRETARIAT
Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary
James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary
1.
AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS OF THE U. S. ARMED FORCES
SECRETARY FORRESTAL said that Senator Byrd and other members
of Congress wanted detailed cost estimates for adequate national de-
fense. A tentative figure of billion dollars of appropriations had
been arrived at. The question for discussion at the meeting was, to
what extent should the military at this time state what it needs in
terms of the implications of the President's message to Congress? In
other words, should the military talk in terms of specific figures?
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979
NSC CTR. 4-13-12
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