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324 MINUTES OF THE 9TH MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Friday, April 2, 1948 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense MEMBERS PRESENT James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense, Presiding Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State 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 Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence C. V. Whitney, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force SECRETARIAT Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary ACTIONS 1. UNITED STATES POLICY IN KOREA (SANACC 176/39) THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: Adopted SANACC 176/39 subject to amendment of para- graph 3-b-(1) (NOTE: SANACC 176/39, as amended, subsequently issued as NSC 8 and submitted to The President for consideration. DECLASSIFIED 5. SANITIZED OOPY ARCHIVES AND PROTECT NLT 77-65 RECORDS SERVICE" Authority: NLT-HC 3.22.79 CONTINUED - 1 -