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ML/(PSF/INSC): 304 TOP SECRET MINUTES OF THE 4TH MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Wednesday, December 17, 1947, in the Cabinet Room at the White House I MEMBERS PRESENT James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence Cornelius V. Whitney, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force George F. Kennan, Department of State is SECRETARIAT RECORDS Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary U.S. ACTIONS 1. COORDINATION OF FOREIGN INFORMATION MEASURES (NSC 4) THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: Adopted NSC 4 without change. (NOTE: NSC 4 subsequently submitted to the President for approval.) 2. CONTROL OF EXPORTS TO THE USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE (Memos for NSC members, including the Secretary of Commerce, from the Executive Secretary, same subject, dated November 13 and December 12, 1947.) DECLASSIFIED - 1 - TOP SECRET E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5 By DJM Date 5/29/98