Minutes of the Nineteenth Meeting of the National Security Council

TOP SECRET MINUTES OF THE 19th MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Thursday, September 2, 1948 in the Conference Room at The White House MEMBERS PRESENT George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, Presiding James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force W. John Kenney, Under Secretary of the Navy Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence Major General A. M. Gruenther, Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert Blum, Office of the Secretary of Defense 3. TRUNAN NATIONAL SECRETARIAT ARCHIVES AND RECORDS Co SERVICE Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary Hugh D. Farley, Assistant Executive Secretary DECISIONS 1. THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO SCANDINAVIA (NSC 28) a. Adopted NSC 28, subject to amendments of paragraphs 12b and 13 thereof. b. Agreed that the Secretary of the Air Force should pre- pare for consideration by the Council specific recom- mendations as the basis for the negotiation of matters with respect to Greenland and Spitzbergen in the light DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (7 use 4:2977 OSD letter, (ROJECT NLT 7621 ta NLT- He NARS Data 6.16.77 TOP OECRET