Agenda, Seventeenth National Security Council Meeting

DECLASSIFIED MLT/ASFlouse) 340 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 August 4, 1948 we LTR. 4-13-62 TOP SECRET By NLT- Ne NARS, Date NSC - 17th Meeting COPY NO. / NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AGENDA TRUMAN, For the Meeting to be held in the Conference Room of The White House, on Thursday, August 5, 1948, at 2:30 p.m. Ess GOVER S. "NATIONAL sy SERVICE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ITEM 1 -- THE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES (NSC 17) For consideration of the subject report, dated June 28, 1948. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General are being invited to participate as Council members for this item. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is also being invited to attend, ITEM 2 - DISPOSITION OF THE FORMER ITALIAN COLONIES IN AFRICA (NSC 19/2) For consideration of subject report by the Under Secretary of State and related memoranda. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ITEM 3 - U. S. MILITARY COURSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN BERLIN (NSC 24) For discussion of the subject report by the Secretary of Defense. ITEM 4 - APPRAISAL OF THE DEGREE AND CHARACTER OF MILITARY PREPAREDNESS REQUIRED BY THE WORLD SITUATION (NSC 20) For discussion and preliminary consideration of appropriate action with respect to the subject report by the Secretary of Defense. ITEM 5 POSSIBLE COURSES OF ACTION FOR THE U. S. WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITICAL SITUATION IN CHINA (NSC 22) For discussion of the subject report by the Secretary of the Arny. NSC 1 17th Meeting - 1 - TOP SECRET