Memoranda for the National Security Council from Sidney Souers, with Related Material

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TOP SECRET Mrs. Souers NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON s. TRUMAN November 16, 1948 MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: U. S. Objectives with Respact to the USSR to Counter Soviet Threats to U. S. Security. A. NSC 20/3. B. Agenda for 27th NSC Meeting, Thursday, November 18, 1948, dated November 12, 1948. The enclosed copy of a memorandum for the Secretary of Defense from the Joint Chiefs of Staff constitutes the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to NSC 20/3 and is sub mitted herewith for consideration by the National Security Coun- oil in connection with Item 1 on the agenda for the next Council meeting on Thursday, November 18, 1948. The memorandum of November 2, 1948, referred to in the second paragraph of the enclosure, will be circulated separ- ately as NSC 35 for the information of the National Security Coun- cil, and for the use of the NSC Staff in preparing its subsequent report on measures required to achieve the objectives and aims proposed in NSC 20/3. SIDNEY W. SOUERS Executive Secretary DECL ASSIFIED or (E) E. O. NSC OSD 11652, letter, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) By NLT- HC , NARS Date 10-3-75 TOP SECRET