Minutes of the Seventeenth Meeting of the National Security Council

TOP SECRET MINUTES OF THE 17th MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Thursday, August 5, 1948 in the Conference Room at The White House MEMBERS PRESENT George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, Presiding John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury (for Item 1 only) James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Tom C. Clark, The Attorney General (for Item 1 only) 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 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 J. Patrick Coyne, Consultant, National Security Council Staff TRUNA (for Item 1 only) "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS Es SERVICE" SECRETARIAT Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary DECISIONS 1. THE INTERNAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES (NSC 17) a. Adopted the conclusions in NSC 17, subject to amendment of paragraph 4 thereof. DECLASSIFIED E, O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 3(D) de E NSC 4-25-77 OSD letter, Aprit 12, 1974 PROJECT NLT 76-21 By NLT. He NARS Date 6.14.27 TOP SEORET