Minutes of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the National Security Council

TOP SECRET MINUTES OF THE 27TH MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Tuesday, November 23, 1948 TRUMAN in the Conference Room at The White House ARCHIVES "NATIONAL the SERVICE" RECORDS AND l the MEMBERS PRESENT George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, Presiding James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army W. John Kenney, Under Secretary of the Navy W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Rear Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence Maj. Gen. A. M. Gruenther, Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert Blum, Office of the Secretary of Defense SECRETARIAT Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary Hugh D. Farley, Assistant Executive Secretary DECISIONS 2. 0. S. OBJECTIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE USSR TO COUNTER SOVIET THREATS TO U. S. SECURITY (NSC 20/3) Adopted NSC 20/3 subject to an amendment of paragraph 22-d thereof. TRUMAN NATIONAL NOTE: NSC 20/3 as amended subsequently circulated as NSC 20/4. RECORDS and submitted to the President for consideration. SERVICE DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or It NSC 4-29-77 OSD letter, April 12, 1974 PROJECT NLT 76-21 Ex NLT- HU NARS Data 6.16.27 TOP SECREIT