Word: nsc
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...going into Lebanon. Adjusting the contingency war plans to the specifics of the hour, Chairman Nate Twining needed only a 90-minute run-through with the Chiefs before he was ready to report at a National Security Council meeting to the President of the U.S. "Nate," said one NSC observer, "knew exactly what ought to be done and what he could...
...week of survey: ¶ Because of the promise shown by Thor, the National Security Council reversed a three-month-old economy order by now-retired Defense Secretary Charlie Wilson cutting back research-and-development production of Thor test missiles from four a month to two. New quota under the NSC order: four a month. In sanctioning a step-up in Thor production the NSC did not rule out the Army's competitive, "hand-tooled" Jupiter, which may well go into stockpile production with Thor. Reason for production of both, with resulting complication in supporting equipment, etc.: the U.S. needs...
...miles, higher than Sputnik's orbit). But when it was made, the National Security Council decision seemed sensible enough. The U.S. had committed itself to pass on to the rest of the world, including Russia, scientific information obtained from IGY programs, so it seemed desirable, to the NSC (and to IGY scientists too) to keep Vanguard from getting deeply involved with top-secret military programs. Also, Administration policymakers, in a fit of touchiness about neutralist opinion, wanted to avoid any appearance of using IGY undertakings for military purposes...
...Once the NSC reached the decision to box off Project Vanguard, it made sense to let the Navy take charge: in experimenting with its Vikings and Aerobees, the Navy had pushed a lot farther ahead in high-altitude-missile research than either the Army or the Air Force...
...papers from the Cabinet, the NSC, the agencies, etc., are routed through Staff Secretary Andrew Jackson Goodpaster, 40, an ex-SHAPEman under Ike. When the President is at Gettysburg, Goodpaster does most of the shuttling back and forth between there and the White House...