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NSC 68 was drafted under the guidance of Paul H. Nitze, Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State, 1950–1953.. By 1950, U.S. national security policies required reexamination due to a series of events: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was operational, military assistance for European allies had begun, the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb and ...
History of the NSC from the White House; Records of the National Security Council (NSC) in the National Archives; White House Office, National Security Council Staff Papers, 1948–1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; Homeland Security Watch (www.HLSwatch.com) provides current details on the NSC as it pertains to homeland security.
In 1953, the Eisenhower administration's NSC wrote three policy papers on opposing the People's Republic of China. [1]: 88 NSC 146 proposed backing Republic of China maritime raids and raids against the Chinese mainland. [1]: 88 NSC 148 proposed to foster and support anti-communist Chinese elements both inside and outside of the country.
A draft [6] of NSC 4-A envisioned the creation of a NSC-designated "panel" to approve operations. The executive secretary of the NSC, Sidney Souers, recommended that the panel be composed of representatives from the departments of State, Army, Navy and Air Force, as well an "observer" representative from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [7]
A November 1950 Central Intelligence Agency map of dissident activities in Indochina, published as part of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1968.
An NSC is often headed by a national security advisor and staffed with senior-level officials from military, diplomatic, intelligence, law enforcement and other governmental bodies. The functions and responsibilities of an NSC at the strategic state level are different from those of the United Nations Security Council , which is more of a ...
wh.gov /nsc The assistant to the president for national security affairs ( APNSA ), commonly referred to as the national security advisor ( NSA ), [ 2 ] [ Note 1 ] is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President , based at the West Wing of the White House .
The Deputies Committee is responsible for reviewing and monitoring the interagency national security process including for establishing and directing the Policy Coordination Committees. [1]