NSAM NO. 239, 'U.S. DISARMAMENT PROPOSALS'

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: May 10, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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ACTION MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
IN R..EPLY REFER TO:
Action Memorandum No. A-243
10 l iay 1963
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SUBJECT
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Deputy Director/Ieteixi .
NSA M t
No. 239, "T-T. S. .'I isarrnament Propoeals"
The DCI requests that you p"pare an internal CIA study in
regard to the request by the President noted in paragraph 3 of NSAM
No. 239.
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
Attachment (NSAM No. 239)
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May 6, 1963
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 239
TO: The Director, U. S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
The Committee of Principals
SUBJECT: U? S, Disarmament Proposals
1, Discussions in the 18 Nation Disarmament Con-
ference at Geneva on both general and complete disarmament
and a nuclear test ban treaty have unfortunately resulted in
almost no progress. There has been no serious discussion
of general and complete disarmament for some time. While
discussions of a test ban treaty have shown important devel-
opments since the beginning of the 18 Nation Conferences they
are now stalled,
2, l have in no way changed my views of the desira-
bility of a test ban treaty or the value of our proposals on
general and complete disarmament, Further, the events of
the last two years have increased my concern for the conse-
quences of an un-checked continuation of the arms race
between ourselves and the Soviet Bloc,
3, We now expect the 18 Nation Disarmament Com-
mittee in Geneva to recess shortly for six weeks to two
months. I should like the interval to be used for an urgent
re-examination of the possibilities of new approaches to
significant measures short of general and complete disarm-
ament which it would be in the interest of the United States
to propose in the resumed session of the Geneva Conference,
ACDA walla in accordance with its statutory responsibilities,
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take the leadership in this effort and coordinate with the other
agencies concerned through the usual procedures of the Com-
mittee of Principals. I should like to review the results at an
appropriatca tzrrne i the process.