89th Congress COMMITTEE PRINT CONDUCT OF NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY INITIAL MEMORANDUM PREPARED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS LAW LIBRARY JUL 1 3 1955 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington SAM J. ERVIN, JR., North Carolina KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota ERNEST GRUENING, Alaska JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico WALTER L. REYNOLDS, Chief Clerk and Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine II KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota DOROTHY FOSDICK, Staff Director LAUREL A. ENGBERG, Minority Consultant FOREWORD Since 1959 our Senate subcommittee has been conducting a review of the national security policy process and has made findings and proposals for improvement. In February this year, the Senate authorized the continuation of the inquiry and the expansion of the subcommittee's jurisdiction over national security to include international operations and organizations. The subcommittee intends to inquire into certain emerging problems of national security and international operations and to make such suggestions and recommendations as are appropriate. In this connection, it will endeavor to draw lessons from experience by occasional audits of past decisions and operations. The subcommittee takes it for granted that the issues of concern to it far transcend either partisan politics or the tenure of any single administration. The inquiry will be conducted on a professional and nonpartisan basis. Our purpose is to be helpful both to the executive branch and to Congress. Consistent with the jurisdiction of the Government Operations Committee, the focus of the subcommittee is on interagency operations-activities that "cut across" departmental lines and involve several organizations and agencies in the fields bearing on national Security. At my request the staff has devoted the first phase of the inquiry to conferring with key authorities and identifying the problem areas meriting study. This staff memorandum, drawing on these interviews, provides a guide to the main questions now before the subCommittee. During the 89th Congress, the subcommittee will hold hearings at which testimony will be given on these questions by present officials of the government and by other outstanding witnesses of broad xperience, with established reputations for independent analysis nd judgment. APRIL 26, 1965. HENRY M. JACKSON, Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security III |