Editorial Note
On December 1, James S. Lay, Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, transmitted a memorandum to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, enclosing a list of “Atomic Energy Policies Approved by the President on Recommendation of the National Security Council or its Special Committee”. Lay’s memorandum indicated that the list had been prepared, with the approval of President Truman, for the information of President-elect Eisenhower. Lay’s memorandum and the attached 20–page list are in G/PM files, lot 68 D 349, box 565.