Exhibit 926 ยท National Security Council meeting record (FRUS document)
Memorandum Prepared by Boggs, 5 January 1961: Discussion at the 473rd Meeting of the National Security Council (FRUS 1961-1963, Vols. VII-IX, Microfiche Supplement, Doc. 226)
He had suffered an eight-year defeat on this question but would leave a legacy of ashes for his successor.
Marion Boggs's Top Secret record of the 473rd NSC meeting. In item 1, on whether to amend the NSC intelligence directives to give the Secretary of Defense authority over military intelligence, Eisenhower says he lost an eight-year fight over the question. A separate excerpt of the same meeting on Laos is printed as FRUS 1961-1963, vol. XXIV, Doc. 3, which does not contain the remark.
- Source
- U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian (Foreign Relations of the United States); source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records
- Date
- 5 January 1961
- Quoted from
- Doc. 226, item 1 (NSC Intelligence Directives), Facsimile p. 4 / typeset p. 647
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v07-09mSupp/d226
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit