NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY


objectives themselves are undergoing constant review, particularly
in the light of such questions as the possible impact on the economic
stability of nations friendly to the United States, substitution of other
less critical materials, tests of necessity, and changes in military
specifications.
                     THE INFORMATION PROGRAM
  16. The information and educational exchange programs are de-
signed to develop the maximum psychological effect from the political,
diplomatic, economic and military measures undertaken by the United
States and its allies and to convey the implications of these measures
effectively to the minds and emotions of groups and individuals who
may importantly influence governmental action and popular attitudes
in other nations and among other peoples. The primary effort will be
directed at creating, in the areas and the nations of most critical
importance to the achievement of the national objectives of the United
States, (a) popular and governmental confidence and resolution in
support of the shared interests of the peoples of the free world, and
(b) psychological resistance to the further expansion, whether by
overt or covert means, of the influence of Soviet Communism.
  17. The peoples of the Soviet Union and its satellites, as well as the
peoples of the most vulnerable areas of the free world, are primary
targets of this psychological offensive.
               INTELLIGENCE AND RELATED ACTIYITES
  18. An intensification of intelligence and related activities is vitally
necessary as a safeguard against political or military surprise and is
essential to the conduct of the affirmative program envisaged in NSC
68. The intelligence and related programs projected in response to
N;SC 68 provide for such an intensification of effort. They are being
put into execution as rapidly as possible without reference to the
phasing of the other programs presented in this report.
                 THE INTERNAL SECURITY PROGRAM
  19. The elements of the accelerated program recommended by the
Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security and the Inter-
departmental Intelligence Conference constitute a balanced internal
security program within the framework of the original NSC 68 project.
There is every reason to believe that if these basic elements are realized
they will contribute substantially to the accomplishment of the ob-
jectives outlined in NSC 68 by insuring the adequacy of the nation's
internal security, which is an indispensable part of a nationally secure
United States. The early realization of the objectives outlined by the


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