Office of the Historian

51. National Security Action Memorandum No. 3201

Washington, November 25, 1964.

TO

  • The Secretary of State
  • The Secretary of Defense
  • The Director of Central Intelligence
  • The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
  • The Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

SUBJECT

  • Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation

The President has appointed a special Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Roswell Gilpatric, to study means to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The Task Force has been asked to examine the problem in its broadest ramifications. It is expected that the Task Force report will be available for the President by the end of January 1965.

In addition to Mr. Gilpatric, the members of the Task Force are:

  • Mr. Arthur H. Dean
  • Mr. Allen W. Dulles
  • General Alfred M. Gruenther
  • Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky
  • Mr. John J. McCloy
  • Dr. James A. Perkins
  • Mr. Arthur K. Watson
  • Mr. William S. Webster
  • Dr. Herbert F. York

Mr. Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr., National Security Council staff, will serve as Staff Director for the Task Force.

The President assigns great importance to the work of the Task Force and has asked that all agencies assist the Task Force in the execution of its assignment.

In view of the urgency of the nuclear proliferation problem, the responsible government agencies should continue their work in this field on a high priority basis in parallel with the work of the Task Force.

McGeorge Bundy
  1. Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memorandums, NSAM 320-Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation, Box 6. Confidential.↩