Here’s a list of all the official meetings of the National Security Council during the Eisenhower administration.1
| Meeting Date | Agenda Topics |
|---|---|
| 1/29/1953 | World Developments |
| Security | |
| 2/4/1953 | World Developments |
| Security | |
| 2/11/1953 | Korea |
| Europe | |
| Psychological Operations | |
| 2/18/1953 | Volunteer Freedom Corps |
| Armaments | |
| 2/24/1953 | Great Britain |
| Egypt | |
| 2/25/1953 | Volunteer Freedom Corps |
| Armaments | |
| 3/4/1953 | USSR |
| Iran | |
| 3/11/1953 | Nuclear Matters |
| USSR | |
| Iran | |
| Latin America | |
| Aviation | |
| Korea | |
| 3/11/1953 | Nuclear Matters |
| USSR | |
| Iran | |
| Economics | |
| Korea | |
| 3/25/1953 | France |
| Defense Policy | |
| Middle East | |
| Oil | |
| 4/8/1953 | Oil |
| Far East | |
| Korea | |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Japan | |
| 4/22/1953 | Oil |
| Far East | |
| Iran | |
| Canada | |
| 4/28/1953 | NATO |
| Indochina | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Latin America | |
| Press | |
| Public Statements | |
| 4/30/1953 | Austrian Treaty |
| 5/6/1953 | Nuclear Matters |
| Indochina | |
| Thailand | |
| Korea | |
| Latin America | |
| Arms Sales | |
| 5/13/1953 | Classification |
| Spain | |
| Psychological Operations | |
| Korea | |
| Thailand | |
| Switzerland | |
| 5/20/1953 | Volunteer Freedom Corps |
| Korea | |
| Spain | |
| 5/27/1953 | Oil |
| Armaments | |
| 6/1/1953 | Near East |
| South Asia | |
| 6/4/1953 | USSR |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Latin America | |
| Economics | |
| Italy | |
| Korea | |
| 6/9/1953 | Electro-Magnetic Communications |
| Voice of America | |
| Iceland | |
| 6/17/1953 | Near East |
| 6/18/1953 | Korea North |
| Prisoners of War | |
| East Germany | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| Near East | |
| 6/25/1953 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Project Solarium | |
| Near East | |
| Korea | |
| Japan | |
| Korean Economy | |
| 7/2/1953 | Port Security |
| Korea | |
| International Information | |
| 7/9/1953 | Electro-Magnetic Communication |
| Korea | |
| Near East | |
| Volunteer Corps | |
| Defense Budget | |
| Project Solarium | |
| 7/14/1953 | Korea |
| Defense Budget | |
| Oil | |
| 7/16/1953 | Project Solarium |
| 7/30/1953 | Economics |
| Defense Policy | |
| International Information | |
| Project Solarium | |
| USSR | |
| 8/6/1953 | Indochina |
| Oil | |
| Latin America | |
| 8/13/1953 | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Germany | |
| International Information | |
| Psychological Operations | |
| Thailand | |
| Project Solarium | |
| 8/27/1953 | Iran |
| French Morocco | |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| 9/9/1953 | France |
| Indochina | |
| Psychological Operations | |
| Thailand | |
| Scandinavia | |
| 9/17/1953 | United Nations General Assembly |
| Iran | |
| 9/24/1953 | Defense Policy |
| National Security Council Status | |
| 10/1/1953 | Germany |
| USSR | |
| Berlin | |
| Defense Budget | |
| 10/7/1953 | Nuclear Weapons |
| 10/13/1953 | National Security Council System |
| Defense Budget | |
| Germany | |
| Austria | |
| Executive Order 10450 | |
| 10/22/1953 | Electro-Magnetic Communications |
| United States Information Agency | |
| Jackson Committee | |
| Executive Order 10450 | |
| USSR | |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| 10/29/1953 | Defense Budget |
| Oil | |
| Korea | |
| 11/5/1953 | Hong Kong |
| Macao | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Formosa | |
| Korea | |
| 11/16/1953 | Oil |
| Defense Budget | |
| Bermuda Conference | |
| 11/19/1953 | Indonesia |
| Korea | |
| Ryukyu Islands | |
| Defense Policy | |
| 11/23/1953 | Port Security |
| Classification | |
| Congressional | |
| Executive Order 10501 | |
| Korea | |
| 12/3/1953 | Korea |
| USSR | |
| International Trade | |
| Nuclear Matters | |
| 12/10/1953 | Bermuda Conference |
| NATO | |
| USSR | |
| Latin America | |
| Germany | |
| 12/15/1953 | Nuclear Energy |
| 12/16/1953 | Budget |
| 12/23/1953 | USSR |
| Eastern Europe | |
| Ryukyu Islands | |
| NATO | |
| Budget | |
| 12/30/1953 | Middle East |
| Congressional | |
| Iran | |
| Korea | |
| Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1/8/1954 | Congressional |
| Korea | |
| Foreign Assistance | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 1/14/1954 | Oil |
| Defense Policy | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Ryukyu Islands | |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| 1/21/1954 | Southeast Asia |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran | |
| Finland | |
| Berlin | |
| 1/28/1954 | Continuity of Government |
| Port Security | |
| 2/4/1954 | Yugoslavia |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Indonesia | |
| 2/11/1954 | Continuity of Government |
| Defense Policy | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Austria | |
| Arms Sales | |
| Latin America | |
| Iran | |
| Classification | |
| 2/17/1954 | Korea South |
| Continuity of Government | |
| Operation Iry | |
| 2/26/1954 | Presidential Meetings |
| 3/4/1954 | USSR |
| South Asia | |
| Korea South | |
| France | |
| 3/11/1954 | Operation Ivy |
| Economics | |
| Great Britain | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Spain | |
| Psychological Operations | |
| Thailand | |
| 3/18/1954 | Caracas Conference |
| Counterintelligence | |
| Executive Order 10450 | |
| Electro-Magnetic Communications | |
| 3/25/1954 | Indochina |
| USSR | |
| Italy | |
| 4/1/1954 | Agriculture |
| Great Britain | |
| France | |
| International Trade | |
| Germany | |
| Philippines | |
| Congressional | |
| 4/6/1954 | Indochina |
| Korea | |
| Nuclear Matters | |
| USSR | |
| 4/13/1954 | Legal Issues |
| Far East | |
| Korea | |
| Italy | |
| United States Information Agency | |
| 4/29/1954 | Rubber Policy |
| Iran | |
| USSR | |
| Indochina | |
| 5/6/1954 | Indochina |
| 5/8/1954 | Intelligence |
| Indochina | |
| France | |
| 5/13/1954 | Press |
| USSR | |
| Intelligence | |
| Chemical and Biological | |
| Warfare | |
| Economics | |
| Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Strategic Export Controls | |
| 5/20/1954 | Budget |
| NATO | |
| Indochina | |
| Radio Security | |
| Economics | |
| 5/27/1954 | Saudi Arabia |
| Great Britain | |
| Iran | |
| Guatemala | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 6/3/1954 | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Intelligence | |
| 6/9/1954 | Oil |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| Spain | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 6/17/1954 | Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Strategic Export Controls |
| Export Controls | |
| Latin America | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 6/23/1954 | Nuclear Matters |
| 6/24/1954 | Guatemala |
| Defense Policy | |
| 7/1/1954 | Defense Policy |
| Great Britain | |
| International Trade | |
| 7/15/1954 | USSR |
| Intelligence | |
| Indochina | |
| Rubber Policy | |
| Berlin | |
| 7/22/1954 | Indochina |
| International Trade | |
| Near East | |
| Iceland | |
| 7/29/1954 | Defense Policy |
| Korea | |
| 8/5/1954 | Intelligence |
| Psychological Operations | |
| 8/12/1954 | Nuclear Energy |
| Far East | |
| 8/18/1954 | Far East |
| 9/2/1954 | Latin America |
| Military Assistance | |
| Near East | |
| 9/9/1954 | Intelligence |
| United States Information Agency | |
| United Nations General Assembly | |
| Korea | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| USSR | |
| Latin America | |
| 9/12/1954 | Formosa |
| Japan | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Europe | |
| 9/24/1954 | Europe |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Economics | |
| Iran | |
| 10/6/1954 | Europe |
| Far East | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Military Assistance | |
| Oil | |
| 10/14/1954 | Military Assistance |
| North Africa | |
| France | |
| Rubber Policy | |
| Europe | |
| Germany | |
| 10/22/1954 | Intelligence |
| Indochina | |
| 10/26/1954 | Nuclear Testing |
| Indochina | |
| 10/28/1954 | Europe |
| Arms Control | |
| Far East | |
| 11/2/1954 | Far East |
| 11/5/1954 | Nuclear Weapons |
| 11/9/1954 | Classification |
| Electro-Magnetic Communications | |
| Iran | |
| Finland | |
| 11/15/1954 | Rio Conference |
| USSR | |
| Intelligence | |
| 11/24/1954 | Defense Policy |
| 12/1/1954 | Far East |
| Asia | |
| Military Bases | |
| Budget | |
| 12/3/1954 | Budget |
| 12/9/1954 | Executive Order 10450 |
| South Asia | |
| Rubber Policy | |
| Japan | |
| 12/21/1954 | Far East |
| 1/5/1955 | France |
| Foreign Assistance | |
| Stockpiles | |
| 1/13/1955 | Intelligence |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Berlin | |
| Far East | |
| Iran | |
| Asia | |
| 1/20/1955 | Port Security |
| Korea | |
| Indonesia | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 1/21/1955 | China Peoples Republic |
| 1/27/1955 | USSR |
| Vietnam | |
| 2/3/1955 | Broadcasting |
| Economic Assistance | |
| Asia | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Korea | |
| 2/10/1955 | Nuclear Weapons |
| 2/17/1955 | United Nations |
| Latin America | |
| Italy | |
| Antarctica | |
| Immigration | |
| 2/24/1955 | Turkey |
| Korea | |
| 3/3/1955 | Economics |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 3/10/1955 | Nuclear Energy |
| Korea | |
| Latin America | |
| Formosa | |
| 3/15/1955 | USSR |
| 3/17/1955 | Intelligence |
| 3/24/1955 | Nuclear Energy |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Far East | |
| Immigration | |
| 4/7/1955 | Japan |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| 4/21/1955 | Intelligence |
| Korea | |
| Military Assistance | |
| Austria | |
| 4/28/1955 | Electro-Magnetic Communications |
| Austrian State Treaty | |
| Broadcasting | |
| Vietnam | |
| 5/5/1955 | Austrian State Treaty |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Near East | |
| 5/12/1955 | Indonesia |
| Spain | |
| Philippines | |
| Korea | |
| 5/19/1955 | Budget |
| Middle East | |
| Oil | |
| Finland | |
| Europe | |
| 5/26/1955 | Space Policy |
| Defense Budget | |
| 6/9/1955 | Continuity of Government |
| Europe | |
| Vietnam | |
| 6/16/1955 | Defense Policy |
| 6/30/1955 | Defense Policy |
| 7/7/1955 | Four Power Negotiations |
| 7/14/1955 | Spain |
| North Africa | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 7/28/1955 | Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles |
| 8/4/1955 | Scientific |
| 9/8/1955 | Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles |
| Volunteer Freedom Corps | |
| Iran | |
| Antarctica | |
| Germany | |
| Latin America | |
| 9/29/1955 | Defense Budget |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| National Security Council System | |
| 10/6/1955 | Middle East |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 10/13/1955 | Intelligence |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Arms Control | |
| 10/20/1955 | NATO |
| United States Information Agency | |
| South Asia | |
| 10/27/1955 | Near East |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 11/3/1955 | Formosa |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Turkey | |
| Middle East | |
| Israel | |
| 11/10/1955 | Stockpiles |
| Berlin | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| 11/15/1955 | USSR |
| Near East | |
| Japan | |
| 11/21/1955 | USSR Economic Aid |
| Geneva Foreign Ministers’ Conference | |
| Middle East | |
| NATO | |
| Foreign Aid and Military Assistance and Information Programs | |
| 12/1/1955 | Aswan Dam |
| USSR | |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| 12/8/1955 | Military Assistance |
| Export Controls | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 12/8/1955 | Technological Capabilities Panel |
| Defense Policy | |
| Budget | |
| 12/22/1955 | NATO |
| Export Controls | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| 1/12/1956 | Stockpiles |
| Budget | |
| Antarctica | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 1/18/1956 | Yugoslavia |
| Economic Assistance | |
| Asia | |
| Austria | |
| Finland | |
| 1/26/1956 | Export Controls |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 2/7/1956 | Defense Policy |
| 2/9/1956 | Nuclear Energy |
| Iran | |
| Korea | |
| Italy | |
| 2/27/1956 | USSR |
| National Security Policy | |
| 3/1/1956 | USSR |
| Algeria | |
| National Security Policy | |
| 3/1/1956 | Disarmament |
| 3/8/1956 | Intelligence |
| USSR | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 3/22/1956 | Asia |
| USSR | |
| Space Policy | |
| 4/5/1956 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Austria | |
| Indonesia | |
| International Trade | |
| USSR | |
| 4/26/1956 | International Trade |
| Agriculture | |
| Export Controls | |
| South Asia | |
| North Africa | |
| Budget | |
| 5/3/1956 | Space Policy |
| Intelligence | |
| Latin America | |
| Spain | |
| Foreign Assistance | |
| 5/10/1956 | NATO |
| Defense Policy | |
| 5/17/1956 | South Asia |
| USSR | |
| Turkey | |
| Military Assistance | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 5/31/1956 | China Peoples Republic |
| Technological Superiority | |
| 6/7/1956 | Vietnam |
| Thailand | |
| 6/15/1956 | Germany |
| Berlin | |
| Defense Policy | |
| 6/28/1956 | Aviation |
| USSR | |
| Near East | |
| 7/12/1956 | USSR |
| Asia | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 7/19/1956 | Foreign Service |
| Finland | |
| 8/9/1956 | Nuclear Defense |
| Suez Canal | |
| Oil | |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| 8/16/1956 | Budget |
| 8/16/1956 | Budget |
| 8/30/1956 | Suez Canal |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 9/6/1956 | Latin America |
| East Germany | |
| 9/20/1956 | Nuclear Safeguards |
| Latin America | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Korea | |
| 9/27/1956 | Nuclear Defense |
| North Africa | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Iran | |
| Italy | |
| 10/4/1956 | Technological Capabilities Panel |
| Scientific | |
| Iran | |
| Italy | |
| 10/12/1956 | Suez Canal |
| Export Controls | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Foreign Assistance | |
| 10/23/1956 | Foreign Assistance |
| Spain | |
| 11/1/1956 | Near East |
| Poland | |
| Hungary | |
| 11/8/1956 | Europe |
| Oil | |
| Near East | |
| 11/15/1956 | Poland |
| Hungary | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Iceland | |
| Indonesia | |
| Austria | |
| 11/30/1956 | Near East |
| 12/20/1956 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Congressional | |
| Aviation | |
| 12/21/1956 | Defense Budget |
| 1/3/1957 | South Asia |
| Antarctica | |
| Turkey | |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 1/11/1957 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Budget | |
| 1/24/1957 | Space Policy |
| Scientific | |
| Near East | |
| Oil | |
| Korea | |
| 1/31/1957 | Korea |
| International Monetary Fund | |
| NATO | |
| Germany | |
| East Germany | |
| Berlin | |
| 2/7/1957 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Iran | |
| Suez Canal | |
| 2/21/1957 | Poland |
| Defense Policy | |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| Philippines | |
| 2/28/1957 | Indonesia |
| Middle East | |
| National Security Policy | |
| USSR | |
| China | |
| Asia | |
| 3/6/1957 | Economics |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| 3/14/1957 | Military Bases |
| Turkey | |
| Japan | |
| Italy | |
| 3/28/1957 | Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles |
| 4/4/1957 | USSR |
| Intelligence | |
| Korea | |
| United Nations | |
| 4/11/1957 | Military Bases |
| 4/17/1957 | Economics |
| 5/2/1957 | Andorra |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Libya | |
| Indonesia | |
| Morocco | |
| Algeria | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 5/10/1957 | Space Policy |
| Scientific | |
| Spain | |
| 5/16/1957 | Nuclear Defense |
| Austria | |
| Iceland | |
| 5/23/1957 | Defense Policy |
| USSR | |
| Australia | |
| New Zealand | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| 5/27/1957 | Haiti |
| Formosa | |
| National Security Policy | |
| Military Programs and Strategy | |
| 6/13/1957 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Korea | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| 6/20/1953 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Ethiopia | |
| Antarctica | |
| Defense Policy | |
| 6/26/1957 | Antarctica |
| Libya | |
| Turkey | |
| Defense Policy | |
| 7/3/1957 | Ballistic Missiles |
| Non-Ballistic Missiles | |
| 7/11/1957 | Stockpiles |
| Defense Policy | |
| Finland | |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 7/18/1957 | Middle East |
| Defense Policy | |
| 7/25/1957 | Defense Budget |
| 8/1/1957 | Military Bases |
| Indonesia | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Poland | |
| Greece | |
| Cyprus | |
| Germany | |
| Berlin | |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| 8/8/1957 | South Asia |
| Ceylon | |
| Hong Kong | |
| Iran | |
| Middle East | |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| 8/22/1957 | Counterintelligence |
| Port Security | |
| Poland | |
| Defense Policy | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Australia | |
| New Zealand | |
| 9/12/1957 | Economics |
| Port Security | |
| Poland | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Iran | |
| Philippines | |
| Defense Budget | |
| 9/23/1957 | Indonesia |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Italy | |
| National Security Act | |
| 10/2/1957 | Gold Reserves |
| Formosa | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| Electro-Magnetic Communications | |
| Latin America | |
| Taiwan | |
| 10/10/1957 | USSR |
| Space Policy | |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| 10/17/1957 | France |
| Scientific | |
| Japan | |
| 10/24/1957 | Status of National Security |
| 10/31/1957 | Intelligence |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| Spain | |
| 11/7/1957 | Scientific |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| 11/12/1957 | Nuclear Weapons |
| 11/14/1957 | Defense Policy |
| 11/22/1957 | Defense Budget |
| Algeria | |
| Morocco | |
| 12/5/1957 | Aviation |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| USSR | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Iceland | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 12/12/1957 | Defense Budget |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| 12/23/1957 | NATO |
| Merchant Marine | |
| Intelligence | |
| Yugoslavia | |
| USSR | |
| Poland | |
| Hungary | |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| Space Policy | |
| 1/6/1958 | Defense Policy |
| Scientific | |
| 1/16/1958 | Scientific |
| 1/22/1958 | Defense Policy |
| Near East | |
| Space Policy | |
| Finland | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Ballistic Missiles | |
| 1/30/1958 | South Asia |
| Economics | |
| 2/6/1958 | Near East |
| Baghdad Pact | |
| Economics | |
| Space Policy | |
| Austria | |
| Germany | |
| 2/13/1958 | Defense Policy |
| Turkey | |
| 2/27/1958 | Economics |
| Scientific | |
| 3/6/1958 | Antarctica |
| Space Policy | |
| Scientific | |
| 3/13/1958 | Intelligence |
| Near East | |
| Military Bases | |
| 3/20/1958 | Nuclear Defense |
| Defense Policy | |
| 3/20/1958 | Nuclear Defense |
| Defense Policy | |
| 3/27/1958 | Nuclear Defense |
| Defense Policy | |
| 3/27/1958 | Nuclear Defense |
| Defense Policy | |
| 4/3/1958 | Nuclear Testing |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| Libya | |
| Summit | |
| 4/14/1958 | Yugoslavia |
| Poland | |
| 4/24/1958 | Scientific |
| Foreign Service | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| 5/1/1958 | USSR |
| Indonesia | |
| Middle East | |
| National Security Policy-Limited War | |
| 5/8/1958 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Iran | |
| Philippines | |
| Foreign Service | |
| USSR | |
| Ballistic Missiles | |
| 5/22/1958 | South America |
| USSR | |
| Eastern Europe | |
| Italy | |
| 5/29/1958 | Nuclear Defense |
| Military Bases | |
| Spain | |
| Taiwan | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 6/3/1958 | Philippines |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Greece | |
| Ryukyus | |
| 6/19/1958 | USSR |
| Psychological Operations | |
| Eastern Europe | |
| Latin America | |
| Summit | |
| Germany | |
| 6/26/1958 | Defense Policy |
| North Africa | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Comparative Evaluations Group | |
| 7/3/1958 | Korea |
| Intercontinental Ballistic | |
| Space Policy | |
| Missiles | |
| Defense Budget | |
| Economics | |
| 7/14/1958 | Scientific |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| 7/24/1958 | Near East |
| Iceland | |
| 7/31/1958 | Near East |
| Space Policy | |
| 8/7/1958 | Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles |
| Korea | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Antarctica | |
| 8/14/1958 | Canada |
| Space Policy | |
| Ethiopia | |
| Finland | |
| 8/21/1958 | Economics |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| Sudan | |
| Near East | |
| South Asia | |
| Japan | |
| Foreign Service | |
| 8/27/1958 | Intelligence |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| Sudan | |
| Morocco | |
| 9/18/1958 | Classification |
| Iran | |
| Japan | |
| 9/25/1958 | Germany |
| Defense Policy | |
| 10/2/1958 | Africa |
| 10/13/1958 | Defense Policy |
| 10/16/1958 | Nuclear Energy |
| Iran | |
| Near East | |
| 10/30/1958 | Defense Policy |
| Taiwan | |
| Near East | |
| 11/6/1958 | Comparative Evaluations Group |
| 11/13/1958 | Iran |
| Austria | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| USSR | |
| 11/20/1958 | Net Evaluation Subcommittee |
| 12/3/1958 | Budget |
| Mutual Security Program | |
| 12/6/1958 | Defense Budget |
| 12/11/1958 | NATO |
| Libya | |
| 12/18/1958 | Military Bases |
| International | |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| Trade | |
| Spain | |
| 12/23/1958 | Canada |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| Iraq | |
| United States | |
| Information Agency | |
| 1/15/1959 | International Trade |
| Philippines | |
| Military Bases | |
| Turkey | |
| 1/22/1959 | Greece |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Mikoyan Visit | |
| 1/29/1959 | Economics |
| Indonesia | |
| 2/12/1959 | Latin America |
| Germany | |
| 2/26/1959 | Antarctica |
| Port Security | |
| Horn of Africa | |
| 3/5/1959 | USSR |
| Intelligence | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 3/12/1959 | Near East |
| Taiwan Strait | |
| 3/26/1959 | Australia |
| New Zealand | |
| Europe | |
| NATO | |
| 4/2/1959 | Antarctica |
| Poland | |
| 4/17/1959 | Iraq |
| National Security Council System | |
| 4/23/1959 | Military Bases |
| 4/30/1959 | Economics |
| Japan | |
| Iraq | |
| 5/7/1959 | Port Security |
| Poland | |
| Iraq | |
| 5/13/1959 | Western Europe |
| Middle East | |
| Oil | |
| Korea | |
| Taiwan | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 5/21/1959 | Latin America |
| France | |
| North Africa | |
| Geneva Conference | |
| Iraq | |
| East-West Exchanges | |
| Humanitarian Assistance | |
| 5/28/1959 | South Asia |
| Geneva Conference | |
| 6/4/1959 | International Trade |
| Tibet | |
| 6/9/1959 | Air Defense Plans |
| 6/18/1959 | Iraq |
| 6/25/1959 | Korea |
| 7/9/1959 | USSR |
| Cuba and Dominican Republic | |
| Iraq | |
| India | |
| National Security Policy | |
| 7/16/1959 | Berlin |
| Merchant Marines | |
| 7/23/1959 | Defectors |
| Finland | |
| 7/30/1959 | National Security Policy |
| Space Programs | |
| Military Programs | |
| Khrushchev | |
| Youth Festival in vienna | |
| Laos | |
| Tibet | |
| 8/6/1959 | South Asia |
| 8/18/1959 | Space Policy |
| South Asia | |
| France | |
| North Africa | |
| 9/10/1959 | Humanitarian Assistance |
| Far East | |
| Asia | |
| International Organization | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 9/17/1959 | Far East |
| Counterintelligence | |
| 10/1/1959 | Finland |
| Iraq | |
| 10/15/1959 | Comparative Evaluations Group |
| Space Policy | |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| 10/29/1959 | Oil |
| France | |
| North Africa | |
| Military Bases | |
| United States | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Iraq | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| 11/5/1959 | Oil |
| Libya | |
| France | |
| North Africa | |
| Military Bases | |
| United States Information Agency | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| Iraq | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Defense Budget | |
| 11/11/1959 | Defense Posture |
| NATO | |
| 11/25/1959 | Oil |
| Libya | |
| France | |
| North Africa | |
| Military Bases | |
| United States Information Agency | |
| Iraq | |
| Nuclear Energy | |
| Defense Budget | |
| 12/1/1959 | Arms Control |
| Cyprus | |
| Italy | |
| 12/3/1959 | Mutual Security Program |
| Military Assistance | |
| 12/10/1959 | Antarctica |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| 12/16/1959 | Continuity of Government |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| Export Controls | |
| 1/12/1960 | USSR |
| Space Policy | |
| 1/14/1960 | Africa |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Cuba | |
| Access | |
| Classification | |
| Iraq | |
| 1/21/1960 | Defense Policy |
| 2/4/1960 | Arms Control |
| Cyprus | |
| Italy | |
| 2/18/1960 | Scientific |
| Military Assistance | |
| Italy | |
| 3/10/1960 | Cuba |
| Libya | |
| Southeast Asia | |
| 3/17/1960 | Cuba |
| West Indies | |
| 3/24/1960 | Nuclear Weapons |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| West Africa | |
| Cuba | |
| Iraq | |
| 4/1/1960 | Scandinavia |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| Cuba | |
| 4/7/1960 | West Africa |
| NATO | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Cuba | |
| France | |
| Iran | |
| 4/14/1960 | Cuba |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Africa | |
| 4/28/1960 | Net Evaluation Subcommittee |
| 5/5/1960 | USSR |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| Cuba | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| National Security Council System | |
| 5/9/1960 | USSR |
| U-2 Plane Incident | |
| oil | |
| 5/24/1960 | U-2 Plane Incident |
| Cuba | |
| Summit | |
| 5/31/1960 | Japan |
| Military Assistance | |
| Canada | |
| Antarctica | |
| Space Policy | |
| Defense Policy | |
| 6/8/1960 | Hong Kong |
| Emergency Preparedness | |
| 6/22/1960 | Port Security |
| Poland | |
| Taiwan | |
| Defense Policy | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 6/30/1960 | Defense Policy |
| Iran | |
| 7/7/1960 | Cuba |
| Dominican Republic | |
| 7/15/1960 | Cuba |
| Congo | |
| Counterintelligence | |
| Near East | |
| International Trade | |
| 7/21/1960 | Southeast Asia |
| Cuba | |
| Congo | |
| 7/25/1960 | Readiness |
| Organization of American States | |
| Cuba | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| NATO | |
| Military Assistance | |
| Congo | |
| 8/1/1960 | NATO |
| Soviet Missiles | |
| Middle East | |
| Cuba | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| 8/12/1960 | Nuclear Testing |
| Horn of Africa | |
| Korea | |
| Space Policy | |
| Cuba | |
| Dominican Republic | |
| Congo | |
| 8/18/1960 | Africa |
| Congo | |
| 8/25/1960 | Nuclear Matters |
| Intelligence | |
| 8/25/1960 | Satellite Program |
| 9/7/1960 | Congo |
| Organization of American States | |
| Readiness | |
| International Trade | |
| 9/15/1960 | Defense Policy |
| 9/21/1960 | Western Europe |
| Refugees and Defectors | |
| Economics | |
| 9/29/1960 | Cuba |
| Greece | |
| Turkey | |
| Spain | |
| Taiwan | |
| Military Bases | |
| 10/6/1960 | Strategic Doctrine |
| Defense Policy | |
| 10/13/1960 | NATO |
| Defense Policy | |
| Korea | |
| 10/13/1960 | Comparative Evaluations Group |
| 10/20/1960 | Cuba |
| Laos | |
| Congo | |
| 10/31/1960 | Military Assistance Plans |
| Balance of Payments | |
| Middle East | |
| Cuba | |
| El Salvador | |
| Laos | |
| Congo | |
| 11/7/1960 | Space Policy |
| Cuba | |
| Algeria | |
| Scandinavia | |
| 11/17/1960 | Scientific |
| Germany | |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| USSR | |
| 12/1/1960 | Scientific |
| Germany | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| USSR | |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| 12/8/1960 | Defense Policy |
| Defense Budget | |
| Korea | |
| 12/20/1960 | Space Policy |
| Laos | |
| Korea | |
| Italy | |
| 12/22/1960 | Scientific |
| Germany | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| USSR | |
| Nuclear Defense | |
| 12/29/1960 | Nuclear Defense |
| Indonesia | |
| Emergency Preparedness | |
| 1/5/1961 | Intelligence |
| Panama Canal | |
| Cuba | |
| Military Posture | |
| Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles | |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| Classification | |
| 1/12/1961 | Panama Canal |
| Cuba | |
| Space Policy | |
| Military Posture | |
| Arms Control | |
| Nuclear Testing | |
| Classification |
- The topics listed were those designated by the NSC itself and may not reflect the full breadth of any particular discussion during a meeting. ↩