Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-338-001
This file contains a draft and copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 174 (NSAM 174) regarding the ability to detect small underground shots to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a memorandum to President Kennedy from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, discussing nuclear weapons testing.