National Security Action Memoranda

     The images described below were scanned from the National Security Files of President John F. Kennedy. They comprise 272 memoranda directed to various government agencies and staff from either President Kennedy himself or McGeorge Bundy, his national security adviser. Image size averages 120K and the quality varies.  Because the original memoranda were sent to the individuals to whom each memorandum was directed, most of the scanned documents were made from onionskin carbon copies of the originals.  Some carbon copies were so deteriorated that they were replaced in the files by photocopies. These are so marked. Some images are as yet unavailable due to classification restrictions. They will be scanned and made available as they are declassified.

Document	Description
NSAM 1	Separate Budgeting of Spending Abroad
NSAM 2	Development of Counter Guerilla Forces
NSAM 3	Bunkering of Free World Ships Under Communist Chinese Charter
NSAM 4	Purchase of Uranium from Foreign Countries
NSAM 5	Study of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
NSAM 6	Plan of Reorganization of the Foreign Program
NSAM 7	Re: Contracts to Small Business
NSAM 8	Re: State of Union Commitment and Negotiations with Poland
NSAM 9	Re: General Lansdale's Story of the Counter Guerilla Case
NSAM 10	Policy for Cuba
NSAM 11	Re: Information on the Progress of Negotiations with Germans on Increasing Their Part in Aid
NSAM 12	Re: Forces in Vietnam
NSAM 13	Re: Exchange of Persons Behind the Iron Curtain
NSAM 14	Financial Assistance for Brazil
NSAM 15	Legislation for Reallocation of Sugar Quotas
NSAM 16	Economic Support for Newly Independent Areas
NSAM 17	Various 2/13/61
NSAM 18	Re: Reduction on the Amount a Tourist Can Bring into this Country Duty Free
NSAM 19	Re: Cutting Importations from Cuba to the US
NSAM 20	Re: Battle Act
NSAM 21	Re: Foreign Aid Bill
NSAM 22	Re: Fair Sharing in Foreign Aid and Military Partnership
NSAM 23	Questions Arising from Senator Smathers' Recommendation that Remaining Exports from Cuba to the US be Embargoed
NSAM 24	RB-47 Reconnaissance Flights
NSAM 25	Re: Recommendation As to Whether or Not President Should Send Letter to Iraq Government
NSAM 26	Re: Ambassador Timberlake's Notification to Turn Around Ships
NSAM 27	Overseas PX and Commissary Service
NSAM 28	Guerilla Operations in Vietnam Territory
NSAM 29	Re: Meeting with the President on South East Asia (Withdrawal sheet only)
NSAM 30	Agreement of Cooperation with Republic of Italy
NSAM 31	Memo of Discussion on Cuba
NSAM 32	US - USSR Commercial Air Transport Agreement
NSAM 33	Review of US Policy toward South Africa
NSAM 34	Memo on Moroccan Bases Dated 3/28/61 from Acting Secretary Bowles
NSAM 35	Deployment of IRBM's to Turkey 4/16/61
NSAM 36	Improving the Security of Nuclear Weapons In NATO
NSAM 37	Saceur Procedures for Ordering use of Nuclear Weapons 4/16/61
NSAM 38	Questions arising from CIA support of certain activities
NSAM 39	Re-Examination of Present NATO Stockpile Procedures
NSAM 40	Policy Directive Re NATO and the Atlantic Nations
NSAM 41	Military Planning for a Possible Berlin Crisis
NSAM 42	Assistance to Cuban Refugees
NSAM 43	Training of Cuban Nationals
NSAM 44	Caribbean Security Agency
NSAM 45	Coverage of Castro Activities in the US
NSAM 46	Attitude of Various Governments During the Cuban Crisis
NSAM 47	Soviet Assistance to Cuba
NSAM 48	Level of US efforts Military, Foreign, Civil Defense, Paramilitary
NSAM 49	Possible Presidential Contingency Freedom Fund
NSAM 50	Official Announcement of Launching into space systems involving nuclear power
NSAM 51	Safety of Nuclear Weapons and Weapons Systems
NSAM 52	Vietnam
NSAM 53	Problems Related to Private International Broadcasting
NSAM 54	Service of Cuban Volunteers in US Armed Forces
NSAM 55	Relations of the JCS to the President in Cold War Operations
NSAM 56	Evaluation of Paramilitary Requirements
NSAM 57	Responsibility for Paramilitary Operations
NSAM 58	Re: Berlin
NSAM 59	Berlin
NSAM 60	US Actions in Relation to Portuguese Territories in Africa
NSAM 61	An Effective Counter Theme to "Peaceful Coexistence"
NSAM 62	Berlin
NSAM 63	Policy Guidelines and Preemption of US Government Controlled Broadcasting 7/24/61
NSAM 64	Memo for the Secretary of State from the President re: Need for Improving our Machinery for World-Wide Consultation, as hinted in the last letter from De Gaulle
NSAM 65	Joint Program of Action with the Government of Viet Nam
NSAM 66	Re: Guidance and Welfare of Foreign Students in this Country
NSAM 67	Iran
NSAM 68	Task Force on Ryukus 8/11/61
NSAM 69	Intelligence Aspects of Nuclear Testing 8/15/61
NSAM 70	Requesting Report on Commitments from our NATO to Increase Their Forces
NSAM 71	Cyprus
NSAM 72	Civil Defense Progress
NSAM 73	Saudi Arabian Arms Request
NSAM 74	Selection of Polish Exchange Students
NSAM 75	Polish Government Taxes on Relief Packages
NSAM 76	UK Membership in Common Market
NSAM 77	Use of American Made Arms in Angola
NSAM 78	Berlin
NSAM 79	Economic Negotiations with Poland
NSAM 80	Meeting on Southeast Asia
NSAM 81	US Gold Positions
NSAM 82	Allied Military Buildup
NSAM 83	New Embassy Building in Dublin
NSAM 84	Specific State Visits
NSAM 85	State Visits
NSAM 86	Command and Control Task Force
NSAM 87	Memorandum of Decisions (re Testing)
NSAM 88	Training for Latin American Armed Force
NSAM 89	Soviet Training of Ghanaian Troops
NSAM 90	Release of Melekh
NSAM 91	Expediting Publications in Foreign Relations
NSAM 92	Increase of Forces in Europe
NSAM 93	Berlin Build-up
NSAM 94	Steinstueken and Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point
NSAM 95	Renegotiation of Panama Canal Treaty
NSAM 96	Volta Project-Ghana
NSAM 97	Use of US Fighter Aircraft in the Congo
NSAM 98	Ref: NSAM 71 - Cyprus
NSAM 99	Military Exercise
NSAM 100	Contingency Planning for Cuba
NSAM 101	Follow-up on the President's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 1961
NSAM 102	U.S. Policy Concerning Bases in Morocco
NSAM 103	Deployment of U.S. Military Forces
NSAM 104	Southeast Asia
NSAM 105	Policy Toward Egypt and Syria
NSAM 106	Request for Report on Proposal to Establish a U.S. Police Academy
NSAM 107	Friedrichstrasse Crossing Point
NSAM 108	Barter Program for Congolese Industrial Diamonds
NSAM 109	U.S. Policy on Military Actions in a Berlin Conflict
NSAM 110	NSAM 56 - Evaluation of Paramilitary Requirements
NSAM 111	First Phase of Viet-NAM Program
NSAM 112	Atmospheric Testing Policy
NSAM 113	Further Instructions - Atmospheric Testing Policy
NSAM 114	Training for Friendly Police and Armed Forces in Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Subversion, Riot Control and Related Matters
NSAM 115	Defoliant Operations in Viet-NAM
NSAM 116	Instructions from President as a result of Nov. 30 meeting re atmospheric testing
NSAM 117	Contingency Planning on Berlin
NSAM 118	Participation of US and Latin American Armed Forced in the Attainment of Common Objectives in Latin America
NSAM 119	Civic Action
NSAM 120	Intelligence on Operations in the Congo
NSAM 121	Program to Aid Moroccan Air Force
NSAM 122	re: Norstad's response to President's request for his views on command and control procedures, etc.
NSAM 123	Policy Toward Yugoslavia
NSAM 124	Establishment of the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency)
NSAM 125	Pakistan Consortium
NSAM 126	Review of Principles and Policies Guiding the Stockpiling of Strategic Materials
NSAM 127	Emergency Planning for Continuity of Government
NSAM 128	Responses to Soviet Action Regarding Air Corridors
NSAM 129	U.S. - U.S.S.R. Cooperation in the Exploration of Space
NSAM 130	Terms of AID Development Loans
NSAM 131	Training Objectives for Counter Insurgency
NSAM 132	Support of Local Police Forces for Internal Security & Counter-Insurgency Purposes
NSAM 133	Ryukyus Action Program
NSAM 134	Report on Internal Security Situation in South America
NSAM 135	British Guiana
NSAM 136	U.S. Internal Security Programs
NSAM 137	Restrictions on East German Athletes
NSAM 138	Dean Ryerson's Recommendations re the South Pacific Comm
NSAM 139	Military Aid Program for Greece
NSAM 140	Participation of US and Latin American Armed Forces in Attainment of Common Objectives in Latin America
NSAM 141	Analysis of Frondizi's Political Reserves
NSAM 142	Re: Stockpile Committee Report
NSAM 143	Nuclear Weapons for NATO Forces
NSAM 144	Assignment of Highest National Priority to the APOLLO Manned Lunar Landing Program
NSAM 145	New Policy for the US trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
NSAM 146	Improvement of Police Training and Equipment in Newly Emerging Countries
NSAM 147	NATO Nuclear Program
NSAM 148	Guidance of US Nuclear Assistance to France
NSAM 149	Withdrawal of Certain Military Units from Forward Position in Laos
NSAM 150	Using US Military Engineers as Contracting Agents on AID Projects
NSAM 151	Re: Impasse between Japan & South Korea over issues long discussed
NSAM 152	Panama Canal Policy & Relations w/ Panama
NSAM 153	Policy Statement on Dominican Republic
NSAM 154	US NATO Alert Procedures
NSAM 155	Emergency Medical Program for Vietnam
NSAM 156	Re: Negotiations on disarmament and peaceful uses of outer space
NSAM 157	Presidential Meeting on Laos, May 24, 1962
NSAM 158	Contingency Plans for Berlin
NSAM 159	Methods for Improving the Coordination of Economic and Military Aid Programs
NSAM 160	Permissive Links for Nuclear Weapons in NATO
NSAM 161	U.S. Internal Security Programs
NSAM 162	Development of U.S. and Indigenous Police. Paramilitary and Military Resources
NSAM 163	Training Objectives for Counterinsurgency
NSAM 164	Re: Panama
NSAM 165	Assignment of Additional Responsibility to the Special Group
NSAM 166	Report on Emergency Plans and continuity of the Government
NSAM 167	Harassment of Autobahn Convoys
NSAM 168	Comparison of US and USSR Atomic Energy
NSAM 169	Maintaining Momentum of Makarios Visit
NSAM 170	Intelligence Collection
NSAM 171	Dept. of Defense Actions to Reduce Its Overseas Expenditures
NSAM 172	Bilateral Talks Concerning US-USSR Cooperation in Outer Space Activities
NSAM 173	Interdepartmental Field Visits
NSAM 174	Re: Ability to detect small underground shots
NSAM 175	DOD - State Concept for Communication between National Leaders
NSAM 176	Release of Public Information Concerning Soviet Nuclear Tests
NSAM 177	Police Assistance Programs
NSAM 178	Destruction of Mangrove Swamps in South Vietnam
NSAM 179	U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia
NSAM 180	Membership of the Special Group
NSAM 181	Cuba
NSAM 182	Counterinsurgency Doctrine
NSAM 183	Space Program for the United States
NSAM 184	Countries under the Cognizance of the Special Group
NSAM 185	Approval of Additional Nuclear Tests
NSAM 186	Countries under the Cognizance of the Special Group
NSAM 187	The Barter Program
NSAM 188	Limited Benefits of Bases in Japan
NSAM 189	Presidential Meeting on Laos
NSAM 190	Approval of STORAX II
NSAM 191	Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project DEFENDER
NSAM 192	Re: "A Separate Arms Control Measure for Outer Space"
NSAM 193	Re: Foreign Weapons Evaluation Group
NSAM 194	Policy Toward Non-Bloc Ships in Cuban Trade (State Memo of 10/2/62)
NSAM 195	U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia
NSAM 196	Establishment of an Executive Committee of the National Security Council
NSAM 197	Improved Procedure -- Communication to Other Countries of RD on Nuclear Weapons -- Approved Determinations
NSAM 198	Presidential Authorization for KINGFISH
NSAM 199	Loading of SACEUR Land-Based Alert Strike Aircraft
NSAM 200	Acceleration of Civil Defense Activities
NSAM 201	Establishment of Subcommittees on Communications
NSAM 202	AEC Procurement Policy for Domestic Uranium through 1962
NSAM 203	Responsibility for Port Security
NSAM 204	Special Group (Counter Insurgency)
NSAM 205	Nuclear Testing
NSAM 206	Military Assistance for internal Security in Latin America
NSAM 207	Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project CENTAUR
NSAM 208	Cuban Overflights
NSAM 209	Actions on South Asia
NSAM 210	Underground Nuclear Tests
NSAM 211	U.S. Policy Toward Algeria
NSAM 212	U.S. Policy Toward Yugoslavia
NSAM 213	Interdepartmental Organization for Cuban Affairs
NSAM 214	Participation of U.S. and Latin American Armed Forces in the Attainment of Common Objectives in L.A.
NSAM 215	Inclusion of Tactical Weapons in the Para 6 Force
NSAM 216	Study of Disclosure to Russians of U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance Capability
NSAM 217	Official Visits to South Vietnam
NSAM 218	Implementation of the Nassau Agreements
NSAM 219	Requesting continuing effort to assemble information on France-Soviet discussions and negotiations
NSAM 220	U.S. Government Shipments by Foreign Flag Vessels in the Cuban Trade
NSAM 221	U.S. Policy Toward Algeria
NSAM 222	Security Aspects of Using Submarines in a Multilateral Force
NSAM 223	Appraisal of Sino-Indian Situation
NSAM 224	Coordination of U.S. Efforts Under the Trade Relations Act
NSAM 225	Re: Balance of Payments
NSAM 226	Directive Relating to Transmittal of Information to the Watch Committee of the USIB
NSAM 227	Decisions Taken at President's Meeting on Yemen Crisis, 25 February 1963
NSAM 228	Review of Iranian Situation
NSAM 229	Pacific Trust Territories
NSAM 230	Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project PAL (Permissive Link for Nuclear Weapons in NATO)
NSAM 231	Middle Eastern Nuclear Capabilities
NSAM 232	Follow-up on King Hassan's Visit
NSAM 233	MLF and IANF Developments
NSAM 234	Canada Government
NSAM 235	Large-Scale Scientific or Technological Experiments with Possible Adverse Environmental Effects
NSAM 236	Sales of Military Spare parts to Yugoslavia
NSAM 237	Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight (MA-9)
NSAM 238	Atmospheric Testing 1964
NSAM 239	U.S. Disarmament Proposal
NSAM 240	MLF (Multilateral Force)
NSAM 241	Report on French Gaseous Diffusion Plant
NSAM 242	Australian Procurement of French Mirage Aircraft and Possible future military purchases by Australia from the US
NSAM 243	Survey Mission for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
NSAM 244	The Future of the World Sugar Market
NSAM 245	High Yield Nuclear Weapons
NSAM 246	Future Policy Toward Haiti
NSAM 247	U.S. Policy Toward Spain
NSAM 248	Dispersal Plan for NORAD Aid Defense Squadrons
NSAM 249	Laos Planning
NSAM 250	Contingency Plan for Dealing with Possible Low-Yield Soviet Atmospheric Tests
NSAM 251	Estimate of Greek Political Outlook
NSAM 252	Establishment of the National Communications System
NSAM 253	Multilateral Force
NSAM 254	Re: Test Ban Agreement
NSAM 255	Instructions Governing in Use of the Direct Communications Link Between Washington and Moscow
NSAM 256	Laos planning
NSAM 257	Aide Memoire for Greece
NSAM 258	Assignment of Highest National Priority to Program 437
NSAM 259	Aid Program for Laos
NSAM 260	Restudy of the International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project and the Hydroelectric Potential of the Saint John River, Maine
NSAM 261	Assignment of Highest National Priority to Project FOUR LEAVES
NSAM 262	Yemen Disentanglement
NSAM 263	South Vietnam
NSAM 264	Multilateral Force
NSAM 265	Treatment of Soviet Bloc Fishing Vessels
NSAM 266	New Action Program for Cyprus
NSAM 267	Disaster Assistance for Skopje
NSAM 268	Report of the Survey Mission to the Trust Territories of the Pacific
NSAM 269	Procedures for Approval of Certain Nuclear Tests
NSAM 270	Meeting with the President, 10/24/63, 10:30 a.m. re European Matters
NSAM 271	Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters
NSAM 272	Safety Rules for Nuclear Weapons Systems