Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-329-011
This folder contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 36 (NSAM 36) titled, “Improving the Security of Nuclear Weapons in NATO Europe Against Unauthorized Use,” to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Also included in this folder is correspondence between Bundy and Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric regarding NSAM 36 and a Defense Department study on the security of nuclear weapons.