Executive Committee of the National Security Council

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The Executive Committee of the National Security Council was a select group of top U.S. officials convened by President John F. Kennedy to advise and manage decision-making during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government committee ⓘ
advisory body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
archivesAt John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum ⓘ
chairperson John F. Kennedy ⓘ
convenedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1963 ⓘ
early 1963 ⓘ
documentedIn The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
hasMember Adlai Stevenson II ⓘ
Alexander Haig ⓘ
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. ⓘ
C. Douglas Dillon ⓘ
Charles Bohlen ⓘ
Dean Acheson ⓘ
Dean Rusk ⓘ
Edward R. Murrow ⓘ
George Ball ⓘ
John J. McCloy ⓘ
John McCone ⓘ
linked to: John A. McCone

Llewellyn Thompson ⓘ
Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ
McGeorge Bundy ⓘ
Paul Nitze ⓘ
Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
Robert McNamara ⓘ
Roswell Gilpatric ⓘ
Theodore Sorensen ⓘ
hasRole advising the President of the United States ⓘ
coordinating diplomatic, military, and intelligence options ⓘ
formulating U.S. response to Soviet missiles in Cuba ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
inception 1962 ⓘ
October 1962 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
meetingPlace Cabinet Room ⓘ
Oval Office ⓘ
White House ⓘ
partOf National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
positionHeldBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
reasonForFormation Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
shortName ExComm ⓘ
significantEvent consideration of air strike and invasion options against Cuba ⓘ
decision to impose naval quarantine of Cuba ⓘ
drafting messages to Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
use crisis management ⓘ
national security decision-making ⓘ

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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis → portrays → Executive Committee of the National Security Council ⓘ
Thirteen Days → portraysOrganization → Executive Committee of the National Security Council ⓘ
ExComm → fullName → Executive Committee of the National Security Council ⓘ
The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis → setting → Executive Committee of the National Security Council meetings ⓘ
linked to: Executive Committee of the National Security Council