1 document W3 2010 DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF TEE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIFICATION APPEALS PANEL EC 3526 SECTION 5 3 ISCAP N0 W on n EYES oNLr 5 03 PRESIDENT 9 5 NOTES OF THE MEETING WITH 7 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLARK CLIFFORD WALT ROSTOW SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK I GEORGE CHRISTIAN GENERAL EARLE WHEELER TOM JOHNSON ADMIRAL THOMAS MOORER GENERAL LEONARD CHAPMAN JOINING THE MEETING GENERAL JOHN MCCONNELL GENERAL BRUCE PALMER SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL BROMLEY SMITH GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORE- LAND OCTOBER 14 1968 Cabinet Room 1 40 pm SECRETARY There have been instructions issued on authority to release nuclear weapons in the event the President has been killed or cannot be found This is to prevent a breakdown in the chain of command The project s codewname is Futherance We recommend three major changes 1 Under the former orders a full nuclear response against both the Soviet Union and China was ordered if We were attacked Under the change the response could go to either country not both There could be a or acci- dental attack We do not recommend full attack at all times This would permit a limited response 2 Instructions on the response to a conventional attack would be conventional not nuclear as is now in the plan 3 There was only one document of instructions beforehand Now there would be two documents We all recommend this WALT ROSTOW We think it is an eSSential change This was dangerous We recommend going forward GENERAL WHEELER All the Joint Chiefs of Staff and commanders have been consulted We recommend approval GENERAL MCGONNELL I concur Sir LBJ LIBRARY Mandatoxyltedew GENERAL CHAPMAN I concur case mg 05 1 are ADMIRAL MOORER I concur Documenta ta e4 EYES ONLY FOR THE PRESIDENT This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu