FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL STRATEGY SEMINAR US ARMY WAR COLLEGE Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 10 - 13 June 1958 The purpose of the National Strategy Seminar is to develop a concept of national strategy and a supporting military program. The Seminar will start at 1:20 p. m., 10 June 1958; it will conclude with luncheon, 13 June 1958. During the first afternoon, guests will attend an in- telligence briefing by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Follow- ing this, student committees will orient their respective guests concerning the problem, and will brief them on the student-prepared concepts. The next two days will be devoted to lectures, question periods, and joint guest-student com- mittee discussions. During the committee discussions, the national strategies previously prepared by the student committees will be examined in light of political, economic, military and psychological considerations. During the last morning, one or more committees will present findings. Significant aspects will be discussed in plenary session. The World Situation 1:30 p. m., 10 June 1958 (Honorable Allen W. Dulles) A survey of the world situation in 1958 with emphasis on projected trends affecting the security interests of the United States and national strategy designed for their protection and promotion. Political Aspects of National Strategy 9:00 a. m., 11 June 1958 (The Honorable John Foster Dulles) An examination of US foreign policy goals and their attainment in relation to national strategy, the relevant interrelationships of domestic and short and long range political foreign policy considerations and of political with economic, military and psychological considerations, and the integration and harmoniza- tion of US efforts over the long term. Economic Aspects of National Strategy 11:00 a. m., 11 June 1958 (Professor Arthur F. Burns) A discussion of the role and influence of economic factors and agencies in the formulation and implementation of US national strategy. Particular attention is devoted to the interrelationships of economic with other factors in serving and shaping the national strategy. Military Aspects of National Strategy 9:00 a. m. 12 June 1958 (General Maxwell D. Taylor, USA) A discussion of the role and influence of military considerations in relation to national strategy, the interrelationships of military with other factors in serving and shaping the national strategy, and the derivative problems and re- quirements of the Army in accomplishing its missions in support of the national strategy.