C Hasld ns gb 2 ID I roURIS An examination of pertinent RSC ActioDJS back to June _ i957· does not disc loee any Ae tion i Idi cating Council approval ot in res sed Dumbere of POLARIS missiles based upon the achieveiaent or a break through of arrr kii d The Deputy Executive Secretary's notes indicate the following etatemente · at Cow lC U meeti Dg8 s 3 195 Zs- July Depu t7 Secretary Quarles referred to the development of JOI ARIS as tar in the future • Dece- ber 6 1958 Adrl ral Burke irlmitted that POLARIS vaa elul llcy at the out set Now however we kDov that lie can get a 1- varhead far the mi 8sile Ve U BO know that 'We the re-entry problem licked Moreover the guidance tests have been satisfactory a rd the propellant is all right Therefore 'What 'W'8 have nov in sight am ere pretty sure of obtaining is a FOLARIS miesile vi th a l2CX mile range 'Which can be ired frcn a subl srine while submerged 'Which will csrcy a i var heed am with a O P or roar miles lb ich CBll I • · - ·-- - - - probabl y be reduced to two tJhat w mu st try to do in the inmeclis te future is to get a missile w1 th a 1500 mile range cerryi Dg a varbead of j - · · · - - mx1 cut the CXP -tvo miles ar le as Mr Holaday in general conf'irmed A dmira1 Burket s igures • have 1 · Allg JJ5t 18 1959 Mr Stans stated that he had recently had a tvo aid a he lf hour briefing on POI ARI3 ' j in lb ich he had been informed that the eventu e 1 objective of the POLARIS progrsm vas 45 subD B rines with 29 deployed at al l times With such a force he vs s informed we could destroy 232 t a rgets w ich vas sufficient to deetroy 8 11 of Russia The total coat of such a program 'W'OU ld be 7 t o 8 billion dollars and enno 'll e perating costs 70Uld be $ 350 mill ion An obvious question va s suggested by this briefi ng - if POLARIS could do this job wy did we need other IRIMs or ICEMs SAC aircraft airl oversea a bases The answer he had received 'When be asked this question 'iilaB that that vas someone el Be's problem DECLASSIFIED ml J'D--di -ti 4 NLE Date c21'7¼f PORTIONS EXEII PTEO _J E O 12%5 Sec 1-301 0- h N l uthority By I tVJG ti i P H F D s J Q J0 4 lf 4 t q