NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 192

TO:                  The Secretary of State
                        The Secretary of Defense
                        The Director of Central Intelligence
                        The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
                        The Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

The President has reviewed the memorandum of September 27, 1962, submitted to him by the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, reporting the views of the Committee of Principals on “A Separate Arms Control Measure for Outer Space” , and the comments of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  He has approved the recommendations contained in the memorandum, which was a final response to the directives of NSAM 156 and NSC Action 2454.

The President wishes to be informed before we make an initiative in the United Nations General Assembly or elsewhere to put forward the proposal for a ban on weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
 

                                                                                                                            Carl Kaysen