After the Soviets broke the United States' nuclear monopoly in August 1949, American officials studied various military counter-measures that could be taken to deal with the Soviet threat. Many of these recommendations - increased defense expenditures, a massive military buildup of conventional and nuclear weapons, etc. - were embodied in an important secret memorandum that was prepared for President Truman; it was known as

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After the Soviets broke the United States' nuclear monopoly in August 1949, American officials studied various military counter-measures that could be taken to deal with the Soviet threat. Many of these recommendations - increased defense expenditures, a massive military buildup of conventional and nuclear weapons, etc. - were embodied in an important secret memorandum that was prepared for President Truman; it was known as

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The correct answer is National Security Council Paper (NSC-68).

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National Security Council Paper (NSC-68) is a report written by the Department of State's Policy Planning Staff (1950) passed to U. S. president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972). Its authors concluded that by introducing more weapons - including nuclear weapons, to the Soviet arsenal, the Soviet threat would soon be greatly increased. They concluded that the best course of action was to respond with a major U. S. military and weapons build-up in kind.