<P> NSC Study Group: </P> <Ul> <Li> Paul Nitze, Chair </Li> <Li> John P. Davis </Li> <Li> Robert Tufts </Li> <Li> Robert Hooker </Li> <Li> Dean Acheson </Li> <Li> Charles E. Bohlen </Li> <Li> Major General Truman Landon, Joint Chiefs Representative </Li> <Li> Samuel S. Butano </Li> <Li> Robert Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defense </Li> </Ul> <Li> Paul Nitze, Chair </Li> <Li> John P. Davis </Li>

The premise behind nsc-68 was the belief that