Upon receipt of the Russian Message there was a meeting of the National Security Council in the White House> Present were President Eisenhower,Vice President Mosby, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Secretary of Defense James L Stuart, CIA Director Allen Dulles, The Joint Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury William B Henry, National Security Advisor William F Buckley and Ambassador George Kamehameha of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
The President received a briefing on the current situation in the Han Kingdom and the prospective of Russian Intervention. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs went over the current status of the Marine and army forces in Shanghai. The Chief of Naval Operations went over the naval forces available and the possible reinforcements available.
Ambassador Kamehameha went over what the Hawaiians saw and whether Hawaii could be counted on for reinforcements.