Policy of the United States with regard to economic defense: attempts by the United States to control East-West trade; stockpiling of strategic goods; efforts to protect strategic industries abroad and to assure the supply of key commodities required for the defense of the West1

1. For previous documentation on subjects relating to economic defense policy, see Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. i, pp. 993 ff.


[122] Paper Prepared by the Planning Board of the National Security Council

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[124] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Aldrich) to the Department of State

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[125] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

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