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United States national security policy: estimates of threats to the national security; organization for national security; military posture and foreign policy; military assistance to foreign nations; requirements for military bases and air transit rights in foreign areas; strategic stockpiling ¹

^1.Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. i, Part 2, pp. 507–676.

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[107] Editorial Note

[108] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] 7 February 1949.

FACC Files1

[109] Memorandum by the Chairman of the State–Army–Navy–Air Force Coordinating Committee (Rusk) to the Secretary of State

Washington, March 16, 1949.

800.24/3–1649

[110] The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Thorp) to the Director of the Staff of the Munitions Board (Lutes)

Washington, March 16, 1949.

811.20 Defense(M)/2–349

[111] Report by the Policy Planning Staff

[Washington,] March 22, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files1

[112] Draft Report by the National Security Council Staff

[Washington,] March 30, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[113] Memorandum by the Counselor (Bohlen)

[Washington,] April 14, 1949.

711.00/4–1449

[114] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State (Webb)

[Washington,] April 14, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[115] Record of the Under Secretary’s Meeting, Department of State, April 15, 1949

April 15, 1949

Under Secretary’s Meetings1

[116] Report by the National Security Council to President Truman

[Washington,] April 15, 1949.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 45 Series1

[117] Record of Discussions at the Meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, April 21, 1949

Washington, April 21, 1949

840.20/4–2249

[118] Action Summary of the Under Secretary’s Meeting, May 2, 1919, 10 a. m.

[Washington,] May 2, 1949.

Under Secretary’s Meetings: Lot 53D250

[119] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of European Affairs (Thompson) to the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan)

[Washington,] May 3, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[120] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Reinhardt) to the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan)

[Washington,] May 4, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[121] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)

[Washington,] May 4, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[122] Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Souers) to the Council

Washington, May 11, 1949.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 25 Series

[123] The Secretary of Defense (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 19 May 1949.

811.24500/5–1949

[124] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] May 20, 1949.

FACC Files

[125] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Souers)

Washington, May 24, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[126] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] May 25, 1949.

FACC Files

[127] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Butler)

[Washington, May 31, 1949.]

Policy Planning Staff Files

[128] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Webb)

[Washington, undated.]

711.00/6–249

[129] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Butler)

[Washington, June 9, 1949.]

Policy Planning Staff Files

[130] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] June 15, 1949.

FACC Files

[131] The Chairman of the National Security Resources Board (Steelman) to the Secretary of State

Washington, June 17, 1949.

S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62D1: NSC 33 Series1

[132] Memorandum by the Secretary of Defense (Johnson) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Souers)

Washington, 20 June 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[133] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] July 1, 1949.

FACC Files

[134] Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary (Souers)

Washington, July 5, 1949.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 52 Series

[135] Report to the National Security Council by the Acting Executive Secretary (Lay)

Washington, July 8, 1949.

S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63D351: NSC 52 Series

[136] Policy Paper Approved by the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

[Washington,] July 19, 1949.

FACC Files

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Documentation prepared by and circulated in the Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee is located in Department of State Lot File 54D5.↩
Lot 64D563, files of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State, 1947–1953.↩
Lot 53D250, retired by the Department’s Executive Secretariat, contains the records of the Under Secretary of State’s Staff Meetings for the years 1949–1952.↩
Serial master files of National Security Council documentation and related Department of State material for the years 1947–1961, retired by the Executive Secretariat Of the Department of State.↩
Serial and subject files of National Security Council documents and correspondence and related Department of State material for the years 1948–1961, retired by the Policy Planning Staff.↩