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United States policies with respect to petroleum 1

1. Documentation on United States petroleum policy with specific reference to the Middle East is included in volume v.

[336] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Thorp) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] January 3, 1951.

Serial file of memoranda relating to National Security Council questions for the years 1950–1961, as maintained by the Policy Planning Staff.

[338] Memorandum by Mr. Walter N. Walmsley, Jr., Alternate Department of State Representative on the Senior Staff of the National Security Council

[Washington,] November 29, 1951.

Master set of National Security Council documentation, 1947–1961, retired by the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State (S/S).

[340] Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Washington, December 11, 1951.

S/S–NSC Files, Lot 63 D 351, NSC 97 Series

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

[Washington,] December 12, 1951.

103.1/12–1251

[342] Report to the President by the National Security Council

Washington, December 13, 1951.

S/S–NSC Files, Lot 63 D 351, NSC 97 Series

  1. Originally drafted on December 10, 1951; revised on December 11, 1951, to reflect the decisions taken in the NSC Senior Staff meeting that day.↩