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 West 1

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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