General United States Policies with Respect to South Asia1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. XI, Part 2, pp. 1057 ff.


1. Progress Report by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5409–Memoranda. Secret. Forwarded by Roy Melbourne, Acting Executive Officer of the OCB, to Lay under cover of a note dated March 30. An attached financial annex is not printed. A previous Progress Report, dated August 24, 1955, covering the period December 16, 1954 to August 24, 1955, is ibid.


3. Progress Report by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5409–Memoranda. Secret. Forwarded to the NSC under cover of a note from Staats to Lay dated December 3. An attached financial annex is not printed.


4. Memorandum of Discussion at the 308th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, January 3, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on January 4.


5. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5701—Memoranda. Secret. In a covering note to the NSC from its Executive Secretary, also dated January 10, Lay summarized the action taken by the NSC at its 308th meeting on January 3: “The President has this date approved the statement of policy in NSC 5617, as amended and adopted by the Council and enclosed herewith as NSC 5701; directs its implementation by all appropriate Executive departments and agencies of the U.S. Government; and designates the Operations Coordinating Board as the coordinating agency.” A financial appendix is not printed.


6. Progress Report by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5701—Memoranda. Secret. Forwarded to the NSC on July 26 under cover of a note from Staats to Lay.