United States Economic Defense Policy: United States Interest in Maintaining Multilateral Strategic Controls on Trade With the Soviet Union, the Peopled Republic of China, and Certain Other Nations1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. I, Part 2, pp. 817 ff. For documentation on U.S. policy toward the People’s Republic of China, see volumes II and III.


42. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/1–755. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris.


43. National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. National Intelligence Estimates were high-level interdepartmental reports appraising foreign policy problems. NIEs were drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC), discussed and revised by interdepartmental working groups coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the CIA, approved by the IAC, and circulated under the aegis of the President, appropriate officers of cabinet level, and the members of the National Security Council (NSC). The Department of State provided all political and some economic sections of NIEs.

According to a note on the cover sheet, the following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the IAC concurred with the estimate on January 11 with the exception of the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.


44. Report to the Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/1–2055. Secret. Drafted by Stassen and Anderson and presented to the Council on Foreign Economic Policy at its fourth meeting on January 21.


45. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Waugh) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/1–2155. Secret. Drafted by Goodkind and concurred in by Armstrong, Stibravy, Barbour, Sebald, Silver, Ludlow, and Doherty.


49. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Waugh) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–2155. Secret. Drafted by John E. Mellor of ECD; concurred in by EE and RA.


51. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–2355. Secret. Drafted by Buckle and Goodkind. Repeated to Paris.


52. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Murphy) to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–1655. Secret. Drafted by Goodkind on February 24. A copy was sent to Stassen.


53. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization (Flemming) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/3–855. Secret.


54. Report by the Steering Committee of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records. Secret. Forwarded to the CFEP on March 24 under cover of a memorandum from Cullen, in which he noted that the report was scheduled for discussion at the CFEP meeting of March 29.


55. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Kalijarvi) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/3–2555. Secret. Drafted by Goodkind.


57. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/5–2455. Secret. Pouched to Paris.


58. Memorandum From the Chief of the Division of Functional Intelligence (Doherty) to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Intelligence (Armstrong)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/6–2555. Secret. W. Park Armstrong, Jr., forwarded this memorandum to Waugh on June 25 with a brief covering note.


59. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460/509/6–2855. Confidential. Repeated to Paris.


60. Memorandum of Discussion at the 254th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 7, 1955

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on July 8. For the complete text of this memorandum of discussion, see vol. V, p. 268.


61. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Kalijarvi) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.0041/11–2155. Secret. Drafted by Goodkind; concurred in by Robertson and Merchant.


63. Minutes of the 25th Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, Executive Office Building, Washington, July 26, 1955, 4 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records. Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text.


64. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Operations, International Cooperation Administration (DeLany), to the Director of the International Cooperation Administration (Hollister)

Source: Washington National Records Center, ICA Director’s File: FRC 61 A 32, Box 312, Trade/E–W. Secret.


65. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/8–855. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Barnett and approved by Merchant; also sent to London.


66. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 11, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/8–1155. Secret. Drafted by Goodkind.


68. Telegram From the Department of State to the Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/9–2855. Confidential; Niact Drafted by Barnett and Buckle and approved by Barnett who signed for Dulles. Pouched to Bonn, London, and Tokyo.


69. Report by the Steering Committee of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records. Secret. On October 5, Cullen transmitted this paper to the CFEP, along with a transmittal memorandum by the Chairman of the Steering Committee and a guidance paper on which the recommendations were based. These accompanying documents, which were attached to the source text, are not printed.


70. Telegram From the Office of the Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/10–655. Confidential. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Tokyo.