United States Policy Regarding the Stockpiling of Strategic Resources and Commodity Agreements1
1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. I, Part 2, pp. 817 ff.
194. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting, White House, Washington, January 21, 1955, 10:10 a.m.–12:10 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Cabinet Secretariat Records. Confidential. Prepared by Minnich.
195. Report of the Cabinet Committee on Energy Supplies and Resources Policy
Source: Eisenhower Library, Cabinet Secretariat Records. Confidential. Submitted to the President under cover of a memorandum of January 18 from Flemming, chairman of the Committee. The Committee revised it in light of suggestions made by the Cabinet members at their meeting of January 21; see supra. The revised report was submitted to the Cabinet under cover of a memorandum of January 27 by Maxwell M. Rabb, Secretary to the Cabinet. At its meeting on January 28, the Cabinet noted the revised report and returned it for further detailed study and subsequent publication at an appropriate date in the name of the Committee. (Cabinet Record of Action, January 31; ibid., Project Clean Up) The revised report was released to the press on February 26.
196. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Waugh) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/1–2755. Official Use Only. Drafted by Metzger and concurred in by Potter and Nichols.
198. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Waugh) to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Dodge)
Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records. Confidential. Circulated to the Council under cover of a memorandum of March 17, from Paul H. Cullen, not printed. Discussions about the strategic stockpile had arisen at the CFEP meeting on January 21, when ODM was requested to develop and submit a paper on this subject. After discussions by the CFEP on February 15, March 1, and March 8, the members agreed on March 8 that action on ODM’s policy proposals should be predicated on a reconsideration of the fundamental policies related to the objectives, size, and uses of the stockpile program. (CFEP 517; ibid.)
200. Memorandum of Discussion at the 242d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, March 24, 1955
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on March 25.
201. Minutes of the 14th Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, Executive Office Building, Washington, March 29, 1955, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, Export of Steel Scrap, CFEP 523. Secret. Drafted by Cullen.
202. Memorandum of Discussion at the 249th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, May 19, 1955
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on May 20.
204. Memorandum From the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Kalijarvi) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.0041/11–2155. Official Use Only. Drafted by Nichols.
205. Brief of Staff Study on International Commodity Agreements Prepared by the Staff of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy
Source: Department of State, E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, International Commodity Agreements—CFEP 531. Official Use Only. Circulated to the members of the CFEP under cover of a memorandum of October 5 from Cullen. Cullen noted that the staff study reflected the comments of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, State, the Treasury, and the International Cooperation Administration on the draft of the Staff Study on International Commodity Agreements of September 13; see footnote 2, supra.
206. Minutes of the 29th Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, Executive Office Building, Washington, October 25, 1955, 4 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records, Minutes. Confidential.
207. Letter From the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization (Flemming) to the Oil Importing Companies
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/10–2955. The source text bears no drafting information. A copy of this letter was circulated to the members of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Energy Supplies and Resources Policy under cover of a memorandum dated October 29 from Joseph F. Vaughan, Committee Secretary, who stated in part that the letter was “released to the oil importers today by Mr. Hemming.”
208. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Cullen) to the Members of the Council
Source: Department of State, E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, U.S. Stockpile Program—CFEP 526. Secret.
209. Memorandum of Discussion at the 265th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, November 10, 1955
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on November 11.
210. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting, Laurel Cottage, Camp David, Maryland, November 22, 1955, 9:15–11:10 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Cabinet Meetings. Confidential. Drafted by Minnich.
211. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of Agriculture (Morse) to the Council on Foreign Economic Policy
Source: Department of State, E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, U.S. Participation in International Sugar Agreement—CFEP 534. Official Use Only. Circulated under cover of a memorandum by Cullen, November 19.
212. Memorandum of Discussion at the 272d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, January 12, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on January 13.
213. Report Prepared in the Office of Defense Mobilization
Source: Department of State, E–CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, U.S. Stockpile Program—CFEP 526. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information. It was sent to members of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy under cover of a memorandum by Cullen dated March 7, on the subject of CFEP 526.
214. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of International Trade and Resources (Thibodeaux) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Bowie)
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, Strategic Materials—Oil. Secret. Drafted by Eakens.
215. Letter From the British Ambassador (Makins) to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/4–656. Top Secret.
216. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Economic Intelligence Committee (Guthe) to the Members of the Committee
Source: Department of State, OF Files: Lot 59 D 578, Middle East Petroleum. Secret. The members were the Economic Intelligence Committee representatives of the Intelligence Advisory Committee Agencies and also of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Interior, and the International Cooperation Administration.
217. Memorandum From the Staff Director of the Petroleum Logistics Division, Department of Defense (Cotulla), to the Regional Director, Near East, South Asia, and Africa, of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Wagner)
Source: Department of State, OF Files: Lot 59 D 578, Middle East Petroleum. Confidential. On April 27, Roger Kirk, in the Office of Reports and Operations in the Executive Secretariat, sent this memorandum to Monteagle Stearns, in the Office of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, for George v. Allen and Rountree.
218. Letter From the Acting Secretary of State to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization (Flemming)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/5–556. Drafted by Jean H. Mulliken, Officer in Charge of Commodities and Commercial Policy, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, and Robert C. Sturgill, Reports and Operation Staff, Executive Secretariat.
219. Preliminary Report by the Economic Intelligence Committee
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, Strategic Materials (Oil). Secret. Prepared at the request of the NSC Planning Board by an ad hoc working group of the Economic Intelligence Committee (EIC) that consisted of representatives of the Departments of State and the Interior, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the International Cooperation Administration, and the Central Intelligence Agency. It was approved as a preliminary EIC report for selected distribution and was sent to Hoover under cover of a May 23 memorandum by W. Park Armstrong. Only the summary of the report is printed. The full text includes a foreword, an introduction, tables, and charts. A copy of the May 3 draft of this report, sent to Hoover by Armstrong under cover of a memorandum dated May 4, is ibid., State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417. Copies of both the draft and the report are also in Eisenhower Library. The May 3 draft is attached to a memorandum of May 4 from Robert Komer to Dillon Anderson in the Project Clean Up Records, 1953–1961, and the May 8 report is in CFEP Chairman Records, 1953–1961.
220. Letter From the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization (Flemming) to the Oil Importing Companies
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/5–756. No drafting information is given on the source text.
221. Letter From the Director of the Oil and Gas Division, Department of the Interior (Stewart), to the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/5–1656. Secret.
222. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Anderson), Washington, May 24, 1956, 4:05 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Bernau.
223. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/5–2556. Top Secret.