U.S. POLICY REGARDING ECONOMIC DEFENSE


318. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/1–1558. Secret. Drafted by Wright and cleared by Nichols and Mann.


319. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/1–3058. Secret. Drafted by Reinhardt.


320. Memorandum of Discussion at the 353d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs on January 31.


321. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant and Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–558. Secret. Handwritten notes on the source text indicate that Dulles and Herter saw it.


322. Memorandum of Discussion at the 354th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on February 7.


323. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Cullen) to the Council

Source: Department of State, S/P-NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, U.S. Economic Defense Policy. Secret.


324. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Cullen) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: Department of State, S/P-NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, U.S. Economic Defense Policy. Secret. Lay transmitted this memorandum and the minutes of the CFEP meeting of February 14 to the NSC under cover of a memorandum of February 17.


325. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–1858. Secret. Drafted by Armstrong on February 21 and approved by Dillon on March 26.


326. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/2–1958. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris. A summary of this cable was included in White House Staff Notes No. 311, February 24, which was seen by the President. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries)


327. Memorandum of Discussion at the 356th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on February 28.


329. Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Chairman Records. Official Use Only. Drafted by Herbert F. Propps and Alfred Reifman of the Office of International Trade, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs. According to an attached covering memorandum by Cullen to the CFEP, June 23, this memorandum was prepared to supplement general discussions at the Council on the Khrushchev letter and would not be subject to further Council action.


330. Memorandum of Discussion at the 371st Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on July 5.


331. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Kearns) to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Department of State, E/CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, CFEP 575, U.S. Foreign Assets Control Regulation. Confidential. Distributed to the members of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy under cover of a memorandum by Cullen, July 14.


332. Minutes of the 78th Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Chairman Records, CFEP Minutes, 1958. Secret.


333. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to Acting Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, U.S. Economic Defense Policy. Secret. Drafted by Douglas Henderson, Assistant Chief, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs; Jerry Knoll, also of that division; and Dillon. Cleared in draft with Robert Carr, Director, Office of International Resources; Admiral Walter S. Delany, Deputy Administrator for the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act; and Robert H. McBride, Myron L. Black, and William E. Culbert all of the Office of European Regional Affairs.


334. Memorandum of Discussion at the 377th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on August 22.


335. Special National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INRNIE Files. Confidential. A note on the cover sheet indicates that this special estimate, submitted by the CIA, was prepared by CIA, INR, and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in this estimate on October 7 with the exception of the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation who abstained on the grounds that the topic was outside their jurisdiction. An annex entitled “Possible Level and Composition of Future US-Soviet Trade,” is not printed.


336. Letter From Acting Secretary of Defense Quarles to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 493.009/10–2158. Confidential.


338. Telegram From Secretary of State Dulles to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/11–1258. Secret. Repeated to the Department of State as Secto 5 and to Paris. Secto 5 is the source text.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/11–1758. Secret. Repeated to Paris Topol.


340. Minutes of the Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Chairman Records. Secret. These minutes were described as “extended” and prepared by Cullen on January 9. There is no list of participants.


341. Memorandum of Discussion at the 393d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on January 16.


342. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Cullen) to the Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Staff Research Records, East-West Trade. Secret. T.W. Stanley sent this memorandum with its enclosures to Goodpaster in the hopes of getting the issue placed in the President’s Staff Notes. On January 27, a summary of the issue was included as item 2 of Staff Notes No. 491, which was seen by the President. (Ibid., Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries)


343. Memorandum of Discussion at the 395th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on January 29.


344. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of Commerce (Mueller) to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Department of State, E/CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, CFEP 579, Economic Defense Policy. Secret. Mueller was the chairman of the CFEP Committee charged with preparing the terms of reference for a study on trade with the Soviet Union.


345. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/3–2759. Confidential. Drafted by Lubert O. Sanderhoff of the Office of European Regional Affairs with clearances from B.E.L. Timmons, Director of the office, and Ruth H. Kupinsky, also of that office. Cleared with Edward L. Freers, Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs, and William N. Turpin also of that office.


346. Memorandum of Discussion at the 404th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs on April 30.


347. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 460.509/9–1559. Confidential. Drafted by Wright and approved by Dillon’s Special Assistant, Robert C. Brewster, on September 26.

  1. Dulles was attending the Baghdad Pact Ministerial Meeting as head of the U.S. Observer Delegation.
  2. The meeting took place in the Executive Office Building.
  3. Dulles was attending the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Colombo Plan in Seattle, November 10–12.