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103. Minutes of the 91st Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy0

June 18, 1959.1

[Here follow a list of participants and discussion of unrelated matters.]

III. OCDM Decision on Imports of Heavy Electrical Equipment.

1.
The Chairman, CFEP stated that he had read with great interest Governor Hoegh’s Press Release and Memorandum of Decision of June 122 in which Governor Hoegh concluded that imports of heavy electrical equipment are not threatening to impair national security. The Chairman stated, however, that he had received several inquiries with respect to Governor Hoegh’s remarks in the Press Release and Memorandum of Decision concerning the provision of repair facilities on the continent by foreign companies submitting bids for U.S. procurement, and he asked Mr. Patterson of OCDM to comment on this statement by Governor Hoegh.
2.
Mr. Patterson said that Governor Hoegh stated in the Press Release that he would ask “Federal procurement agencies to consider the inclusion in their invitations to bid of a provision which would require contractors to have facilities on this continent to service equipment they build.” Mr. Patterson said that this statement by Governor Hoegh should be read in context with his remarks on this subject in the Memorandum of Decision. Mr. Patterson stated that Governor Hoegh would in the near future formally request Departments and Agencies to consider including in their bids a requirement for service facilities on this continent by foreign bidders. He added, however, that he thought that any action to be taken by any Agency as a result of this request or other matters in the Press Release and Memorandum of Decision could appropriately be coordinated by the CFEP.

[Here follows discussion of an unrelated matter.]

Paul H. Cullen
Lt Col., USA Secretary
  1. Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records, Office Series, Council Minutes, 1959 (1). Confidential.↩
  2. The meeting was held at the Executive Office Building.↩
  3. Not printed.↩