135. Editorial Note
The Council on Foreign Economic Policy held its 106th meeting on September 22. The Council first considered CFEP 554/2, September 14, which reviewed the Buy American Executive order. Among its conclusions, CFEP 554/2 stated that no change was required in the Buy American Act or Executive Order 10582 and recommended that the “Executive Branch should again make every effort to persuade the appropriation committees of the Congress of the desirability of removing the rider to the annual Defense appropriation acts that prohibits any procurement of foreign food, clothing, wool or spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, except for perishables and battle emergencies.” (Eisenhower Library, White House Office, Cabinet Secretariat Records) The Council held an “exploratory” discussion on the paper, reaching no decisions on it. (Draft Minutes of the 106th Meeting of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, September 22; ibid., CFEP Chairman Records, Papers Series, CFEP Minutes, 1960)
On October 28, the Department of State announced that the 17th Session of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade would convene in Geneva on October 31. At this meeting, the announcement continued, the United States would continue its efforts to have restrictions against exports from the dollar area lifted. (Department of State Bulletin, November 14, 1960, pages 758–759)
The session ended on November 19. Two days later, the U.S. Delegation released a report on the meeting’s accomplishments. For text, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pages 823–829.