280. White House Staff Notes No. 3770
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5. Supplemental Stockpile Criteria.—New criteria for acquiring Supplemental Stockpile materials through barter of agricultural surpluses have been adopted by the CFEP.1 Former criteria limited acquisitions to 50% of the long-term objectives of the National Stockpile. Now, almost any materials may be acquired provided that: (a) US foreign policy objectives are furthered; (b) injury to domestic producers is avoided; (c) the barter transactions are not in lieu of dollar sales and the sales of friendly foreign countries; and (d) the materials received are less likely to deteriorate and cheaper to store than the bartered surpluses. (Admin. Conf.)2
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- Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret.↩
- As reported in a memorandum from the Secretary of the CFEP, Paul Cullen, to the CFEP, May 28. (Department of State, E/CFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, Supplemental Stockpile Criteria and Administration—CFEP 567) In his private journal of April 28, Randall wrote about the difficulties of establishing criteria for the supplemental stockpile since decisions were supposed to be made on a case-by-case basis. Randall wrote that there was not the “slightest chance” that any of the supplemental stockpile would be disposed of since government sales would weaken the respective domestic industry. In effect, Randall was convinced that the supplemental stockpile would remain locked up until “that remote day” when the world was short of the various commodities. (Eisenhower Library, Randall Journals, CFEP, 1957–58, vol. VII)↩
- These new criteria were announced on June 30 in Defense Mobilization Order V–7. (Ibid., Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries)↩