161. Editorial Note
At the 440th meeting of the National Security Council on April 7, the President approved the proposal of the Planning Board to amend paragraph 48 of NSC 5910/1 (Document 145) in order to permit the United States to make new commitments to provide military training to France on a grant basis. Under Secretary of State Dillon supported the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his argument that the change should be made in order “that France would not be the only country in the world which could not be provided with grant assistance for military training.” The recommendation to delete the words “and training” from the second sentence of paragraph 48 of NSC 5901/1 was formally recorded as NSC Action No. 2214 and was approved by the President on April 9. The memorandum of discussion is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. NSC Action No. 2214 is in Department of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council.