EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ECONOMIC DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1957 ROOM 1213 MAIATICO

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July 229 1957
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
E090MIC DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2000 p.m., Tuesday, Ju 16A 1957
Room 1213 Maiatico
Attendance
MAC Defense
Mr.. Hale, Chairman Colo Green
Mr. Wight ICA
Mr. Kramer, Executive Secretary
Miss Rector, committee Secretary Mr. Slaght
CIA
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Commerce
mr, George
Agenda
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Mr. Henderson
Mr. Eastman
Treasury
Mr. Sommerfield
Shipments to the European Soviet Bloc.
(Ref. EDAC D-124/2)
2. Instruction to USDEL on Policy toward Trade with Poland.
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NSC/CFEP Assignment to Review Economic Defense Policy.
(Ref. ED1C D-1353 EUC D-135/1)
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1. Shipments to the European Soviet Bloc.
Decision
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The Committee concurred in the recommendation made by the State member
in the referenced document, i.e., that be instructed to request
a reply to the U.S. Note of February and to supply the State Department with
a report on-licenses issued during 1957.
2. Instruction to USDEL on Policy toward Trade with Poland.
Ref. State Draft of 7Defense draft submitted at the meeting)
Decision
The Committee cleared an instruction to the USDEL informing him of the
substance of proposals he should make to COCOM for handling trade with Poland
involving rated items. The message as cleared included portions of both the
State draft of July 1 and the Defense alternate proposal, with revisions agreed
upon at the meeting. (See TOPOL 160, 7/17/57.)
It was noted that this agreement at the BC level obviated an EDAC meeting
on this subject.
3. NSC/CFEP Assignment to Review Economic Defense Pol
Ref. EDAC D-135; EDAC D-13 l
Discussion
The Commerce member suggested that there now seemed to be need for including
in the revised draft statement of general policy two separate paragraphs 8, one
of which would provide the policy basis for Courses of Action paragraph 20 (a
CFEP separate assignment) and the other to provide the policy basis for para-
graph 21. The Chairman agreed that if it was decided to retain such a paragraph
in the Courses of Action, policy basis should be provided for it. He thought
the first sentence of the State-proposed para. 21 was really a policy statement
and thus should. be in a separate paragraph (e.g. 8b). Drafting work would be
done on this paragraph if it was decided, after further consideration of
paragraph-21., that the revised draft document would include an alternate
paragraph to the State-proposed paragraph 21. The Chairman expressed concern
at including any replacement language for paragraph 21 if it could be interpreted
to mean a differential for Communist China.
The Defense member reported on the meeting he had had with members of the
JCS on the State-proposed paragraph 21, and presented an alternate paragraph 21.
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After discussion of the State-proposed paragraph 219 the State member said
he would report to his agency the substance of the proposals made and the views
expressed by the other members. These views included-. (1) State should submit
a proposed work-program under paragraph 21 indicating in it9 for introduction
into the EDAC,work program., what State intended to do and what limitations
there would be on the language used in the State-proposed policy paragraph 219
which was relatively broad. The work program should detail where,, in the EDAC
structure,, assignments under it should be carried out., i.e., % I9 FEP9 iG II.
(2) The difficulties which others felt would arise from the State proposal and
the fact that it was at variance with the members? views on paragraph 9 and
action which should be taken thereunder. (3) The view that part of the State
proposal should be covered by paragraph 18 to offset any complications arising
from the implication that State was in favor of a differential.
The State member advised that he would attempt to have the required portion
of the State paper redrafted and recleared within State. In the meantime
State's paragraph 21 could be bracketed in setting up a re-draft of EDAC D-135/1.
The CIA member advised that he had some comments to make on the Commerce
memberts proposal for review of available intelligence (discussed at yesterdayvs
meeting). The Chairman requested that he withhold comments until the work pro-
gram for implementation of paragraph 9 was available because it was expected
to specify how the intelligence would be used.
Distribution
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