SUGGESTED U.S. STATEMENT PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF FIRST ITEM ON DETAILED AGENDA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000200040015-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: March 5, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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Before ps oceeftiag to the "test item on the ejettail 2 , on which
1:1e have just agreed, which deals with Polentd a t :re-;
dollar Fgoods, I believe it would be helpb l to the disc szi.orn i`s>r me to
Clarify one or two ; o`ate relating to the A ricah position insofar as
that position relater, to possib.e assistance by ve Coverc 4 of the
United States. I ehoul . ~p1 Ise that I em si3eekiza only to thin
question of direct assistance by the Government of the United states in
the pretent circ3.nrnstancess --ta which the first item on t h, age:T jj. is
directeI_..a d not to our discussions as a whole, L;hioh eamtrace Other
matters as well.
1 .rst,.. on the basis of the infomation present: by the Pol.2.sh delegs.,
t:IQIL so far, the U.S. delegation is prepared to consider in more detail the
possibility of recom ending to the appropriate autho Iti.esr. the : rovission
of econond' a ae si.Y3 ,s ace to Poland. I iention this: point because I want to
be sure that the :Polish Delegation clearly i erotands thvt. the American
delegation is aut4orj e to develop p: cspos?l and recd ecdatio ns and that
such p ; oa .s and reco3::.ions vou3.cd have to be caasi :tired . approved
by t e appropriate ?higher authorities wit 4n, our G vernme .t, before final
agreements co WA be made.
secon , the e& un.?t of such assistance v,-zW.d to a oix ace with our
practice, have to meet certain economic Justifications. These we would
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expect to examine in more detail both in general meetings of the kind
wi are now having and in meetings of technical working groups to be
estished.
Tmird, apart from the detailed economic justifications to which I
have referred, there are limitations of form, method and ar unt which will
have to govern our consideration of what the United States Government can
do. These limitations arise partly from legislation and partly from
established administrative practices and criteria to which we must adhere.
Poi. example, even if there were economic justification for the extension
of credits to Poland by the art-Import Bank., the provisions of other
legislation, notably the Battle Act, would preclude such credits in
present circvzstancee. With respect to forms of assistance to which the
Battle Act would not app *, there are other limitations imposed by legis-
lative appropriations and within these funds our requirements for programs
with many other countries.
W, .t I have said, of course, relates only to assistance extended by
the it cited States Government and would not fly to private cre its.
These ious limitations.-econnyc, legal and practical--mean that
the scope of what we may be able to do is very much smaller than may be
desired by the Polish We judging from the information received and the
news reportn that we have heard. Nevertheless, we are anxious that what
we can do should be 3e as useful and helpful to Poland as possible; and
to that end should be concentrated on those goods which Poland nyost urgently
needs from the United. States. In our discussion of this first item on the
egen&, therefore, we vvuld like to find out as much as possible about the
relative priorities which 'bland attaches to the different commodities
involved.
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