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

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CIA-RDP61S00527A000200040015-6
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November 9, 2016
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July 10, 1998
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March 5, 1957
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REPORT
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Approved For Release : CIA-RDP61 S00527A000200040015-6 up/Poi. h Tu:Uss ",axyc:4. 5, i9 for to 1 .raqti' of First item On Deta 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 Approved For Release : CIA-RDP61 S00527A000200040015-6 Approved For Release : CIA-RDP61 S00527A000200040015-6 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. Approved For Release : CIA-RDP61 S00527A000200040015-6