STATUS OF PENDING NSC PROJECTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 1998
• Sequence Number: 120
• Publication Date: January 26, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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26 January 1953
Memorandum for Mr. Dulles
Subject, Status of Pending NSC Projects
This memo is for your use at the Sealer Staff meeting set for
Tuesday, 27 January. It covers all the items in the *Status of
Projects", in the order of their listing there. I have marked with
411 asterisk the papers that appear to have great importance or that
concern CIA direcily.
Paters Circulated to the Council
*1. MSC Mil (VOA). In response to Defense's or0-ginal proposal
that VOL acttvitles'he curtailed, State has tabled NSC 137/1 suggest-
ing that the question be referred to an ad hoc committee including
particularly the President's TelecommuniatMs Advisor (Mr. Marsden
Pratt). Kr, Wisner (by Mr. 11111111 has pointed out that curtailment
of VOA would hurt our prepagar,O/SI agrees that Soviet jamming
capabilities present a grave problem for our military communications,
and urges that this subject be gime into as a matter of high priority.
*2. NBC 141 (the paper on forsie aid). This
was circulated on January-. It raises basic policy questions of
high urgency.
3. MSC 122 Progress Report (Disarmament Position?. This was
circulated on 26 Januarys It says that ischnical studio* are in pro-
gress and that your special committee has reported.
*4. NSC 100 Progress Report (Sant-Mist trade). This was cir-
culated on 215 January. It is a very detailed tacetnt of developments
from 1 JuXy through 1 November, with an Appendix dealing with intel-
ligence support. It makes no reoommindations an the basic policy,
which is generally considered to provide only very loess guidance.
5. NBC 85 Pregress Report ON Action agaist
VAS eirOUlAted on 16 January. The first part of
substantially carried out by the "Uniting for Peace"
palmed by the UN in September 1950. Hoy te get more
support is the question.
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6, US War Ob ective and Conditions
pro eo e spar
1)d Iy 5ae covers only the war objectives. It has been
referred to an ad hoc committee of State, Defense, JOS, ahd ourselves,
to 'which I have'reen designated. Apparently State intande that the
eeeond phase, on conditions for a peaceful eettlement, wth.1 await
action on the first. Statels report is a long *many that raises
questions that take a lot of thought.
tiers in Preparation or AboYanea
447, N1 3.18/2(Policy in the Noreantiar). This has been hung
up since June flron the eabargo-bloskade point. In Septelber,
it was deferred pending the outooee of the tripartite talke with
the British and French on military probleas in Southeast Asia.
State thinks the next move is up to Defense. Query whether it is
new desired to treat this as a separate wabjeet, apart frets overall
Pacific policy (i.e., by revision of 140 48/5 or by a wholly new paper).
0. MSC 97/2 (Middle Beet Oil). A very thorough factual report
by PAD on ibe overall petroleum situation was tabled in December, and
on January 8 the Council directed ODM to prepare policy recommenda-
tions. The Middle Bast policy question -. relative cost of ensuring
availability of ME oil or of offsetting its loss has been held in
abeyance pending these recommendations.
*9. NSC 120 (Ctlinese Maticnaliete Ind Formosa). A paper on this
has been /n preparation in Defenseeihds ea4Ouly, and I have been
informed that it was ready for submission early in January. Query
again whether this issue can new be dealt with apart from overall
Pacific policy.
10. 1189 P7 (Overall Oil POliey). See item 8 supra.
11. XSO 140 (New Summary aluation). This is the number given
to our drift directive approve4 by President Truman on 19 January.
Our recommendation c., for a generalised procedure for *demander's
Istimates", remains pending. (Maybe ttatels new management can help
push this through nowt)
12. MSC Action No. 507 (Eli/Ability of Forsiere to receive
laosified Infernation). Ai* awaits * repork by Ws. A draft
trosiatalal directive on this subject has been held up since Only
1951 at the request of the Secretary of Defense, pending some consid-
eration by the SATO Standing Group. The delay by Ina saw relate
to the 10I3 annoyance with Defense, recently revealed in the Progress
Report on BSC 17/4, because of Defensets going ahead and agreeing to
NATO security regulations without fully consulting ICIS.
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Civil Deforms Ewscuetl Remanded to PODA for
r.eonsl on line WM MBA had4preposed an extremely limited
policy of evacuation.
16 SC 1' to Nattonti Folic )0 Reports under this are
due from a an 0 y February,'
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