PSB MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY, 19 JULY 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01065A000600040028-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: July 29, 1953
• Content Type: MFR

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29 July 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: PSB Meeting held Wednesday. 29 July 1953
esent: General Smith, Messrs. Kyes, Stassen,
Dulles, Jackson, Morgan
NSC review completed - unredacted segments may be
declassified
Our draft of paper on Albania dated 29 July 1953 was
circulated and carefully read by all present. The presentation
found general favor but both General Smith and Roger Kyes wanted
an opportunity to have it looked over by some of their very senior
people and a final decision as to procedure will be taken at the next
meeting. However it was generally felt that we should proceed along
the lines indicated although the exact timing of the various steps and
the necessity of some of the diplomatic moves was a subject of dis-
cussion.
. Italy.
There was a brief discussion of the Italian situation and
Harold Stassen seemed to feel that the only way out was for early
general elections. Mr. Stassen mentioned that he understood the
Vice President was going to bring up the subject at the next NSC
meeting. Stassen seemed to think that we ought to analyze the
reasons for De Gasperi' a failure to get a majority and the steps
which should be taken to meet this in the event that general
ions should be held..
General Bedell Smith asked for one week more to con-
sider the State comments on the Thailand paper. It was generally
felt, however, that the PSB draft was preferable and that if State
had doubts about the second phase they should be given an opportunity
to re-present their views if and when the time came to put that phase
into operation.
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4. PSB Semi-Annual Report.
This report was approved..
5. New York City Center Ballet Tour.
The idea of sending this to Moscow was vetoed on the
theory that they had much better ballets than anything we could
produce.
6. Communist influence among Students and Intellectuals.
Mr. Cutler's letter was conside
Z7, 1953) was approved for transmission to
Prospective Visit of Chiang Cbing-Kuo.
General Smith said that he personally favored the visit
and suggested the matter be taken up with him if there was difficulty
on the State Department side.
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There was a lengthy discussion about building up our
radio propaganda efforts to Korea and it was suggested that a task
force should be organized to study this problem. Mr. Morgan will
get in touch with on the subject.
It was reported that the President had received letters
and appeals of various kinds signed by some 10, 000 Chinese
prisoners who did not wish to return. C. D. Jackson knows the
details of these appeals and we probably should get them from him.
It was also suggested by Mr. Stassen and generally
approved that we should consider the possibility of having food
distribution stations in the neutral zone between the armies with
a view to feeding the needy in North Korea. This was not dis-
cussed in detail and of course there may be technical difficulties
and objection on the part of the neutral control commissions.
However the idea may be worth following up.
ALLEN W. DULLES
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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
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INSTRUCTIONS: Officer designations should be used in the "TO" column. Under each comment a line should be drawn across sheet
and each comment numbered to correspond with the number in the "TO" column. Each officer should initial (check mark insufficient)
before further routing. This Routing and Record Sheet should be returned to Registry,
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COMMENTS
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