NOTES ON NSC MEETING - 17 FEBRUARY 1954

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• Publication Date: February 17, 1954
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SUBJECT: Notes on NSC Meeting - 17 February 1954
DCI's Briefing:
Indochina - Referred to vigorous French attempt to breakout
north and east of Dien Bien Phu -- will probably try to go South after
getting out of encirclement. More Viet Minh troops south of Dien Bien
Phu than north.
Increasing Chinese supplies coming in to Viet Minh territory --
1 000 tons a month -- not so much but a big help. Viet Minh have more
trucks now so are able to transport it further and faster. New Chinese
supply route South from Banleng to Laichau and then further to combat
areas.
President asked why roads couldn't be bombed and cut; was
told that attacks were made and strafing carried out but without halting
supplies to any great extent.
Defections - Mentioned we were getting reactions from the Beria
case among former Beria men in the MVD outside the USSR. Referred to
defections --- one in Tokyo - pretty effectively wrecking the Soviet apparatus
in Japan two in Vienna -- one a Lt. Col in the MVD the other a Civilian;
exposure of MVD net in Norway MVD men getting scared even though
there were no marked repercussions inside the Soviet Union from the Beria
arrest and efforts were made to persuade Beria men outside that it was
all right to come back. Soviet espionage apparatus in the West probably
pretty seriously affected by this sort of thing.
Communism in Latin America - Described Chart. Serious situa-
tion in Guatemala - growing serious in Chile moderate but rising in
Brazil; slight in the northern tier of countries -- Peru. Ecuador. Colombia
and Venezuela.
President asked how.we measured change in degree of
influence and where the influence was in view of the fact that in several
countries -- Brazil for example the party was outlawed. DCI referred
to rise in Brazilian CP membership in 1953 increased attendance at
meetings of Communist-front organizations -- WFTU World Youth Festival,
etc. and increased Latin American travel behind the Curtain
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Photos of Soviet Bombers - Showed two blow-up of photographs of
'IL-38' and'TU-200 "Soviet heavy bombers which accompanied article
in Aviation Week Said we had no intelligence to support information in
the article -- our intelligence view was that the - was in series
production and a few -- about 30 --- were possibly in organized units --
nothing like the 400 claimed for the other two types in the article.
Both Adm.. Radford and Gen. Twining expressed some
irritation at this type of article -- exciting Congress and making their
conservative best estimates look complacent and inadequate. President
likewise somewhat annoyed -- particularly at the ranges claimed for the
planes -- putting the bombers "over Chicago, flying around ready to drop
bombs.
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Report on his visit to Egypt at Nasr's request --
.noted that Nasr had replaced Naguib as the main influence in the RCC
but that the gulf had widened between the Cabinet and the RCC, making orderly
government difficult and creating a serious situation Referred to RCC's
great ignorance of things outside their relatively narrow field of interest,
particularly as affected the outside world.
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