UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD CONTROLS OVER TRANSACTIONS WITH COMMUNIST CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69-00642R000100230019-8
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• Document Page Count: 32
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 3, 1954
• Content Type: MEMO

The Director of Central Intelligence
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT'
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
COPY NO.
10
March 3, 1954
MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT:
United States and Free World Controls Over
Transactions with Communist China
REFERENCES.
A.
NSC Action Nos. 952-b9 962-fl and 973
B.
NSC 152/3
C.
D.
N,SC 166/1
Merdo for NSC from Acting Executive Secretary,
subject, "Reappraisal of the Military Effect
of a Relaxation of Controls on Trade with
the Soviet Bloc in Strategic Materials from
Free World Sources", dated January 22, 1954
The enclosed report recommending amendments in
NSC 152/3 relating to United States and Free World Controls
over transactions with.Communist China is transmitted herewith
for consideration by the National Security Council at its
meeting on March ll ~. Attention is invited to the
differences of view with respect to paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 of
the enclosure.
The enclosed report was prepared pursuant to
NSC Action No. 952-b by the NSC Planning Board, including
representatives of the Department of Commerce, on the basis
of a draft prepared by representatives of the Economic Defense
Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Export Policy.
An NSC staff study is enclosed for Council information.
Also enclosed for Council information as Annex C
to the report is a progress report by EDAC and ACEP on their
revision of the list of strategic items in accordance with
the provisions of NSC 152/3.
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It is recommended that, if the Council adopts
the recommended amendments to NSC 152/3 contained in pages 6- 8
of the enclosure, they be submitted to the President with the
recommendation that he approve them and direct their implemen-
tation by all appropriate executive departments and agencies
of the U. S. Government.
JAMES S. LAY, Jr.
Executive Secretary
cc: The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of Commerce
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
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