COMMENTS ON DRAFT POLICY SECTION FOR CPC STRATEGIC PLAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: June 4, 1951
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It June 1951
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MEMORANDUM FOR: CPL
SUBJECT: Comments on "Draft Policy Section for OPC Strategic Plan"
REFERENCES: a. 1 June 1951 revision of 25 May 1951 Memorandum
from CPO on above subject
b. NSC 48/3
c. NSC 48/5
d. DADPC's undated memorandum to all Staff and
Division Chiefs on "Reference of Draft OPC
Planning Directive"
J ra reference a.). I
1. Your 1 June draft of a policy section for the OPC Strategic
Plan is based on NSC 48/3 of 26 April 1951 entitled "NSC Staff Study
on United States Objectives, Policies and Courses of Action in Asia"
and on certain guidance decisions from State and Defense. Since the
preparation of the above-mentioned draft (reference a.), NSC 48/5
"Statement of Policy on Asia" dated 17 May 1951 has been received.
NSC 48/5 is an excellent summation of both long-range and current
objectives. One of its most pertinent sections is the initial state-
ment of "General Considerations" which condition U.S. policy moves.
It is my recommendation that NSC 48/5 in its entirety be substituted
for reference a. as the policy section for the OPC Strategic Plan.
It is noted that paragraphs 12 and 13, page 10, refer to NSC 84/2 and
98/1 which remain in effect. Short summaries of these NSC's should
be inserted to fill out the paragraphs.
2. As stated in DADPC's memorandum (reference d.), the OPC
Strategic Plan will be "a compact, broad statement of assumptions and
objectives" or basic decisions which have been established as a guide
and foundation for further development. The OPC Strategic Plan, of
course, will be an interpretation of what GPC can and should do to
serve national policy - current as well as long range. It therefore
seems clear to me that interpretations of policy and authorizations
for special programs should not appear in the basic policy paper, but
rather should be included in the planning and programming papers which
will be prepared next. Examples of such program decisions which
should not be included in the basic policy paper appear in paragraphs 9,
10, and 11 of our d ft
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