JOURNAL OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 11 MARCH 1952

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• Publication Date: March 11, 1952
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Journal
Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 11 March 1952
STATINTL
1. Discussed with Messrs. I_ Iouston, HanseISTATINTL
the proposed draft of the special migration assistance act of 1952
and agreed on the position which we would recommend in this con-
nection.
2. Mr. Sam Berger, Special Assistant to the Mutual Security
Director Harriman, requested that I attend a meeting to consider
steps to be taken concerning the House Foreign Affairs Committee
staff memorandum on manpower provisions of Mutual Security Act
of 1951. Mr. Berger felt that there were certain phrases in the
memorandum which should not be circulated, and the Committee has
agreed to recall it and reissue it with changes. Those present at
the meeting were Messrs. Pforzheimer and 0 CIA; Graves ancF)TATINTL
STATINTL Dawson, State;= PSB; and Hoopes, Defense. It was obvious that
Berger had provided the Committee staff with information before
proper clearance with other agencies, which resulted in this unfor-
tunate publication, and he suggested certain textual changes, includ-
ing pointing out the fact that the ethnic military units should be
attached to the U. S. Army and not to NATO. The Kersten amend-
ment considers these as potential aggre~bive forces, whereas NATO
is purely defensive. Mr. Pforzheimer pointed out, and Mr. Hoopes
concurred, that it would be illegal to attach ethnic units to the army
because of the Lodge Act requirement of alien integration. After
further discussion, Mr. Pforzheimer strongly recommended that
the staff study section on implementation, pages 6 to 11, should be
deleted completely from any staff study that was issued, for reasons
of security. It was recommended by him, and unanimously approved
by all except Mr. Berger, who agreed that he would be bound by the
decision that he recommend that Mr. Harriman request Chairman
fah Richards to eliminate this section completely with the proviso that
when this section came up for discussion before the Committee the
STATINTL appropriate witnesses would supply the Committee with the necessary
details on a coordinated basis. has requested me to discuss
this item, as well as item 1, with Mr. Dulles.
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Subsequently, Mr. Berger informed me that Mr. Crawford
felt that there should be some inclusion of the "implementation"
section in the text of the memorandum, and Mr. Berger proposed
to draft such a section for our concurrence.
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