U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-533-7-12-9
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 8, 1974
• Content Type: MEMO

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
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National Security Study Memorandum 211
TO:
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS
APPLY
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of State
The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: U. S. Security Assistance to the Republic of Korea
The President has requested a study of our Security Assistance
Program for the Republic of Korea. The study should define basic
U. S. objectives as regards our security assistance- to South Korea,
and should then set forth the policy optionsthat will give effect to
these objectives.
The study should assume no significant changes in the level or missions
of U. S. forces in the Republic of Korea during the period of transition
to new security arrangements following the termination of the United
Nations Command.
The study should include, but nn_necessarily be limited to, consideration
of the following issue; :
- Should a termination date be set for grant military assistance,
and if so, what should.that date be?
-- Should the rate of shift from grant military assistance to
FMS credits, defined in NSDM 227, be accelerated and, if so, what
should the new rate be?
What types and numbers of high performance aircraft should
be included in the Korean Force Modernization Program?
Modernization Program for the Republic of Korea prescribed in
NSDM 12 9?
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 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/03/24: LOC-HAK-533-7-12-9
1974, for review by the NSC Senior Review Group prior to its considera-
East Asia. The study should be submitted no later than November 1,
The study should be prepared by the NSC Interdepartmental Group for
tion by the President.
cc: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
TOP SECRET / (GDS)
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