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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 28, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. US Ambassadors survey world situation.--The US Ambas-
sadors to European nations meeting in Rome, in reviewing
the world situation as it affects the US, have agreed that
the Western Powers should intensify their efforts to check-
mate Soviet aggressive action throughout the world. The
US Ambassadors urge, in line with these intensified anti-
Communist efforts by the West, that.- (a) the US launch a
vigorous propaganda campaign to recapture for the West
the leadership in the world movement for peace; and (b) the
North Atlantic Treaty (NAT) Council be convened early in
May to consider the establishment within the NAT system
of a "strong, high-level means of direction." The Ambas-
sadors strongly suggest that serious thought be given to
utilizing German material and supplies in building the de-
fense of Western Europe and that the relationship of the US
and UK throughout the world be clarified, including the UK's
role in European affairs. The Ambassadors are convinced
that the preservation of Southeast Asia from Communism
should be a cardinal point of US policy, and believe it is of
the utmost urgency to take steps to hold that area.
State Dept. review completed
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