U. S. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD WHICH MAY AFFECT THE WAR POTENTIAL OF THE SOVIET BLOC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00662R000300070016-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: April 10, 1951
• Content Type: MF

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
COPY NO. 57
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April 10, 1951 g 7
MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: U. S. Policies and Programs in the Economic
Field Which May Affect the War Potential of
the Soviet Bloc
REFERENCE : NSC 104/2
At the request of the Secretary of Defense, the
attached views and comments of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with
respect to the reference report on the subject are circulated
herewith for the information of the National Security Council
in connection with Council consideration of NSC 104/2 at its
meeting on April 11, 1951.
JAMES S. LAY, Jr.
Executive Secretary
cc: The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of Commerce
The Director of Defense Mobilization
The Economic Cooperation Administrator
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
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C OPY SECRET
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
Washington 25, D. C.
10 April 1951
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Subject: U. S. Policies and Programs in the
Economic Field Which May Affect the
War Potential of the Soviet Bloc
1. With reference to your memorandum dated 5 April 1951
above subject, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from the military point
of view, have no objection to those United States policies which
are proposed in NSC 101+/2. They note the omission of any
reference to Hong Kong and Macao in this paper but understand
that the problem of those two localities is being handled as a
separate study. The Joint Chiefs of Staff believe that that
study should recommend that the interim policy of the Department
of Commerce for processing export licenses and applications for
Hong Kong and Macao be approved without substantive modification
as United States policy.
2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff urge that the policies in
NSC 104/2 be applied stringently and that new methods be sought
to curtail exports to the Soviet bloc.
For the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
/s/ General Omar N. Bradley
OMAR N. BRADLEY,
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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