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The following were present at the 354th Council meeting:
The President of the United States, presiding; the Vice President
of the United States; the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; and the Director, Office of Defense Mobilization. Also
present were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Attorney General;
the Director, Bureau of the Budget; the Special Assistant to the
President for Atomic Energy; the Deputy Secretary of Defense; General Thomas D. White for the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
the Director of Central Intelligence; the Deputy Assistant to the
President; the Director, U. S. Information Agency; the Director,
International Cooperation Administration; the Special Assistants
to the President for Foreign Economic Policy, for Information Projects, for National Security Affairs, for Science and Technology,
and for Security Operations Coordination; the White House Staff
Secretary; Assistant Secretary of State Smith; Bryce N. Harlow,
Administrative Assistant to the President; the Executive Secretary, NSC; anithe Deputy Executive Secretary, NSC.
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There follows a summary of the discussion at the meeting
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REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON HIS RECENT TRIP TO
THE NEAR EAST
Secretary Dulles stated that the Baghdad Pact meeting had
been satisfactory. While it had been-.shaky at the start, we had
ended stronger than we began. If the United States had not undertaken a very active part in the proceedings and accepted a very
positive role, the whole thing would have fallen apart. Secretary
Dulles said he had cut out all references to the role of the United
States as an observer at the meeting and, indeed, had taken a
atronger part than had ever before been played by the United States.
He had pointed out to the Pact members that the commitments of the
United States were at least as strong as the commitments of the
Pact members themselves. He had emphasized the Eisenhower Doctrine
as the chief raison d'etre of our presence there. These points of
view had been well received by the other delegates.
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