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Discussed the subject, and procedures for further
Council action thereon, in the light of comments by
the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Noted that the Department of Defense and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff would confer with the Department of
State in the preparation of a plan for a coordinated
study by the Departments of State and Defense pursu-
ant to NSC Action No. 1842-g-(4); and would make the
terms of reference for the study sufficiently broad
to include consideration of the entire range of U. 5.
and allied capabilities for limited military operations.
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The action in b above, as approved by the President,
subsequently transmitted to the Secretary of Defense
for appropriate implementation, and to the Secretary
of State and the Chairman, JCS, for information.
2. LONG-RANGE U. 8. POLICY TOWARD THE NEAR EAST
(NSC 5425; NIE 30-2-57; Memo for NSC from Acting Executive Secretary, subject: "Military Implications of Joint Resolution 117
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on the Middle East", dated June 27, 1957; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject: "Military Implications of Joint
Resolution 117 on the Middle East", dated July 16, 1957; NSC
Action No. 1753; Memo for NSC from Acting Executive Secretary,
subject: "U. 5. Military Capabilities to Meet Situations Arising in the Middle East", dated August 5, 1957; NSC Action No.
1771; NSC 5801; Staff Study on NSC 5801; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject: “Long-Range U. S. Policy Toward the
Near East", dated January 20, 1958)
General Cutler briefed the Council at very great length
and in great detail on the contents of the proposed new statement
of policy toward the Near East.
(A copy of General Cutler's brief-
ing note is filed in the minutes of the meeting, and another copy
is attached to this memorandun. )
Thereafter, General Cutler called attention to the most
significant split in views in Nsc 5801, which occurred at the begin-
ning of paragraph 30, reading as follows:
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