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some of the Arab states had manifested such opposition. Accordingly, Mr. Dulles felt that the effects of the conference over the years
might turn ont to be not as serious as now appeared to be the case.
Nasser Himself had been disturbed about the conduct of the conference, and had made some effort to moderate its extreme views.
Mr. Allen Dulles reminded the Council that the elections
in Guatemala would be coming off in two weeks, and that the situa-
tion was still very confused.
The extreme rightist candidate,
Ydigoras, has refused to withdraw fram the contest. On the other
hang, Cruz Salazar, the middle-of-the-road candidate, has now
reached en agreement with the Army. It was possible, therefore,
that he might succeed in being elected, though Mr. Dulles still
felt that no one of the three candidates would achieve a mijority
and that the outcome would have to be decided by the Guatemlan
Parliament.
The National Security Council:
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Noted and discussed an oral briefing by the Director of
Central Intelligence on the subject, with specific reference to the situations in Indonesia and Venezuela; the
Afro-Asian conference in Cairo; and the forthcoming elections in Guatemala.
{The President, who was slightly delayed,
arrived at the meeting as the Director of
Central Intelligence was finishing his
briefing, at about 9:15 a.n../
2.
U. 8. POLICY ON CONTROLOF ARMAMENTS
(NSCAction No. 1419; NSC Action No. 1513 snd Annex thereto;
NSC Action No. 1553 and Annex thereto; NSC 5707/8; NSC Actions
Nos. 1676 and 1722; Memos for NSC from Executive Secretary
same subject, dated December 26, 1957, and January 3, 1958)
Mr. Cutler introduced Governor Stassen, and gave a brief
background statement on Governor Stassen's "Proposals for the Revision of U. 3. Policy on Disarmament". (A copy of Mr. Cutler's comments is filed in the minutes of the meeting. )
Governor Stassen then coumented briefly on the substantive
recomiendation for a revision in the "Proposals for Partial Measures
of Disarmament" which had been made by the United States » the United
Kingdom, France and Canada in London last August. Governor Stassen
stated his belief that his three specific recommendations for revision of the August proposals would not only have the support of the
other NATO governments, but of almost all other Free World countries.
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