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Papers, 1953-61
(Ann Whitman file)
5.
U. 8S. POLICY TOWARD AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SSHARA PRIOR TO CALENDAR
YEAR 1960
(WIE 72-56; Memo for NSC from Executive Secretary, subject: "Report to the President on the Vice President's Visit to Africa",
dated April 22, 1957; NSC 5719; Nemo for NSC from Executive Sec-
retary, same subject, dated August 20, 1957)
Mr. Cutler briefed the Council in very considereble detail
on the highlights of N3C 5719. He noted that the Joint Chiefs of
Staff had concurred in the draft statenent of policy, and that the
revort contained no split views. He then asked the Vice President,
ag the "father" of this new policy on Africa, to make any comments
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a tendency on our pert to get out of solving problems by means of ordering further studies. He wes at a loss to know what develoments
were going te change the attitude of the Black Africans toward racisn
or colonialism in the period of the next thirty months.
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Mr. Cutler asked General Cebell if he would undertake to ansuer the Vice President's question. General Catell offered a cautious
statenent in favor of the proposed stucy as a contribution to the general fund of information available on Africa. This, he felt, <~as more
sisnificant than the study's contribution to any specific policy acvicns by the U. S. Government.
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The Director of the International Coot2ration Administration
asked at this point if he micht mate an observation. Mr. Hollister
pointed ont that on the economic side, one of the bigsest problens
confronting the U. §. Government wes how to provide effective eid to
those arees which were not likely in the near future to emerge from
their present colonial status. He expressed the view thet it was
wasteful for the United States to try, for example, to do much in the
Belgien Congo, and recocmzenéed that we concentrate our assistance eiwher on the independent countries of Africa or on areas which vere
exerging into ind=ypendence.
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