coy fh. = fo F oe ® far ah . a) TRA we HG a Be, you interim or eventual status of Cyprus. Secretary Bowie seid that it was conceivable that a guarantee arrangement might be concluded some timed in the future, especially if the United States would participate. State was not asking that the NSC now approve U. 3. participation in a guarantee, but had suggested paragraph 12 of the Supplement in order to alert the Council to the problem. He gaid State would be prepared to amend the wording of the paragraph so that the phrase "be prepared to give serious consideration to participating" would replace the phrase "be prepared to participate”. The National Security Council: &. Discussed the draft statement of policy on the subject contained in the Supplement to HSC 5718, in the light of the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as reported at the meeting. b. Noted the suggestion by the Department of State that the last sentence of paragraph 12 of the Supplement to NSC 5718 be amended by revising the phrase "be prepared to participate" to read "be prepared to give serious consideration to participating". c. Noted the President's statement that the statement of policy contained in the Supplement to NSC 5718, as amended above, should be referred to the Secretary of State for his use in the conduct of future U. 8. foreign relations with respect to the Cyprus dispute. NOTE: ‘The Supplement to NSC 5718, as amended by b above, subsequently referred to the Secretary of State pursuant to the President's action in ¢ above. 9. GERMANY, EAST GERMANY and BERLIN Supplement (isc 160/1; Supplement to NSC 160/1; NSC 5404/1; Progress Reports, dated July 17, 1957, by OCB on NSC 160/1, Supplement to NSC 160/1, and NSC 5404/1) Mr. Dearborn briefed the Council on the reference Progress Reports (copy of briefing note filed in the minutes of the meeting). armed forces. The plan to have 518,000 men in these forces by the end of 1959 had been scaled down to planning for 340,000 men by that time. The United States had 250,000 military men in Germany and another 150,000 dependents and civilians. He did not feel Germany was doing what it could and should do to contribute to KATO strength, and was very much concerned by the situation. . 1k - So, Eb QP SECr” . ae ob tte hy ial ~ + | REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. EISEWBOWER LIBRARY ° Admiral Radford said the comments he was about to mke were his own, not those of the JCS. He wished first to highlight the great reductions that had been made in plans for the German ll een prea Jf 1 ew pid