ae woe ee 7 7! ew 7 - tee we 4 -_<. ote : t . . . ‘ tee - .. co ee Le : . -. . ; . * .~ . me Ee ey ate rt , : moe i earn ¥ . tr eee See ™ . : we . ac rw veeeae ewe ee TS bie wee bw ay u G tae ‘ . My dongs gney ge ECV POO by ea! Hes abees en March 19, 1953 Mm CRANDUN SUZJECT: Discussion at the 137th Meeting of the Wationel Security Council on Wednesday, _ vereh lu, 1750 =e eren 7 LU, oS 1953 wy BEST COPY AVAILABLE Present at the 137tb meeting of the Council were the Fresi- Gene ef the United States, cresidine; the Vice President of the United States; the Under Seeratarv of State; the Secretary of Defense, end tne Director for Mutual Security. Aiso present were the Secretary of the Treasury; the Secretary of Commerce (for Items 1 and 2): the Di- rector, Bureat of the Budvéit; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Larinistrative Assistant to the Presicent for KMational Security Kate ters; the Specia issistant to vhe President for Cold War Cperations; the Military Liaison Officer; the Executive Secretary, NSC; and the Deputy ixecutive Secrevarv, SC. Various staff members Zrom the De-~ porvment of State, the Done cment of Defense, the Department of Com- merce, DMS, NS4, and CIA, were also present to assist their principals auring the ciscussion cof Items 1 and 1c, © Ne POLICILS £7 PNCGRAIS IN Tha ECONOHWIC FPISLD WilCh MAY APFECT TID WAR FOBLN TIGA Of (ES SCVILT BLCt c! i Tnere Follows 2 raneral account of the main positions talcen and the chier points made av this kis meeting. ro7ress nerort, dated daruary 1S, 1953, iy the Secretery of ate and the Director for Mutual Security on MSC 104/2) Mr. Cutler introduced the first iter: on the atenda, and in- formed the Council that the Director for Nutual Security would brief them on the reference Prosrecs Report, with the assistence of a briefr- ing team which would answer detailed questions. vith the assistance of charts, Governor Stassen proceeded to summarize the written report which he had distributed to them at the beginning of the mectins. The major issues covered by Governor Stas- sents briefing included levels of general (stratesic and non-strate Sisdrtions EXEMPTED wrade between the free worlc and the Soviet Dlocs the trade of corteiBy19356 sec. 13 aC specified countries with the Soviets; an index of volume of trade betveen Eastern surope and Western Luronpe prior to Worle War IT end M edtr Te Since the end of the war; merchant shipping involved in trade of all if lsfeo types with Communist China; licensing of stratectic materials for ex- NLE DATE port to the Soviet bioc by the Zuropeen CCCOM countries; and the problem of the so-called "prior commitments". Governor Ste ssen's presen~ tation ended with a discussion based on charts of what seemed to kim DECLASSIFIED Authority MR 18-93 # 2 ws nig lg.