794A.5 MSP/10–154
No. 314
The Director of the Office of
Military Assistance, Department of Defense (Stewart) to the Special Assistant to
the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs (Nolting)
top secret
Washington, October 1, 1954.
Subject:
- Priority of Shipments to NGRC
- 1.
- In order to increase the capability of the Chinese Nationalists to cope with emergencies which may arise due to Chinese Communists attacks, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have requested that priority be accorded the NGRC for allocation and shipment of material against approved programs for that country.
- 2.
- The Department of Defense has approved the request of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has directed the three Military Departments to place the NGRC in first priority. This adjustment of priority is intended to apply only to that material listed by the Chief, MAAG, Formosa, as effecting present combat operations of NGRC forces.
- 3.
- A similar memorandum has been furnished the Director of Foreign Operations for his information.
J. K. Wilson,
Jr.
for G. C. Stewart
Major General, U.S. Army