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185. Memorandum From the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)1

Washington, January 10, 1957.

SUBJECT

  • U.S. Adherence to the Baghdad Pact

With reference to my memorandum to the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, dated 14 November 1956,2 subject as above, I am of the opinion that my recommendation contained in that memorandum has been overtaken by the Joint Resolution on the Middle East as proposed by the President. Accordingly, I recommend that the subject be deleted from the NSC Tentative Agenda, where it is currently listed as an item awaiting consideration.

C.E. Wilson3
  1. Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5428 Memos. Top Secret. Attached to a January 17 memorandum from Lay to the National Security Council that indicates the President approved Secretary Wilson’s recommendation contained in this memorandum.↩
  2. See footnote 3, Document 141.↩
  3. Printed from a copy that bears this typed signature.↩