305. Record of Actions Taken at the National Security Council Standing Group Meeting0
Washington,
January 26,
1962.
[Here follows Item 1 on Iran.]
Item 2—Status of NSC 5704/3, “U.S. Economic Defense Policy,” approved September 16, 1957,1 and NSC Action No. 2304-b, approved October 5, 19602
(Mr. Foy D. Kohler, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, was present for this Item.)
- (a)
- Noted that the Secretary of State will initiate a review of the subject policy paper with a view to its possible recision and replacement by a new policy document.
- (b)
- Noted that the Secretary of State will circulate the Presidential decisions taken following a recent meeting on export trade policy with respect to licensing exports to the Soviet Bloc.3
[Here follow Item 3 on Proposal of Communist China to Buy U.S. Wheat, Item 4 on Albania, and Item 5 on Laos.]
- Source: Department of State,S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, NSC Standing Group—January 26, 1962. Secret. No record of the NSC Standing Group meeting has been found.↩
- Text in Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. X, pp. 495–498.↩
- Text ibid., 1958–1960, vol. IV, pp. 213–214.↩
- See footnote 1, Document 306.↩