United States International Transportation and Communications Policy1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. I, Part 1, pp. 385 ff.


170. Current Economic Developments

Source: Department of State, Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 647. Secret. Regarding Current Economic Developments, see Document 25.


171. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Hughes)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.72/1–1056. Official Use Only.


173. Memorandum From the Director of the Executive Secretariat (Howe) to Albert P. Toner, Assistant to the Staff Secretary at the White House

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.72/9–156. Official Use Only. Drafted by Alan G. James, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, on August 31.


175. Current Economic Developments

Source: Department of State, Current Economic Developments: Lot 70 D 467. Secret.


176. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Harris)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.721/4–957.


177. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (Durfee)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.0094/7–1257. Confidential.


178. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Magnuson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.72/4–1157.


179. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Harris)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.40/7–957.


180. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Harris)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911.721/7–957. A similar letter was sent to Senator Magnuson on September 9. (Ibid.)


182. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5726 Series. Secret.


183. National Security Council Statement

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5726 Series. Secret. A cover sheet and table of contents are not printed. The National Security Council adopted NSC 5726/1 on December 9 and President Eisenhower approved it the same day, designating the Operations Coordinating Board as the coordinating agency for the policy. (Note of December 9 from Lay to the members of the NSC; ibid.)

On April 2, 1958, the NSC adopted a proposed new paragraph 31, prepared by the NSC Planning Board. (Memorandum of April 7, 1958, from Gleason to members of the NSC; ibid.) The source text includes the new paragraph 31, and all remaining paragraphs are renumbered.