Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, South and Southeast Asia, Volume XV

365. Editorial Note

At the 416th meeting of the National Security Council on August 6, the Council discussed a new draft statement of policy on South Asia, NSC 5909. One of the major areas of disagreement concerned the question of military assistance to Pakistan. A memorandum of discussion is printed as Document 4. The draft statement of policy was amended and approved by the President on August 21 as NSC 5909/1; see Document 6.