Contains transcripts and minutes of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings held from Jan. 25 through July 2, 1951. Transcribed hearings are. a. Resolution on deployment of U.S. ground troops in NATO nations. Jan. 25, Feb. 15, 16, Mar. 1, 2, 5-8, 13, 1951. pages 1-10, 47-258, 299-342. Includes discussions of Presidential, congressional, and JCS authority regarding the commitment of U.S. troops abroad, the relative advantages of air, naval, and ground forces, and the military aid program's impact on the defense budget. Classified material has been deleted. born Briefing on French Prime Minister Rene Pleven's impending visit to U.S. Jan. 26, 1951. pages 11-26. Includes discussion of France's role in European military and economic relations. c. Aid to India. Jan. 26, 1951. pages 27-46. Includes discussion of Indian famine and need for long-term grant-loan of grain. d. Briefing on Japanese peace treaty negotiations. Mar. 9, 1951. pages 259-297. Discussion of Philippine war claims settlement and prospects for a Pacific area mutual defense pact. e. Briefing on Latin American Foreign Ministers meeting concerning the Korean War mobilization's potential impact on the Latin American economy. Mar. 20, 1951. pages 343-358. Includes discussion of political situation in Argentina. f. Indian Emergency Food Aid Act of 1951. Apr. 16-20, 1951. pages 359-527. Includes discussion of Indian mineral resource production and embargo against the U.S., its reduction of burlap exports, and other aspects of Indian-U.S. relations and Indian foreign economic relations. Classified material has been deleted. g. Briefing on the situation in Germany. June 26, 1951. pages 529-534. Includes assessment of German-U.S., German-Soviet, and German-European relations. h. Briefing on Korean War cease-fire and peace talks proposal. July 2, 1951. pages 535-557. Includes discussion of Soviet U.N. Representative Jacob Malik's statement on the need for a Korean armistice and General Matthew B. Ridgway's response.

Contains transcripts of certain Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings and minutes of Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive sessions held from Jan. 13 through Sept. 17, 1958. Transcribed hearings are. a. Briefing on foreign political developments and U.S. foreign policy. Jan. 9, 1958. pages 1-57. Includes discussion of progress on disarmament issues. born U.S. defense policies. Feb. 3, 1958. pages 63-74. Restores deletions made to published "Review of Foreign Policy, 1958" hearings. c. Briefing on Soviet Union political, military, and economic conditions. Feb. 7, 1958. pages 77-124. Includes discussions of Soviet space programs, of Soviet relations with the People's Republic of China, and of Soviet foreign policies and programs. Classified material has been deleted. d. Nomination of John M. Allison to be Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Mar. 11, 1958. pages 133-141. Focuses on his previous performance as Ambassador to Indonesia. e. Mutual Security Act of 1958. Mar. 21, 26, 28, May 21, 22, 23, 1958. pages 147-154, 157-199, 285-454. Restores deletions made to published 1958 hearings. Includes discussion of NATO and committee mark-up sessions. f. Establishment of a subcommittee to review U.S. Latin American policies. May 16, 20, 1958. pages 201-216, 257-283. Committee action is in response to anti-American violence encountered on Vice President Nixon's tour of the region. g. Briefing on Nixon Latin American Tour anti-American demonstrations. May 19, 1958. pages 217-255. Includes discussion of communist activities in Latin America. h. Authorization of a study on U.S. foreign policy. June 26, July 1, 1958. pages 461-488. Includes discussion of foreign policy issues in Middle East. i. Nomination of Charles W. Yost to be Ambassador to Morocco and review of Lebanon crises and U.S. troop deployment. July 15, 1958. pages 491-517. j. Briefings on Lebanon crises. July 16, 23-25, 28-31, Aug. 1, 4, 6, 8, 13, 1958. pages 519-748, 755-763. Classified material has been deleted. k. Authorization of U.S. Information Agency sale of radio transmitter to Radio Liberation, a covert CIA effort directed toward the Soviet Union, Aug. 12, 1958. pages 749-754. leaves Briefing on Cuban revolution. Dec. 31, 1958. Includes discussion of possible U.S. military intervention in Cuba for protection of U.S. assets and citizens.

Contains transcripts of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings held from Jan. 14 through June 25, 1952. Transcribed hearings are. a. Foreign policy briefing by Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Jan. 14, 1952. pages 1-36. Includes discussion of U.S. policy in Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, Soviet-U.S. relations, and the status of the Korean War cease-fire. born NATO Treaty amendment to admit Greece and Turkey. Jan. 15, 1952. pages 37-59. Includes discussion of NATO treaty's applicability to British troops at Suez Canal. c. Briefing on India by Ambassador Chester Bowles. Jan. 16, 1952. pages 61-93. Includes discussion of India-U.S. relations and progress of food assistance program. d. Briefing on NATO by Director of Mutual Security, W. Averell Harriman. Jan. 17, 1952. pages 95-118. Includes discussion of U.S. commitment to NATO forces. e. Ratification of Japanese peace treaty and Pacific area security treaties. Feb. 5, 1952. pages 119-140. f. Briefing on Europe. Feb. 8, 1952. pages 141-161. Includes preview of issues to be discussed at London and Lisbon talks, and discussion of French-German relations, barriers to German participation in the European defense program, and guerrilla warfare in French Indochina. g. Briefing on London and Lisbon Conferences between British, French, German, and U.S. Foreign Ministers. Mar. 3, 1952. pages 163-188. Includes discussion of German contributions to NATO and the progress of the European Defense Community negotiations. h. Nomination of George F. Kennan to be Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Mar. 12, 1952. pages 189-219. Includes discussion of the Soviet Union's internal politics and foreign policy, and an assessment of the U.S. policy of containment. i. Mutual Security Act of 1952. Apr. 16-18, 21, 23, 28, 30, May 27, 1952. pages 221-426, 457-466. Includes discussion of the reduction and redistribution of the economic and military aid program. j. Briefing on the Far East situation by General Matthew B. Ridgway. May 22, 1952. pages 427-456. Focuses on the Korean War cease-fire and armistice negotiations. k. Resolution and constitutional amendment to limit executive branch treaty-making authority. May 27, 1952. pages 457-466. leaves Ratification of treaty defining German-U.S.-European relations, and NATO treaty amendment establishing the European Defense Community. June 2, 23-25, 1952. pages 467-612. Includes discussion of U.S. and German participation in the European Defense Community, and the President's authority to send U.S. troops abroad.