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    "ocrText": "E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) 95,142\nDept. of State letter,\n4731373 SECHI\nBy NLT- He NARS Date 4-27-76\n- 2 -\nis\nthe matter of arms for Europe, since his Inaugural Mes-\nsage one measure after another had been put before the\nMAP legislation, and the matter. was now coming before\nthe House in its closing months, ao that the charge would\nbe made that, while the Executive Branch could take plenty\nof time to consider the matter, the Legislative Branch W as\nnot permitted to do 30.\nOn this branch of the argument he thought it highly\ndesirable that some common ground should be found on\nwhich the non-partisan group and the Administration could\nmeet.\nThe second part of the argument had to do with the\nmerits of the bill. Here he thought that in order to\nbuild up over s. period of time arms strength in Western\nEurope it Was quite as important to start right as to\nstart quickly. By \"starting right\" he mant that we\nshould use to the fullest extent possible the North\nAtlantic machinery. A little delay in time, he thought,\nwould pay dividends in the end by getting more- constant\nsupport for a program which would, he was sure, have to\nlast over deveral years.\nHe, therefore, thought that the program should con-\ntain the funds required for the non-Atlentic Pact coun-\ntries, as already provided. In regard to the Atlantic\nPact countries, WG should have sufficient funds to get the\nprogram in operation and to keep it operating until, say,\nFebruary or Varch, 1950, at which time it should be pos-\nsible to have recommendations from the Atlantic Pact\nmachinery on which Congress could take definitive action.\nFrom this point of view he thought that the bill could\ninclude the surplus and the $77,000,000 required for its\nrehabilitation, such amounts as were necessary to provide\nthe immediate need for electronic warning equipment and\nthe equipment for mining the Skagerrak, etc., and possibly"
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