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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nCouncil was recommended as the \"administering authority\". )\n6. The Joint Chief's of Staff are of the opinion from the mil- -\nitary point of view that:\na. As a matter of national security, an international po-\nlice force for Jerusalem should not be made up of contingents\nsupplied by certain governments.\nb. An international police force for Jerusalem recruited\nas individuals by the Secretary-General of the United Nations\nis less objectionable from a U. S. security viewpoint than a\nabove, since Soviet personnel that might be recruited would\nenter Palestine as individuals and not as Soviet troops.\nC. It is considered highly undesirable that American citi-\nzens be employed in a Jerusalem international police force,\neither as private individuals recruited by the Secretary-General\nor as members of the United States armed service, although\ntheir employment as private individuals would be less preju-\ndicial to United States security interests than the use for\npeace enforcement in Palestine of United States armed forces.\nThe Joint Chiefs of Staff have also suggested that, from the mili-\ntary viewpoint, a possible method of providing the necessary police\nforce would be to have this force recruited and administered by the\n\"administering authority\" rather than by the Secretary-General of\nthe United Nations.\n7. Should there be adopted the alternative of forming the\nJerusalem police force from contingents supplied by governments,\nNSC 27/3\n- 3 -\npop SECRET"
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