Memorandum Regarding Department of Defense Paper

DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 3(D) " Depr. of State letter, 3-31-76 than FOP FOCRET PEOTECT NLT 74-11 conf Friday , July 14, Ba NLT, HC MARS Dala 8.4.2 950 2:25pmarthy Secretary said after discussing Defense paper, th t he 186-c did not see how it could be incorporated into message in its present form. Secretary thought that what could be said were 328 the following four points: 1. What we do about forces. 2. Hov much money 3. Production is going to be started in a big way. 4. We are stepping up our assistance to the allies, as they are stepping up their efforts (if that is true). . That we are going to do our part. There followed a great deal of discussion of what should be said on fourth point - whether there should be a decidedly encouraging note struck; whether they should be told that the show is partly theirs, that we are not bearing entire brunt; to what extent the message. should spell out the effect on MDAP of material now soing to Korea. Secretary summed up what he thought should go in as follows: In our concern to perform our full part in meeting the 3. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL AND crisis which has arisen out of the Korean aggression, we RECORDS N SERVICE*4 have not lost sight for a moment of the necessity of doing our full part to strengthen the defenses of the free world in other areas. The matter of the defenses of the North Atlantic 3 Treaty area was considered as a matter of great urgency by the Council of Foreign Ministers in London. Recent