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SECURITY INFORMATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON

COPY NO.4

September 11, 1953

MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT:	Further United States Support for France and the Associated States of Indochina
REFERENCES:	A.	Memos for NSC from Executive Secretary, same subject, dated August 5 and September 8, 1953
	B.	NSC Action No. 897

The following actions on the subject by the National Security Council, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget, at the Council meeting on September 9, 1953, (NSC Action No. 897) as subsequently approved by the President, are transmitted herewith for the information of the Council. The recommendation in b below has been referred to the Secretaries of State and Defense and the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration for appropriate action.

a.

Noted and discussed the memorandum from the Department of State on the subject enclosed with the reference memorandum of September 8, 1953, including the September 1 memorandum from the French Government and the report that the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, concur in the opinion that the proposed French program holds promise of success and can be implemented effectively.

b.

Agreed to recommend to the President:

(1)	The granting of additional assistance, not to exceed $385 million or its equivalent in local currency, as requested by the French, on the following basis:

(a)	The United States Government should obtain assurances to the effect that the French Government is determined:

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