General United States Foreign Economic Policy 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. I, Part 1, pp. 45 ff.


1. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Cullen) to the Members of the Council

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.0041/11–2155. President Eisenhower established the Council on Foreign Economic Policy on December 11, 1954, appointing as its chairman Joseph M. Dodge, former Director of the Bureau of the Budget. The text of Eisenhower’s letter to Dodge of December 11, 1954, is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954, (Washington, 1960), p. 348.


2. Letter From C.D. Jackson to the President’s Special Assistant (Rockefeller)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administrative Series, Rockefeller, NELSON, 1952–1955. C.D. Jackson, former Special Assistant to the President, February 16, 1953–March 31, 1954, was a member of a panel of leading Americans of various backgrounds to study psychological aspects of U.S. political, military, and economic strategy in the world. The panel’s work began in August 1954 principally as a result of Rockefeller’s urging.


3. Letter From the President to the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Personal.


4. Study Prepared by the Policy Planning Staff

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Chairman Records. Confidential.


6. Memorandum of a Conversation, Washington, July 20, 1956

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 100.4/7–2056. Confidential.


7. Report by the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Harlow Records. Secret. The actual title is “Report on Foreign Economic Policy Discussions Between United States Officials in Europe and Clarence B. Randall and Associates, September 1956.”


8. Report by the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Harlow Records. Secret. The exact title is “Report on Foreign Economic Policy Discussions between United States Officials in the Far East and Clarence B. Randall and Associates, December 1956.” The report was forwarded to Bryce Harlow under cover of a letter from CFEP Secretary Cullen dated January 14, 1957. Ibid.)


10. Report by the Working Group of the Subcommittee on Soviet Economic Penetration

Source: Washington National Records Center, ICA Director’s Files: FRC 61 A 32, Box 315, Finance–Investments. Confidential. The actual title is “Report of the Working Group of the Subcommittee on Soviet Economic Penetration Proposing an Action Program on Increasing the Efforts of Private Industry in Underdeveloped Areas to Strengthen Such Areas Against Soviet Penetration.”


11. Minutes of a Meeting of the Subcommittee on Soviet Economic Penetration, Executive Office Building, Washington, March 26, 1957

Source: Washington National Records Center, ICA Director’s Files: FRC 61 A 32, Box 35, Finance–Investments. Confidential.


12. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Soviet Economic Penetration (Siefkin) to the Members of the Subcommittee

Source: Washington National Records Center, ICA Director’s File: FRC 61 A 32, Box 35, Finance–Investments. Confidential. Sent to McClellan, Kalijarvi, FitzGerald, Glendinning, and Amory.


13. Letter From the President’s Deputy Assistant (Persons) to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade Policy (Boggs)

Source: Eisenhower Library, CFEP Records. Official Use Only. Formerly the Subcommittee on Customs, Tariffs and Reciprocal Trade of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade Policy was reestablished by the 85th Congress to conduct a study of U.S. foreign trade in the context of general U.S. foreign economic policy. One of the subcommittee’s objectives was to consider questions relating to the extension of the Trade Agreements Act of 1955, scheduled to expire on June 30, 1958.


15. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Sprague) to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Department of State, ECFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282a, Soviet Economic Expansion—CFEP 560. Confidential.


16. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall) to the Members of the Council

Source: Department of State, ECFEP Files: Lot 61 D 282A, Soviet Economic Expansion—CFEP 560. Confidential.