United States Senates Foreign Policy

Considers legislation to establish a National Foreign Affairs Academy, Foreign Service Academy, Freedom Academy, or Freedom Commission.

Contains transcripts and minutes of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings held from Jan. 25 through July 2, 1951. Transcribed hearings are. a. Resolution on deployment of U.S. ground troops in NATO nations. Jan. 25, Feb. 15, 16, Mar. 1, 2, 5-8, 13, 1951. pages 1-10, 47-258, 299-342. Includes discussions of Presidential, congressional, and JCS authority regarding the commitment of U.S. troops abroad, the relative advantages of air, naval, and ground forces, and the military aid program's impact on the defense budget. Classified material has been deleted. born Briefing on French Prime Minister Rene Pleven's impending visit to U.S. Jan. 26, 1951. pages 11-26. Includes discussion of France's role in European military and economic relations. c. Aid to India. Jan. 26, 1951. pages 27-46. Includes discussion of Indian famine and need for long-term grant-loan of grain. d. Briefing on Japanese peace treaty negotiations. Mar. 9, 1951. pages 259-297. Discussion of Philippine war claims settlement and prospects for a Pacific area mutual defense pact. e. Briefing on Latin American Foreign Ministers meeting concerning the Korean War mobilization's potential impact on the Latin American economy. Mar. 20, 1951. pages 343-358. Includes discussion of political situation in Argentina. f. Indian Emergency Food Aid Act of 1951. Apr. 16-20, 1951. pages 359-527. Includes discussion of Indian mineral resource production and embargo against the U.S., its reduction of burlap exports, and other aspects of Indian-U.S. relations and Indian foreign economic relations. Classified material has been deleted. g. Briefing on the situation in Germany. June 26, 1951. pages 529-534. Includes assessment of German-U.S., German-Soviet, and German-European relations. h. Briefing on Korean War cease-fire and peace talks proposal. July 2, 1951. pages 535-557. Includes discussion of Soviet U.N. Representative Jacob Malik's statement on the need for a Korean armistice and General Matthew B. Ridgway's response.

Considers (81) S. Res. 243.