NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY


       (1) Finland or Afghanistan: The United States should it-
     self take no military action in these countries to oppose the
     aggression. The emphasis of the action taken would be placed
     upon political and psychological measures, which, in the case of
     Afghanistan would include efforts to induce Pakistan and India
     to take a leading role.
       (2) Yugoslavia: The United States should implement exist-
     ing policy (NSC 18/4)10 pending a review of that policy, with
     the purpose of denying to the USSR effective control of this
     country.
       (3) Greece or Turkey: The United States should provide
     accelerated military assistance to Greece or Turkey and deploy
     such United States forces to the support of those countries as
     can be made available without jeopardizing United States na-
     tional security. In the case of Turkey the United States should
     urge the United Kingdom and France to give full support under
     the Anglo-French-Turkish mutual assistance pact, and should
     make every effort to obtain the support of Turkey by the Moslem
     world including Pakistan.
       (4) Iranc: The United States should initially rely on the
    United Kingdom for principal responsibility to assist Iran in
    meeting the aggression, should endeavor to induce Pakistan and
    India to take a leading role, and should deploy such forcesý to
the
    Near and Middle East and the Persian Gulf areas as can be made
    available without jeopardizing United States security or its
    ability to implement emergency war plans.
  b. In the event of Soviet-inspired satellite aggression against Yugo-
slavia or Greece, the United States should take the same action as if
the attack were directly by Soviet forces, as called for in subpara-
graphs (2) and (3) under a. above.
  c. Germany. In the event of a major attack by East German para-
military forces on Berlin or on West Germany, such attack should
be resisted by Allied occupation forces.
  38. In the event of any new single overt act of aggression by Soviet
satellite armed forces in the Far East, the United States, subject to
specific consideration of detailed cases set forth in paragraphs 39-41
below, should:
  a. Attempt to localize the conflict.
  b. Take all possible counter-measures short of seriously impairing
the ability to execute emergency war plans.
  c. Seek the support of its allies and take appropriate steps in the
UN.
  10 NSC 18/4, "U.S. Policy Toward the Conflict Between the USSR and
Yugo-
slavia," a report approved by President Truman on November 18, 1949,
is sched-
uled for publication in volume iv.


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