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needs and make appropriate recommendations. The Commander in
Chief, Caribbean, will be responsible for implementing this project.
It has been agreed by the Departments of State and Defense that no
commitments will be made with reference to possible U.S. assistance,
and that the formal report of survey will be transmitted for the
Department of Defense through the State Department to the Cuban
Embassy in Washington, and will not be transmitted directly to the
Cuban Government by the Survey Team.3

  7. The recent amendment to the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of
1949, passed by the Congress on July 26, 1950 makes it possible for
Latin American countries which are eligible to purchase military
equipment in excess of U.S. needs at a "fair value" determined
by the
President. There is under consideration between the Departments of
State and Defense at present a proposed program of sale of excess
naval vessels to certain Latin American governments which would be
the first significant transfer of excess military equipment to Latin
America under this act as amended.
                                                 JAlNIES E. WEBB
   According to a letter of January 18, 1951 from Mr. Miller to Frank Pace,
Jr.,
Secretary of the Army, the survey was conducted from October 26 to November
7,
1950, and the Survey Team's report of November 20 was transmitted by the
Department to the Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 16, 1951. (737.5/
12-1950)
720.5/11-750
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Oflice of.South
                   AAmerican Affairs (Warren)

SECRET                          [WVASHINGTON,] November 7, 1950.
Subject: General problems of military policy toward Latin America.
Participants: Lt. Gen. M. B. Ridgway, OCSA
              OSA-Amb. Warren
              AR-Mr. Jamison
  [Here follows a brief discussion of JCS policy regarding deploy-
ment of non-United States forces in Korea.]
  General Ridgway said that he was anxious for the Inter-American
Defense Board to undertake constructive work. He explained that the
recent Department of Defense directive which makes the U.S. Dele-
gation to the Defense Board responsible also for "monitoring" in
the
Defense Department military policy as it is developed for Latin
America would contribute to such accomplishment.
  With particular reference to the development of plans for encourag-
ing Latin American countries to maintain units for possible UN


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