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678             FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1950,- VOLUME I

   I spoke on paragraph 28 with a result that it was amended. It will
 go to the NSC in the following form:
   28. The Other American Republics. The inter-American com-
 munity is a source of both immediate and reserve political and eco-
 nomic strength. Its military strength is limited although not negligi-
 ble. Its military manpower and the equipment presently available is
 essential to the maintenance of internal security in the other American
 states. Properly trained and equipped, the manpower of these coun-
 tries could be used to maintain the security of lines of communication
 in the inter-American area and possibly to contribute forces to over-
 seas operations. Although a specific estimate of training requirements
 and urgent equipment needs has not been included in the estimates
 given above, it is believed that nominal amounts of funds should be
 made available if and when necessary to meet training and selected
 equipment requirements of the other American states in accordance
 with the policies laid down in NSC 56/2.3
   I believe the rewritten paragraph meets lall the ideas which have
 been expressed to me in ARA. At any rate we will now have a definite
 statement to go to NSC,

 'In the memorandum mentioned in the preceding note, the main clause of the
 last sentence of the equivalent paragraph read as follows- &quot;* . . it
is believed
 that nominal amounts of funds might be made available, perhaps on a matching
 grant basis, to meet training and selected equipment requirements of the
other
 American states in accordance with the policies laid down in NSC 56/2.&quot;
 In NSC 68/3, December 8, 1950, an equivalent paragraph in Annex 2 agrees
 in substance with Mr. Warren's suggested revision. For text of the Annex,
see
 p. 433.

 710.5/12-1550
 Memorandum by the Director of the Ofce of South American Affairs
   (Warren) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
   Affairs (Miller)
                              [Extracts]
SECRET                             WASHINGTON, December 15, 1950.
  Lt. Gen. Ridgway' had me over today for lunch with him in his
office at the Pentagon. There were just the two of us present. We had
a splendid opportunity to speak about anything urgent. In the 45
minutes that I was there, the following matters were discussed:

  2. I inquired as to the position which State is to take with respect
to any future offers of Latin American troops for assistance in the
Korean effort. The General expressed the personal view that the only
thing we could do would be to point out the undetermined course
which we must take at this moment in view of the Korean develop-
  'Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, Deputy Chief for Administration of the Army
General Staff.

 
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