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“India i is a source: of special concern to General: ‘Smuts. ‘He is pessi-
‘mistic | about the future of India. The present: Jeaders: of India are
“really. like Europeans and he‘is‘not sure that they have any real hold
‘ont the people. ‘Tn the present: circumstances there i is little that America
‘can do to help except to be friendly. ‘There is‘no solution-to the prob-
lem through outside economic assistance. If England could not do
anything it is unlikely that America can. General Smuts has some
concern over South America, particularly the Argentine, as & “poten-
‘tial : source of weakness and as a Possible opening | for Communist
inkltestion: te Re | ,

 

“Policy Planning Staft Files

fecord of the M eeting of the State-Defense Policy Review Group,
| Department of 8 State, Briddyy March 10, 1950, 3 p.m. to 5: ‘30 Pe Mee.

‘nor | SECRET a |
Present : ‘Department of State
, Paul H. Nitze
R. Gordon Arneson >
George Butler
Carlton Savage
Harry H. Schwartz
Robert ‘Tufts *
_ Department of Defense a.
_ Major General James H. Burns.
Major General T. H. Landon
Mr. Robert LeBaron
National Security Council
Mr. James Lay
Consultants : |
Mr. Chester I. Barnard 2 2
Dr. Henry D. Smyth *

WN ote: -Mr. Barnard and Dr. Smyth prior to the meeting had read
‘the Study Group’s working drafts through Chapter [X.*

A. Mr. Barnard liked the results of the group’s work and said that
it cleared up a number of things in his mind. He started off by making
the following general observations and suggestions.

'- Member of the Policy Planning Staff. :
_ 2 president of the Rockefeller Foundation; Member of the Board of Con-
sultants of the Secretary of State’s Committee on Atomic Energy, 1946. °
3 Member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. _
‘For the report in its final form, see NSC 68, April 7, p. 235. oe