S/S-NSC Files, Lot 63 D 851, NSC 42/1 Series 1
      Report by the National Security Council to the President-2

TOP SECRET                                WASHINGTON, March 22, 1949.
NSC 42/1

U.S. 0OBJECTIVES WrIH RESPECT TO GREECE AND TURKEY To COUNTER
                   Sovrr TmEATS TO U.S. SECURITY

                               THE PROBLEM
   1. To assess and appraise the threat to our national security mani-
fested in Greece and Turkey and our efforts to counter this threat;
and to formulate our objectives and aims as a guide to future security
efforts in Greece and-Turkey.
                        ANALYSIS OF THE THREATS
   2. The USSR is endeavoring to dominate Greece through the use
of Greek guerrilla forces and propaganda. The guerrilla forces,

   Lot 63 D 351 is a serial master file of the National Security Council
document%
 and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years
 1947-1961, 'as maintained by the Executive Secretariat of the Department
of
 State.
   "'This report was prepared by the staff of the National Security
Council with
 the advice and assistance of representatives of the Departments of State,
the
 Army, the Navy, and the Air Force and of the Central Intelligence Agency
and
 the National Security (esources Board. Its preparation was undertaken in
ac-
 cordance with a decision taken by the Council at its meeting on December
16,
 1948 (NS0 Action 157b: S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: NSC Records of Ac-
tion). This report was originally circulated to the National Security Council
as a
draft report, NSC 42, March 4, 1949. A summary of NSC 42.was circulated to
the
.Under Secretary of State's Meeting as document UM D-15, March 10. (The prin-
cipal officers of the Department of State met several times each week mnder
the
chairmanship of Under Secretary of State Webb as the Under Secretary of State's
Meeting. The purpose of these meetings was to provide a closer relationship
between the Under Secretary and the other officers, to permit the exploration
of
problems at an early stage, to make certain that -lines of responsibility
were
understood, and to reach agreement on policies -under which each officer
could
effectively carry out his responsibilities.) At its meeting on March 11,
the Under
Secretary's Meeting :recommended the approval of NSC 42 subject to several
revisions. These revisions, which 'were subsequently perfected by officers
of the
Department of State and were submitted to the National Security Council by
the
Secretary of State on March 22, involved the deletion of all paragraphs dealing
with the question of the acquisition of airfields in Turkey, the deletion
of the
paragraph indicated in footnote 15, p. 279, and the additional language indicated
in footnote 14, p. 278. At its 36th Meeting on March 22, the National Security
Council adopted the text of the Report printed here, agreeing to the deletions
and
amendments proposed by theDepartment of State. The Department of State was
requested to submit its views to the Council on the desirability of seeking
arrange-
ments which would permit the construction of airfields in Turkey adequate
for
the operations envisaged in United States strategic plans. On M*arch 23 President
Truman approved this report and directed its implementation under the coordina-
tion of the Secretary of State. Copies of the report were transmitted to
the
appropriate United States diplomatic missions abroad on May 11 (868.20/5-1149).
  .Regarding the subsequent action on the question of the construction of
airfields
i1 Turkey, see the editorial note, p. 1644, and document NSC 36/1, April
15,
p. 1654.
  Lot 66 D 95 is a collection of administrative and miscellaneous National
Secu-
rity Council documenta~tion for the years 1947-1963, m~aintained by the Executive
Secretariat 'of thle Department of S~ta~te.


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