Executive Sessions

Executive Sessions
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Total Pages: 834
Release: 1986
Genre: United States
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Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Together with Joint Sessions with the Senate Armed Services Committee (Historical Series).

Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Together with Joint Sessions with the Senate Armed Services Committee (Historical Series).
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 841
Release: 1979
Genre: Electronic books
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Contains transcripts of certain Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings and minutes of Senate Foreign Relations committee executive sessions held from Jan. 7 through Aug. 29, 1957. Transcribed hearings are. a. Proposed Middle East regional security initiative and U.S. response to Suez Canal Crisis. Jan. 2, 28-30, Feb. 1, 6, 7, 12, 13, 1957. pages 1-35, 87-194, 199-204, 207-230, 233-408. Includes discussions of legislation authorizing possible deployment of U.S. military forces in Middle East to resist Soviet aggression and regional communist subversion, and of constitutional scope of presidential war-making powers. Also restores deletions made to published 1957 hearings. born Nomination of Raymond A. Hare to be Ambassador to Egypt. Jan. 23, 1957. pages 39-85. c. Briefing on SEATO Council meeting and pending Bermuda Summit Conference between President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Mar. 18, 1957. pages 413-427. d. Briefing on Soviet Union and South Asian trip of Chester Bowles. Mar. 26, 1957. pages 431-453. Includes observations on life in the Soviet Union and on U.S. relations with India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Also reviews meeting with Soviet Communist Party Secretary Nikita S. Krushchev. e. Qualifications for ambassadorial appointments. Apr. 3, 1957. pages 455-459. f. Nomination of Robert W. Scott McLeod to be Ambassador to Ireland. May 2, 1957. pages 463-483. Focuses on adequacy of the nominee's qualifications. g. Briefing on Soviet Union by Charles E. Bohlen. May 20, 1957. pages 487-518. h. Briefing on disarmament proposals and UN Disarmament Subcommittee negotiations progress. May 23, 1957. pages 521-552. Includes discussion of proposals regarding aerial inspections to verify treaty compliance. i. Mutual Security Act of 1957 (Mark-up), May 27, June 6, 1957. pages 555-572, 579-670. Restores deletions made to published 1957 hearings. Includes discussion of Middle East military and foreign aid programs and committee mark-up session. j. Nomination of Maxwell H. Gluck to be Ambassador to Ceylon. July 30, 1957. pages 739-749.

Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Historical Series).

Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Historical Series).
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 924
Release: 1978
Genre: Electronic books
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Contains transcripts of certain Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings and minutes of Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive sessions held from Jan. 18 through July 30, 1955. Transcribed hearings are. a. Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO) ratification and briefings on French and German positions regarding the Western European Union Accords. Jan. 13, 21, Mar. 31, 1955. pages 1-24, 47-64, 419-422. Includes discussions of U.S. support for South Vietnamese Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and of presidential power to take military action. born Korean aid program authorization and briefing on French political conditions. Jan. 19, 1955. pages 27-45. c. Resolution on Formosa Straits crisis. Jan. 24, 25, 26, 1955. pages 65-283. Includes discussion of U.S. military response to People's Republic of China attack on Formosa Strait Islands under Nationalist Chinese control. d. Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan Feb. 1, 7, 8, 1955. pages 285-380. e. Briefing on first SEATO Council meeting and Far and Southeast Asian affairs. Mar. 8, 1955. pages 387-413. f. Proposed State Dept release of Yalta Conference papers. Apr. 19, 1955. pages 423-485. Includes discussion of British objections to proposed release of documents. g. Briefing on European affairs. May 17, 1955. pages 493-512. Also includes discussions regarding Vietnam and India. h. Mutual Security Act of 1955. May 20, 26, 1955. pages 513-607. i. Resolution of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy urging inclusion of Eastern Europe and communist controlled parts of Asia on the Geneva Summit Conference agenda. June 21, 1955. pages 611-651. j. Resolutions relating to US participation in UN Nuclear Explosion Effects Study Commission and to congressional support for fostering increased civil liberties in communist satellite countries. July 12, 13, 1955. pages 653-705. Includes discussion of extension of diplomatic recognition to governments-in-exile. k. Panama Canal Treaty revisions, July 15, 1955. pages 707-713. leaves Briefing on 1955 Geneva Summit Conference between President Dwight D. Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, French Premier Edgar Faure, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, and Soviet Communist Party Secretary Nikita S. Khrushchev. July 25, 1955. Includes discussions of reunification of Germany, European security, disarmament, and improvement of East-West relations.