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Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951-56; Volume XIV: U.S. Foreign Policy and the East-West Confrontation [electronic resource] : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on H.R. 1621 and H.R. 1939, Subcommittee on Information and Public Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements, Subcommittee on Europe, Eighty-Second Congress, first session and Eighty-Second Congress, second session and Eighty-Third Congress, first session and Eighty-Third Congress, second session

Contains transcripts of House Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951. Mar. 5, 9, 15, 20, Apr. 3, 5, 1951. p. 2-248. Includes discussions of Allied policy coordination on east-west trade and of economic sanctions impact on Soviet and Eastern European economies. b. U.S. information programs abroad. Mar. 19, 1951, Feb. 20, 1952. p. 258-288, 303-326. Includes discussions of Voice of America operations and of Soviet propaganda program. c. U.N. admission policies and charter revision. Mar. 21, 1951. d. Refugees from Eastern Europe. Mar. 5, 1952, Mar. 11, 1953. p. 327-349, 431-457. Includes discussions of emigration through East Berlin, East German border security measures, and U.S. program to recruit East European refugees for a special military unit. e. Briefing on U.S. disarmament proposals to U.N. May 27, 1952. p. 351-367. Includes discussion of Soviet arms reduction negotiating positions. f. Briefing on Korean War and Indochina affairs. Jan. 22, 1953. p. 369-388. Includes discussions on upcoming trip to Europe by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and issues relating to administration of the State Dept. g. Resolution to repudiate wartime agreements with the Soviet Union and to protest Soviet subjugation of Eastern Europe and Far Eastern nations. Feb. 26, 1953. p. 389-435. h. Briefing on impact of Stalin's death on Soviet foreign and domestic policies. Apr. 24, 1953. p. 459-490. Includes discussion of Soviet anti-American propaganda efforts. Classified material has been deleted. i. Condemnation of Soviet Union suppression of East Berlin workers' uprising and subjugation of other nations. July 15, 19, 1953. p. 491-523. Includes discussion of reunification of Germany. j. Briefing on East German affairs. July 30, 1953. p. 525-536. Includes discussion of West German neo-Nazi movements. k. Foreign aid mutual security programs. Jan. 27, 1954. p. 537-567. l. Briefing on U.S. negotiating positions on GATT and Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act effectiveness. Jan. 19, 1954. p. 569-588. m. Meeting with Polish government-in-exile Foreign Minister Adam Ciolkosz and Representative in D.C. Jerzy Lerski. Jan. 28, 1954. p. 589-605. Includes discussion of German rearmament.Considers (82) H.R. 1621, (82) H.R. 1939, (82) H.R. 4550, (82) H.R. 3518, (83) H. Res. 172, (83) H. Res. 200, (83) H.J. Res. 200, (83) H. Con. Res. 122, (83) H. Con. Res. 123, (83) H. Con. Res. 125, (83) H. Con. Res. 158, (83) H. Con. Res. 36.

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