MINUTES THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN Affairs, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 4 p.m., in executive session in room F-53, Capitol. Present: Senator Sparkman (subcommittee chairman). An informal discussion was had with Ambassador John Tuthill, United States Representative to the OECD. No transcript was taken or record kept at the meeting. (333) MINUTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1962 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, The committee proceeded into executive session at 11:25 a.m., in room F-53, Capitol. Present: Chairman Fulbright, and Senators Sparkman, Humphrey, Mansfield, Morse, Lausche, Church, Symington, Hickenlooper, Aiken, and Carlson. On motion by Senator Sparkman, seconded by Senator Humphrey, the committee approved for report the nominations of Walter Lingle, to be Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development; John L. Salter, to be Assistant Administrator for Congressional Liaison, AID; Herbert J. Waters, to be Assistant Administrator for Material Resources, AID; Franklin A. Long, to be Assistant Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Robert Manning, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. The committee approved for report without objection routine promotions and appointments in the Foreign Service. Senator Humphrey moved that the committee approve for report the bill (S. 2935), To amend the Peace Corps Act. The motion was seconded by Senator Morse. After discussion, the motion carried on a voice vote. The International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (Executive K, 87th Congress, 1st Session), was approved for report without objection. The committee discussed, without action, the bill (S. 2818) To promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing the purchase of United Nations Bonds. For record of the proceedings, see the official transcript. [There being no further business, the committee adjourned at 12:15 p.m.] BRIEFING ON DISCUSSIONS IN GENEVA THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 4 p.m., in room F-53, U.S. Capitol Building, Hon. J. William Fulbright (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Chairman Fulbright and Senators Humphrey, Morse, Church, Symington, Wiley, Aiken, Capehart, and Carlson. Also present: Mr. Marcy, Mr. Denney, and Mr. Tillman of the committee staff. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Mr. Secretary, we are very pleased to have you this afternoon. You may proceed in your own way. I might say that I thought the reports from Geneva were quite favorable. It would be very interesting for you to fill in all the gaps. STATEMENT OF HON. DEAN RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE Secretary RUSK. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I hope that we can be on a deep executive basis, because I think the principal thing that I can add would be more in terms of the real atmosphere and some of the details of discussion which have not been reported. The CHAIRMAN. We have been pretty good about it this year. I think you can trust us. Secretary RUSK. Yes, sir. There are three points on which I might report to the committee, and then invite questions and comments. NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY The first has to do with the nuclear test ban treaty. The President had in his March 2 speech, you will recall, expressed the hope that we could in fact move toward an end of nuclear testing on the basis of a valid effective test ban treaty. At the very beginning of our discussions in Geneva, it became very apparent that the Soviets were flatly and adamantly opposed to any kind of international inspection or verification within the Soviet Union. In the talks which Mr. Tsarapkin had with Arthur Dean and the British representative, as well as the talks that Lord Home and I had with Mr. Gromyko, it became clear that the Soviets had completely abandoned the earlier discussion which they MINUTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1962 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, The committee proceeded into executive session at 11:25 a.m., in room F-53, Capitol. Present: Chairman Fulbright, and Senators Sparkman, Humphrey, Mansfield, Morse, Lausche, Church, Symington, Hickenlooper, Aiken, and Carlson. On motion by Senator Sparkman, seconded by Senator Humphrey, the committee approved for report the nominations of Walter Lingle, to be Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development; John L. Salter, to be Assistant Administrator for Congressional Liaison, AID; Herbert J. Waters, to be Assistant Administrator for Material Resources, AID; Franklin A. Long, to be Assistant Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Robert Manning, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. The committee approved for report without objection routine promotions and appointments in the Foreign Service. Senator Humphrey moved that the committee approve for report the bill (S. 2935), To amend the Peace Corps Act. The motion was seconded by Senator Morse. After discussion, the motion carried on a voice vote. The International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (Executive K, 87th Congress, 1st Session), was approved for report without objection. The committee discussed, without action, the bill (S. 2818) To promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing the purchase of United Nations Bonds. For record of the proceedings, see the official transcript. [There being no further business, the committee adjourned at 12:15 p.m.] |