Contains transcripts of Senate Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings held from Jan. 14 through June 25, 1952. Transcribed hearings are. a. Foreign policy briefing by Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Jan. 14, 1952. p. 1-36. Includes discussion of U.S. policy in Europe, Latin America, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, Soviet-U.S. relations, and the status of the Korean War cease-fire. b. NATO Treaty amendment to admit Greece and Turkey. Jan. 15, 1952. p. 37-59. Includes discussion of NATO treaty's applicability to British troops at Suez Canal. c. Briefing on India by Ambassador Chester Bowles. Jan. 16, 1952. p. 61-93. Includes discussion of India-U.S. relations and progress of food assistance program. d. Briefing on NATO by Director of Mutual Security, W. Averell Harriman. Jan. 17, 1952. p. 95-118. Includes discussion of U.S. commitment to NATO forces. e. Ratification of Japanese peace treaty and Pacific area security treaties. Feb. 5, 1952. p. 119-140. f. Briefing on Europe. Feb. 8, 1952. p. 141-161. Includes preview of issues to be discussed at London and Lisbon talks, and discussion of French-German relations, barriers to German participation in the European defense program, and guerrilla warfare in French Indochina. g. Briefing on London and Lisbon Conferences between British, French, German, and U.S. Foreign Ministers. Mar. 3, 1952. p. 163-188. Includes discussion of German contributions to NATO and the progress of the European Defense Community negotiations. h. Nomination of George F. Kennan to be Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Mar. 12, 1952. p. 189-219. Includes discussion of the Soviet Union's internal politics and foreign policy, and an assessment of the U.S. policy of containment. i. Mutual Security Act of 1952. Apr. 16-18, 21, 23, 28, 30, May 27, 1952. p. 221-426, 457-466. Includes discussion of the reduction and redistribution of the economic and military aid program. j. Briefing on the Far East situation by General Matthew B. Ridgway. May 22, 1952. p. 427-456. Focuses on the Korean War cease-fire and armistice negotiations. k. Resolution and constitutional amendment to limit executive branch treaty-making authority. May 27, 1952. p. 457-466. l. Ratification of treaty defining German-U.S.-European relations, and NATO treaty amendment establishing the European Defense Community. June 2, 23-25, 1952. p. 467-612. Includes discussion of U.S. and German participation in the European Defense Community, and the President's authority to send U.S. troops abroad.

Considers (82) S.J. Res. 122, (82) S.J. Res. 130.