103 Statesman's Yearbook, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1183. Another source estimated that the Arab Legion had a force of 8,000 (c. 1950). See The Middle East. Op. cit., p. 425. 104 Statesman's Yearbook, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1191.

163 Lebanon has a gendarmerie estimated at 2,300 and a police force of 200 men. Ibid. 108 Statesman's Yearbook, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1196.

167 This figure constitutes an "enlisted frontier force."
168 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1006.
169 The police and gendarmerie consist of 6,400.

Ibid.

Ibid.

170 The Middle East. Op. cit., p. 90.

171 Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 482.

172 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 109.

173 Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 482.

174 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1389.

175 Syria has a gendarmerie of 4,000, civil police numbering 1,800, and the Beduoin Control Force of about 1,000. Ibid.

170 News from Turkey, Jan. 1, 1953. Another source estimated the Turkish Army at about 300,000 men. See The Turkish Army. Military Review, October 1952, v. 32: 88. 177 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 347.

178 New York Times, Dec. 16, 1952. In 1950, the Turkish Air Force was said to have 1,000 planes. See Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 618. The air force strength was placed at 8,500 men and 1,000 aircraft in 1950 by another source. See Statesman's YearBook, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1410.

179 The Middle East. Op. cit., p. 101. Yemen has also a trained militia estimated to have fifteen to twenty thousand men. Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit.,

180 This figure includes 15,000 gendarmerie.

p. 762.

181 The air force is part of the army. Ibid.

182 This figure constitutes the royal bodyguard. Ibid.

183 Whitaker, 1953. Op. cit., p. 770.

184 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 112.

185 The air force is in the process of development under British guidance. Pilots and ground crews required to complement the first 2 squadrons are under training. Whitaker, 1953. Op. cit., p. 770.

18 Daniel, Clifton. Middle East Defenses Are Weak. The New York Times, Feb. 4, 1951,

p. 4E.

187 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 102.

188 Another source indicated the total armed forces of India was 450,000 (1948). See Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 663.

189 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1221.

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190 Daniel, Clifton. New York Times, Feb. 4, 1951. Op. cit., p. 4E. Another source placed the figure at 250,000 (1949). See Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 499. Christian Science Monitor reported that the "total strength of the Pakistan defense forces" exceeds 350,000 (1953). See the Christian Science Monitor, May 7, 1953, p. 9.

191 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 106. Another source placed the figure at 6,000 (c. 1953). See Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 204.

192 Pakistani squadrons (2 fighter and 1 transport) are equipped with Hawker Fury fighter bombers, attacker jet fighters, Bristol freighter transports, and Dakota transports, in addition to aircraft used in flying training schools. Ibid., p. 204. Also, Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 499.

193 This figure represents the total estimates of armed forces. Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 28, 1952, p. 9.

194 Burmese Navy includes 1 frigate, 2 minesweepers, and other smaller craft. Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 844. 195 Elegant, Robert S. How good is Chiang's Army? The Reporter, Dec. 25, 1951, v. 5: 18. This figure represents, according to the author, "ground forces.' 196 Ibid. This figure includes the marines.

197 Ibid.

In 1952, the "effective operational force," including transport, was unofficially estimated at "fewer than 300 planes." See the New York Times, Nov. 1, 1952, p. 3. 199 This figure represents, according to Elegant, the "combined service forces." Elegant. Op. cit., p. 18. He estimates the total armed strength of the Nationalist at 600,000. Another source estimated the strength at 550,000-600.000 (1951). See the New York Times, Jan. 3, 1952, p. 75. Elegant states, however, that "informed estimates place the number of combat effectives at 120,000 to 150,000." Elegant. Op. cit., p. 18.

199 Ambassade de France, Service de Presse et D'information (New York), April 1953. 200 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1119.

301 The Navy had in 1953 a destroyer, 4 corvettes, 32 patrol vessels, 25 patrol launches, 11 landing craft, 4 auxiliaries, and 3 tenders. Ibid.

202 Maintenance of an army, navy, and air corps is prohibited by the constitution. 203 Under American guidance Japan is building an air force. At present there are only 20 or 30 light aircraft, the type used by the U. S. Army for artillery spotting. Fighters or bombers are not used, nor are real training planes. The aviation school at Hamamatsu, Japan, has a total strength of 800 men, including several hundred troops assigned as guards. By mid-1954, the school hopes to turn out more than 350 pilots. See Japan Gets an "Air Force." U. S. News and World Report, Mar. 6, 1953, vol. 34: 38. See also Martin, R. P. How Much Airpower for Japan? Aviation Week (New York), Dec. 29, 1952, vol. 57: 17.

204 This figure represents the National Safety Force (110,000) and the Maritime Safety Force (13,000). On Aug. 1, 1952, the National Safety Force was estimated at 111,752 men. The Maritime Safety Force has also been estimated at 10,251 (c. 1953). See Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1174. Secretary of State Dulles recently stated that this safety force should be increased to 350,000. The New York Times, July 14, 1953, p. 4.

205 The nucleus of a Malayan National Army, the first unit of the Federation Regiment, was raised in 1952. This regiment has 5 battalions. Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 241.

200 The Royal Air Force Regiment of Malaya is composed of Malays only. Ibid. 207 Brassey's notes that in addition to some 23 infantry batallions (British, Burkha, Malay, East African, and Fijian) there are in Malaya some 150,000 regular and auxiliary armed police and home guards which are approaching 250,000. Brassey's, 1953. Op. cit., p. 15. 209 Military attaché, Philippine Embassy, Dec. 1, 1953.

900 Ibid.

20 Ibid.

The source indicated that the navy is in the process of increasing its strength. 211 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1187.

12 Vinocour, S. M. Korean Navy Fights for Freedom. U. S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, March 1953, vol. 7: 14.

213 Information Please, 1953. Op. cit., p. 616.

214 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 341.

15 The Air Force consisted of 5 wings. Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 1394. 216 This figure represents "a militarized police force."

cit., p. 616.

Information Please, 1953. Op.

Op. cit., p. 446.

11, 399, 500

12, 563, 285

6, 699, 129

217 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Another source estimated the Australian Army at 63,000 (c. 1953), and went on to say that "Australia soon should have armed forces of some 125,000 men enlisted for overseas service ***." See Christian Science Monitor, Apr. 13, 1953, p. 6. Mr. Philip McBride, Defense Minister of Australia, estimated the "armed services" at 59,000 men and added that Australia had a planned force of 67,000. See New York Times, Sept. 5, 1952, p. 9.

218 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 78. Source indicated that by 1953 a total of 17,000 is to be attained.

219 Statesman's Year-Book, 1953. Op. cit., p. 448.

220 Steinberg, S. H., ed. The Statesman's Year-Book, 1952. New York, Macmillan, 1952, p. 512.

221 Jane's Fighting Ships, 1952-53. Op. cit., p. 99.

222 Statesman's Year-Book, 1952. Op. cit., p. 513.

Source: Joseph Whelan, Foreign Affairs Division, Dec. 16, 1953.

APPENDIX I

[Press release by James C. Hagerty, press secretary to the President]

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 26, 1954. The President today authorized the Office of Defense Mobilization to establish immediately new long-term mineral stockpile objectives.

The action was based on a preliminary study submitted last Friday by the President's Minerals Policy Committee, which was unanimously endorsed by the Cabinet. The complete report of the President's Committee will be submitted to the Cabinet at an early date with recommendations for a long-range program designed to strengthen the domestic mineral industry.

A careful review of stockpile objectives in the light of the new concept will be made by the Office of Defense Mobilization before specific purchase directives are given to the General Services Administration. It is estimated that the new program will result in additional Government acquisitions of from 35 to 40 metals and minerals to be purchased, wherever possible, from domestic producers, and to be spread out over a considerable period of time. In acquiring the additional amounts to be purchased under the new program, preference will be given to newly mined metals and minerals of domestic origin.