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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. 13 through Sept. 17, 1958. Transcribed hearings are. a. Briefing on foreign political developments and U.S. foreign policy. Jan. 9, 1958. pages 1-57. Includes discussion of progress on disarmament issues. born U.S. defense policies. Feb. 3, 1958. pages 63-74. Restores deletions made to published "Review of Foreign Policy, 1958" hearings. c. Briefing on Soviet Union political, military, and economic conditions. Feb. 7, 1958. pages 77-124. Includes discussions of Soviet space programs, of Soviet relations with the People's Republic of China, and of Soviet foreign policies and programs. Classified material has been deleted. d. Nomination of John M. Allison to be Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Mar. 11, 1958. pages 133-141. Focuses on his previous performance as Ambassador to Indonesia. e. Mutual Security Act of 1958. Mar. 21, 26, 28, May 21, 22, 23, 1958. pages 147-154, 157-199, 285-454. Restores deletions made to published 1958 hearings. Includes discussion of NATO and committee mark-up sessions. f. Establishment of a subcommittee to review U.S. Latin American policies. May 16, 20, 1958. pages 201-216, 257-283. Committee action is in response to anti-American violence encountered on Vice President Nixon's tour of the region. g. Briefing on Nixon Latin American Tour anti-American demonstrations. May 19, 1958. pages 217-255. Includes discussion of communist activities in Latin America. h. Authorization of a study on U.S. foreign policy. June 26, July 1, 1958. pages 461-488. Includes discussion of foreign policy issues in Middle East. i. Nomination of Charles W. Yost to be Ambassador to Morocco and review of Lebanon crises and U.S. troop deployment. July 15, 1958. pages 491-517. j. Briefings on Lebanon crises. July 16, 23-25, 28-31, Aug. 1, 4, 6, 8, 13, 1958. pages 519-748, 755-763. Classified material has been deleted. k. Authorization of U.S. Information Agency sale of radio transmitter to Radio Liberation, a covert CIA effort directed toward the Soviet Union, Aug. 12, 1958. pages 749-754. leaves Briefing on Cuban revolution. Dec. 31, 1958. Includes discussion of possible U.S. military intervention in Cuba for protection of U.S. assets and citizens.