From Summary (page 20): The Mutual Security Act of 1951 replaced the Military Defense Assistance Act (MDAA) of 1949 and was in turn repealed by the Mutual Security Act of 1954, which today as amended, authorized military aid and also the economic aid programs administered by ICA of the State Department. But once again US global commitments after 1950, especially the Far East, placed Latin America low on the priority list. Nevertheless, the Mutual Security Act of 1951 added Latin America to the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (now called the Military Assistance Program (MAP) and provided for direct sales to any Latin American country and direct grants to equipment and other assistance to those countries which enter into bilateral military assistance agreements with the US. These bilateral agreements are almost exactly identical for all 12 of the Latin American countries with which they have been concluded. Their major provisions are the following: Article I stipulates that the US will furnish available military equipment and services that are to be used exclusively for hemispheric defense. Article II provides that the public shall be kept informed of the purposes and operations of the pact. Articles IV and V stipulate that representatives of the US armed forces shall be assigned to the respective contracting Latin American country to instruct in the use of equipment and that Latin American personnel will be trained in the US. Article VII envisages the production and expedition of strategic raw materials to the US under terms and conditions agreeable to both parties. Article VIII specifies that the receiving government will take measures to control trade with any nations menacing the security of the continent. In effect this article strongly discourages trade with the USSR. Under Article IX the recipient government contracts to make full contribution to the defensive strength of the free world, and Article XI provides that the treaty is binding until denounced by either party with one year's advance notice of termination.

Formerly "Top Secret". Declassified 9 July 2009.

Selected Aspects of US Relations with Latin America - A Summary -- US Policy Toward Latin America 1950-1957 -- Brazil -- Argentina -- Chile -- Colombia -- Cuba -- Dominican Republic -- Ecuador -- Guatemala -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Mexico -- Nicaragua -- Peru -- Uruguay -- Venezuela -- Appendix I. Mutual Security Program - Assistance to Latin America -- Appendix II. Dollar Value of Arms Authorized to be Exported from the US under Export Licenses Issued by the Department of State -- Appendix III. Latin America. Population, Area, and GNP (1958 Prices).