He initially met with William H. Harrison (Wyoming Republican Congressman) and Orme Lewis, Arizona Republican and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Department to map out a strategy on 27 February 1953. Subsequent talks were held with E.Y. Berry (South Dakota Republican Congressman), Patrick McCarran (Nevada Democratic Senator), Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota Republican Congressman), William Langer (North Dakota Republican Senator), and Henry M. Jackson (Washington Democratic) Congressman turned Senator). After a series of consultations, the policy Watkins' envisioned, was set out with four fundamental tenets: