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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett
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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett
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410 : 'NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS of ARCHIVES AND FOP-SECRET COVERAGE March 27, 1951 81 cort s/s Mr. Acheson called Mr. Lovett shortly after nine o'clock this morning to discuss with him the draft statement which Mr. Lovett had submitted yesterday for our consideration and which General Marshall was considering using in his press conference this afternoon. Mr. Acheson told Mr. Lovett that we had considered the statement carefully and it was our feeling that it would be preferable to stick to the unimaginative "no comment" rather than to make some statement along the lines proposed by Mr. Lovett. Mr. Acheson said that a statement along these lines would tend, in his opinion, to stir up more controversy. particularly since it would appear that the argument was between General MacArthur and the Department of State or the President and was not a matter of concern to the Department of Defense. Mr. Lovett agreed that this was possible and indicated his concurrence with Mr. Acheson's views on this matter. DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and J(D) or (E) S LDBattle:ma Dept. of State letter, Aug.9.1973 5-1-76 By NLT- HC MARS Data 6.24.76 TOP SECRET