Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, Under Secretary of the Treasury Edward H. Foley, Richard M. Bissell, Najeeb Halaby, Frederick Lawton, and Others
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Memorandum of Conversation
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DATE:
June 21, 1951
SUBJECT:
Meeting the MTDP Gap - ISAC D-4/7a
PARTICIPANTS:
State - Secretary Acheson
Treasury - Under Secy. Foley
Mr. Battle
Mr. Willis
E. M. Martin
TRAMAN
Mr. Bronz
Defense - General Marshall
S ARCHIVES REOORDS AND
ECA - Mr. Bissell
COPIES TO:
General Bradley
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Mr. Halaby
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Vice Admiral Wright
Colonel Beebe
Bureau of Budget - Mr. Lawton
Office of the Special Assistant
to the President - Mr. Lincoln Gordon
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
16-61120-1
The Secretary of State outlined the contents of the ISAC Document
He indicated that it raised major policy issues on which it was desired
to secure governmental agreement, including approval of the President
as necessary. This was urgent in order that testimony on foreign aid
legislation, scheduled to start the following Tuesday, could cover the
points at issue, and in order that action could be taken promptly in
the Standing Group to secure agreement on meeting the total force re-
quirements of the MTDP.
Secretary Marshall indicated he felt it important that we should
now find out what others are prepared to do on forces and that we
should tell Congress that we will need at least 17 billion in the
next two years. He then asked General Bradley to express his views
since he would have to leave shortly.
General Bradley indicated, on the basis of his recent trip abroad,
that he was reluctant to press the Europeans for too much now. The
present price-wage problem was serious in the European countries and
might open the door for Communist sabotage. Six months or a year from
now we might be able to ask for and get a great deal more than we
could now. He suggested we might let the situation drag a bit, since
in six months or a year we could judge much more accurately what they
can really be expected to do.
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