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192 The President met with the Cabinet at 4:20 P.M., Tuesday, November 28, 1950, in the Cabinet Room at the White House. Those present indluded: The President, The Vice President, The Secretary of State, The Attorney General, The Secretary of the Interior, The Secretary of Commerce, The Secretary of Labor, and The Acting Secretary of Agriculture. Also present were: General Bradley, Mr. Harriman, Mr. Steelman, Mr. Connelley, and Mr. Elsey. The Cabinet Meeting opened with a briefing on the military situation in Korea by General Bradley. (General Bradley left the meeting at the conclusion of his briefing. ) The President then remarked that he had just had a meeting with the National Security Council at which all phases of the situation in the Far East had the been discussed with/Joint Chiefs of Staff, the three Service Secretaries, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense. "We had a rehash of the whole military, political and international situation. No definite conclusion or definite action was decided on and none will be decided on until we see how the political approachsin the United DECLASSIFIED ARCHIVES "NATIONAL AND FOR E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 ALCORDS SERVICE' State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 PROJECT NLY 76.37 By NLT- He NARS, Date 2-27-11