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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, State Department and Defense Department Officials, and Congressional Leaders
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
COPY NO.
Memorandum of Conversation
OF 8 COPIES
DATE: June 27, 1950
SUBJECT: Notes on Meeting in Cabinet Room at the White House
PARTICIPANTS: The President
The Secretary of State
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The Secretary of Defense,
Secretaries of Army, Navy and Air
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congressional leaders
Mr. Rusk, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Jessup and Mr. McFall
accompanied the Secretary of State
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THE PRESIDENT asked the Secretary of State to summarize
the developments in the Korean case which the Secretary did.
THE PRESIDENT stressed the prompt action of the UN
Security Council. He then read the statement which was
subsequently released to the press. He said that he
intended to release this at the end of the meeting and
asked for any expression of Views. He added that we could
not let this matter go by default. He referred to the
fact that the Secretary of State had directed the Ambassador
at Moscow to get in touch with the Soviet Government. He
still hoped there would be no Soviet involvement in the
attack but their possible next moves were being studied.
SENATOR WILEY asked what forces General MacArthur
had sent in.
GENERAL VANDENBERG supplied details beginning to
outline the forces we had available.
SECRETARY JOHNSON broke in to say this information was
secret and he did not wish details regarding our forces
in the Far East to be known.
SENATOR
DECLASSIFIED
E O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug 9,1913
By NLT- itc NARS Date 6-1576
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