Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies, Willard Thorpe, Dean Rusk, and George W. Perkins

0008566 /5 25 Ma DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECHE flo Memorandum of Conversation call DATE: July 31, 1950 SUBJECT: Korea 216 1 Migration Program Requirement for Funds Return to PARTICIPANTS: Prime Minister of Australia, Robort G. Menzies; Secretary of State, Dean Acheson; ma Assistant Secretary of State Thorp; Assistant Secretery of State Rusk; and Assistant Secretary of State Perkins. COPIES TO: s/s E - Mr. Thorp FE - Mr. Rusk RA BNA 1-1493 The Prime Minister stated there were three prinoipal items, with which Australia was concerned, which they wished to disouss with the U.S. The first was Korea. He stated that as of course we knew Australia was wholeheartedly with the UN and the U.S. in the Korean situation. He skippod over briefly the fact that they intended to send further help to Korea and went on to say thet they were planning, and in fact had been planning before the Korean incident, to build up their military strength, and believed that some kind of universel training of adequate duration would have to be adopted to carry this out. In this connection and in connection with any forces they night send to Korea, they were very anxious to work closely with us on what they should do and what equip- nent they should provide. This, he said they proposed to discuss with Defense. The DECLASSIFIED STATE DEAT. MEMO f-1-fy Project NLT 'f2-4 SECRET FRUMAN 5. ARCHIVES ANO "NATIONAL By NLT- He NARS, Date 4.11-fy RECORDS 55 SERVICE" COVERAGE