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    "ocrText": ".3. the\nSECRET\nMr. Pace said, however, that he thought that so far as this\ninvolved the appointment of the Supreme Commander before\nactual troops and materiel were in being, there had been a\nchange of thinking. He pointed out that he thought there was\nagreement throughout this Government at least that, instead\nof waiting until there was something to command before ap-\npointing the Supreme Commander, we should look upon the\nCommander actually as a recruiter and that there should no\nlonger be the requirement to his appointment that the contribu-\ntions should be made before the appointment. Mr. Acheson agreed\nthat this was probably so. He was not trying to raise this matter\nas a difficulty. He thought probably we were in a position of having\nto accept the appointment of the commander who would then go\nover and try to push through the contributions. What he did\nhave in mind was that the Government representatives at\nBrussels would have no power of appointment but must come\nback to the President. He and Mr. Pace agreed that they would\nprobably have as much of 8 commitment that the countries will\nmake the contributions as it is possible to get before the Su-\npreme Commander's appointment, but General Eisenhower should\nunderstand this and have these limitations clearly in mind.\nThe Secretary said that he was aware that the situation in\nEurope was getting more and more critical every minute. There\nwas a great deal of weakness in France and he thought that Gen-\neral Eisenhower, who had great confidence in French morale,\nwould be the one who could put heart into the French. He had come\nto the conclusion that any further efforts to negotiate might make\nthe whole thing go to pieces.\nSecretary Pace said that by four \"clock tomorrow he would\nbe prepared to talk with all these things in mind. He would have\nGeneral Collins with him, perhaps General Gruenther and perhaps\nGeneral Eisenhower. The Secretary said that if General Eisen-\nhower were to be in the meeting, he thought in order to avoid\npossible excitement it would be wise if he came over to the\n5.\nPentagon rather than have the meeting here in his office.\na\nDECRET\nS BEvans:mimima"
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