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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett
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SECRET
January 4, 1951
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation
RE: Army Procurement of MDAP Goods
In a conversation which the Secretary had with Mr. Lovett this
morning Mr. Lovett said.he had nust come from a meeting with
people of the three services and he was considerably encouraged
by the Army position with regard to procuring MDAP goods. He
said they have contracts let for 9 hundred million out of 1 billion 6
of fiscal 1950 funds. This leaves only 7 hundred million to be
approved and contracted. He inquired if it would not be wise for
the State Department to approve the end items without approving
the country and then the Army could go ahead with the contracts.
He pointed out that a tank for France would be the same as a tank
for any other country and this would save time.
The Secretary said he thought this sounded like a good idea
and said he would look into it right away.
Mr. Lovett mentioned that tanks were coming off the sasembly
line faster than France could receive them. It takes about 30 days
for the recipient to work out the problem of what to do with them,
thus causing the delay.
TRUMAN
s. ARCHIVES AND
"NATIONAL
L. D. B.
RECORDO
NY
DECLASSIFIED
STATE DEOT. MEMO F-1-14
Project NLT f2-4
SECRET By NLT- AC NARS, Date 9-5-14
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