Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Frederick Reinhardt, Director of Defense Mobilization Charles E. Wilson, William Lancaster, and Clarence Pickett
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ARCHIVES SERVICE" "NATIONAL RECORDS AND
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Memorandum of Conversation
DATE: April 20, 1951
SUBJECT:
Proposed trip of U.S. industrialists to Soviet Union
PARTICIPANTS:
The Secretary
Mr. Frederick Reinhardt, EE
Mr. Charles E. Wilson, Director of Defense Mobilization
Mr. Wn. W. Lancaster of Sherman, Sterling and Wright, New York City
Mr. Clarence Pickett, Executive Secretary, American Friends
Service Committee
COPIES TO:
s, FE, S/P, EUR, EE
1-1493
Messrs. Wilson, Lancaster and Pickett ealled by appointment to
discuss the project of a trip to the Soviet Union by a group consisting
of Messrs. Charles E. Wilson of General Electric, Chester Barnard,
Rockefeller Foundation, Frank W. Abrans, head of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, Henry Ford, II, William W. Lancaster and
Clarence Pickett. (See Mr. Kennan's memorandum to the Secretary of
March 13 and EE memorandum of March 27 reporting a conversation between
Mr. Pickett and Mr. Reinhardt on this subject.)
Mr. Pickett began the conversation by reviewing briefly the history
of the project. He emphasized that all the members of the group, with
the possible exception of Mr. Henry Ford II, were convinced of the
importance and potentialities of such an effort on the part of
prominent American industrialists to breach the Iron Curtain and that
although they were very much aware of the difficulties and dangers which
surrounded such a project they felt they must pursue it further.
Mr. Lancaster covered the same ground, reviewing the history of
his periodic contacts with Messrs. Gromyko and Malik and argued the
importance of such a trip to the Soviet Union by outstanding American
industrialists along the lines of the attached memorandum which he
presented to the Secretary in this connection. He said that although
such a journey would be of course unofficial, nevertheless in view of
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E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 3(D) or (E)
Depr. of State letter, Aug 2,1973 5-62-26
COMPIDENTIAL
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