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THUMAN
and ARCHIVES AND I
RECORDS
99
March 20, 1952.
MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
Secretary Acheson
Mr. Kenney of MSA
Secretary Acheson telephoned, first to Mr. Harriman
who was in Florida and therefore the Secretary did not
speak to him, then to Mr. Kenney. He said he had told
Mr. Harriman he would reconsider the wording of the
executive order applying to MSK operations abroad, with
reference to whether he would be willing to have
"general supervision" substituted, as Mr. Harriman
wished, for the standard wording "general direction
and leadership*. He said he had reviewed the matter
now and felt he could not change the wording which
he had so strongly advocated in past instances, and
that he could not see any reason why it should be changed
in this instance.
The Secretary said he proposed to let the draft go
to the President, asking the Budget Bureau to inform the
President that there had been some criticism of the
language as it stood, but that he, the Secretary, would
not send a memorandum along arguing his side of the
matter.
Mr. Kenney said he thought that was all right. His
concern arose because he had encountered difficulties
due to these two words. The Secretary said he felt
sure that there was no chance of difficulty arising,
except in pessibly one or two specific cases. If it
did, he would take charge and see that it did not develop.
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