Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks

201 115 DECRET SECURITY INFORMATION June 17, 1952 Sir Oliver Franks telephoned the Secretary this afternoon to say that he had received e message from Eden, who had sug- gested that in an effort to reach bilateral agreement prior to tripartite talks in London, it might be a good iden if conversa~ tions of a politico-military nature dealing with Southeast Asia might take place here. The Ambassador said that Mr. Steele had conferred with Mr. Perkins the other day, and Mr. Perkins had said he did not believe, because of certain précecupations with a number of problems, there would be time to arrange such talks. However, the Ambassador said that since he had had orders from his Government to present the matter to Mr. Acheson personally, he felt compelled to do this so he could report back to his Government. The Secretary said that he was not at all sure he could get hold of the appropriate people in the military, but that he would have a talk with Mr. Perkins this afternoon and let the Ambassa- dor know our decision. (Mr. Raynor and Mr. Lacy were with the Secretary when he spoke to Sir Oliver and Mr. Lacy is taking the matter up with Mr. Perkins.) DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and Dept. of State letter, Kights 27-76 SECRET By NLT- HC , NARS Date/1-24-76 S ma SECURITY INFORMATION