Daily Appointment Sheet for President Harry S. Truman

DATE Monday, October 30, 1950 AND. u.s. 10:00 am (Staff Meeting) 11:00 am Lt. General Geoffrey Keyes General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, United States Army (General Keyes has been High Commissioner in Austria, represent- ing both Army and State Department. Retiring at end of this month. The President will hand him a letter expressing con- gratulations and gratitude for his services, etc.) 11:30 am Honorable Walter M. Bastian, U. S. District Judge for the District of Columbia (Recess appointment; asked to come in and thank the President) 11:45 am (Mr. Peter Brown, Department of Justice) OFF THE RECORD 12:00 Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State 12:30 pm Honorable Robert Hinckley, Vice President, American Broadcasting Company 12:45 pm The President received the Ministers of Defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, with their Military Advisors. The following were present: H.E. Col. E.V.G.A. De Greef ) Belgium Lt. Gen. E. Baele, Chief of Staff, Army) H.E. The Hon. Brooke Claxton) Lt. Gen. Charles Foulkes ) Canada H.E. Rasmus Hansen) Denmark Lt. Gen. E. Goertz) H.E. M. Jules Moch France Gen. Charles Lecheres) H.E. Thor Thors ) Iceland Mr. Magnus V. Magnusson) H.E. Randolfo Pacciardi General Claudio Trezzani) Italy H.E. H. Le Gallais Col. Aloyes J. Jacoby) Luxembourg H.E. H. L's Jacob Gen. Dr. H. G. Kruls) Netherlands H.E. Jens Chr. Hauge) It. Cen. Bjarne Oen ) Norway H.E. Lt. Col. Fernando dos Santos Costa) General Anibal Passos e Sousa Portugal H.E. The Right Honourable E. Shinwell) Field Marshall Sir William Slim ) United Kingdom Honorable George Marshall, Secretary of Defense Colonel Anthony D. Biddle 1:00 pm (LUNCH) 3:00 pm (Mr. John Hersey) OFF THE RECORD