Minutes of the 15th Meeting of the National Security Council

TOP ODORET MINUTES OF THE 15th MEETING of the AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Thursday, July 15, 1948 SERVICE" Ess in the Conference Room at The White House MEMBERS PRESENT George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, Presiding James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army M. E. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Cornelius V. Whitney, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State Rear Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence Robert Blum, Office of the Secretary of Defense SECRETARIAT Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary DECISIONS 1. DISPATCH OF B-29 BOMBERS TO THE BRITISH ISLES a. Agreed, subject to reservations by the Secretary of the Army, that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should recommend to the President that the United States proceed with the dispatch of B-29 bombers to the British Isles. b. Agreed that a public statement concerning this movement would be carefully coordinated between the Department of State and the National Military Establishment. DECLASSIFIED NSC LTR. 9.8.78 NLT 77-82 By NET-HE NARS, Date 3-26.79