Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State James Webb to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON December 19, 1950 TOP SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Action at Brussels on Supreme Commander and Integrated Force. There are attached two telegrams from the Secretary of State to you giving the full text of the two resolutions adopted yesterday by the North Atlantic Treaty Council. They provide for the establishment of an integrated force in Europe and request you to appoint General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower as its Supreme Commander. There is also attached a telegram from the Secretary of State to you summarizing the discussion on these reso- lutions at the Council meeting. These documents describe the action in Brussels on the basis of which your action in designating General Eisenhower was taken. for Acting Secretary E Webl Enclosures: 1. Telegram No. 985 from Brussels. 2. Telegram No. 986 from Brussels. 3. . Telegram No. 988 from Brussels. DECLASSIFIED STATE GUIDEUNE TOP SECRET E.C. 12065 III ton BYARTINC NARS, Date 4-29-79