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- 15 - Time is shorter than we thought, Mr. Acheson said. We used to think we could take our time up to 1952, but if we were right in that, the Russians wouldn't be taking such t errible risks as they are now. What they are doing now means that we do not have as much time as we thought. When the Secretary of State had finished, the President asked - the Secretary of the Treasury if he had any comments. Mr. Snyder assured the President that the Government was in good fiscal shape to meet any sudden emergencies of financing. The President asked Mr. Harriman to speak. Mr. Harriman said he thought that the mood of the free world at this moment was terribly important. He wished to recommend to the President that he take immediate leadership in this situation and that he see that the United States keeps its position of leadership in the United Nations. Bold acts of leadership on our part are all the that can save us and "we must not lose our initiative. He agreed with the others who had spoken that Europe is the most important area to concern ourselves with. He hoped that we could get a Supreme Com- mander "very fast." We should forego some of the details we have been insisting on and we should get a man over there in a hurry. The

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