Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State Dean Acheson
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
August 26, 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT, THE WHITE HOUSE
Your letter of August 26, 1950 requesting urgent recommendations
from the Departments of State and Defense on Various questions re-
lating to the defense of Europe has been received and I shall act
in accordance with it.
I have already spoken to the Secretary of Defense and we have
agreed that high level representation of the two Departments will
work together to prepare a paper for our personal consideration.
I have accordingly designated Mr. George W. Perkins, Assistant
Secretary for European Affairs, Mr. Paul H. Nitze, Director of the
Policy Planning Staff, and Mr. Henry A. Byroade, Director of the
Bureau of German Affairs, to act for me in these discussions.
Acan fishum
HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY
DECLASSIFIED
State By Ders NLT, Date 10-17-85
Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
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