Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and President Harry S. Truman

SECHILT CECPET 91 March 24, 1949 Conversation with the President ARCHIVES RECORDS NATIONAL AND SERVICE* Subject: Gubitchev Note I went over the note to the Soviet Ambassador on the Gubitchev case with the President. He approved the note. I told the President that Ambassador Smith was gravely concerned about the safety and morale of the staff in Moscow and had asked me whether it was agreeable to me to have the Ambassador speak to the Attorney General. I told the President that I had no desire to reopen a question which had been decided by the President after mature con- sideration. The President said that the note represented his best judgment and that he did not belleve it was desirable to go into the matter again. I suggest therefore that the Ambassador defer his talk with the Attorney General until the question of the disposition of Mr. Gubitchev after the trial arises. DA DECLASSIFIED E. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) O. 11652, Dept. of State letter, By NLT He : NARS Date4-21-76 SECRET S DA:ma