Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Senator Alexander Wiley

324 ma DECLASSIFIED Es O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and (D) and Dept. of State letter, Aug 3-31-26 SEURET 161 PROJECT NLT76-11 MILLHC NARS Date F.4.24 conf June 26, 1950 Memorandum of Telephone Conversation The Secretary Called Senator Wiley and said that he wanted to give him a report on the Korean situation and that he had just talked with Chairman Connally. The Secretary said that when he got word of the attack about 10 or 11 o'clock Saturday night he immediately had a meeting of the Security Council called for Sunday. At the meeting a strong resolution was gotten through calling upon North Korea to stop the attack. The Secretary said the Security Council would meet tomorrow at 3 p.m. to get a report from the Commission on North Korea. The Secretary said that the President had met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary Johnson and himself and top advisers. The Secretary said that when he want before the Senate Appropriations Committee this morning to discuss MDAP, he would be acting under orders of the President not to discuss Far Eastern matters since the President in the opening phase of the matter thought it important to keep control of the situation in his own hands. The Secretary said he thought the position in Korea was in pretty good shape this morning. He pointed out that the attack coming from prepared positions a short distance away made the first impact difficult to take, but now the South 3. THOUGH Koreans were in good fighting shape. The Secretary said that "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND he hoped that within a very short time he would be able to come RECORD& : SERVICE before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, or have the President consult with them, on the basis of a careful analysis of the whole situation. Senator Wiley made no comment. He asked first what MacArthur was doing. The Secretary told him that MacArthur was in charge of sending them assistance and that it was MacArthur's judgment that the President was relying on. TOP OLONL OFADE