Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and General Omar Bradley

SECREF- 336 corf (ung 26) 206 July 27, 1950 a RECORDAND MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION Participants: Secretary Johnson Mr. Acheson General Bradley Secretary Johnson called Mr. Acheson on Wednesday afternoon (July 26). He mentioned a telegram from Mr. Spofford to General Bradley which he read to Mr. Acheson. The telegram said that, at the suggestion of the United Kingdom representative, the Council of Deputies has agreed to ask the Standing Group to send a representative to the Council of Deputies meeting. (We have since obtained a copy of this telegram.) Secretary Johnson said that he did not think it advisable to send such a representative to London. He mentioned that the Standing Group was part of the Military Committee, which in turn reported to the Defense Committee, and that he thought it a peculiar organizational arrangement for the Standing Group to have a representative in London. General Bradley came on the telephone and said that he felt that the only help which the Council of Deputies needed there is a lower rank liaison officer who could obtain information, etc., for the Council. He did not like the idea of a senior officer being sent. Mr. Acheson said that Mr. Spofford had talked to him prior to his departure and that it had been his impression that all agreed we should not have a permanent full-time representative of the Standing Group there. The Secretary said that the possibility had been mentioned of having General Crittenberger go over there and give the Council of Deputies some idea of the magnitude of the program which the United States had in mind. DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (c) Dept. of State Litter, Aug. 9, 1973 SECRE By NLT. HC NAR3 Date 6-14-76