Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of France Henri Bonnet, and Douglas MacArthur II

M.A. 779 DEPARTMENT OF STATE (4535) Memorandum of Conversation 375 DATE: December 39, 1950 SUBJECT: Commend Structure of the MAT Tetograted Toroe PARTICIPANTS: The Secretery a 3. AND RECORDS The Froneh M. Sonnet Nr. COPIES TO: The Secretery Dogaty Under Secretary, Matthnve Secrotery Perkine Byington Hr. laboulase Polioy Planning staff Gananal 1-1493 Bonnet said that he and agited to mes the Secretery on instruations from nis government to emphesiso the Asportance which the Frencis dovarnment and people atteched to adequate participation in the command stractura of the EAT integrated foress. Anbassador Bonnet observed that the payer approved by the defense committes at Brassols provided in a general way for the of throe Command Theatres (i.s., North, Central, and Bonth), gald that in viev of the very substentin] contribution in terma of defenes which the French Governzent plamed to sake evailable so the integrated forse the French believed that e Proneh General abould comcand the Central in which the French foross voult be located. Re also anid that he thet it was templated that there votala be two Deputy Commanders, one for Air snd ens for Ground Foross. thile he esd not wiph to de into detsil on thie matter, which French militery officiale would disesos with Genern) Wieenhover, he 414 wieh to note that the Freneh attachod Importence to the position of Tepaty Corcandez for Ground Torces ene felt that it be logãea] for e Tranchaan te fill that pest. In reply, the Secpetary that he bad not yet had as apportunity to talk to General Hisenhover, but that the asd that Oeneral hed made no decisione about Command Strueture or the indivicuale who night fill the stracture. Goneral had a somplotely ouen mand about all these questione and one of the principal purgeses of his tris to so obtain views of the Suropean ITAT countries on thase It walld be following his convultations with the SAT nembera that he vould reach conclasions on what seaved to be the best Bomiand Strueture. Bonnet DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 3-16-76 Dept. of State letter, Aug 2,1973 By NLT- He NARS Date 6.16.76