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

SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION 187 Juno 12, 1952 OF COWVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT Item With reference to the proposal made by the Prosident in hie preas conference for an investigating group mode up of military representitive of Indonusia, India, Pakistan, Swedon and Switsor- land to go to Kojo-Co to report on conditions in the camo thore, I did not specifically ask whether this was a directive from the President. I would assuno 11 vas. I pointed out to the Prosident that I was vory mach afraid that Indonocia would not participate under any circunatances. I thought that India and Pakistan would be unhappy about boing put on public notioe and that 1f these three countries refuno to participato, I thought Switsorland and Swoden would also refuso. I said I thought tro should approach those countries informally and find out how thay stand on the mattor before mending thom a note which thay would have to anavor. The Prosident and that 1t had boen his that if the could got military non from thoso countrios to investigate the conditione that, being soldiers, thay mould and would confira that the situa- tion had boon haniled in a military fachion and would probably say that it had boon hanlied an they thomsolves would have haniled a mimilar situation. I therofore think that this must ba treated as an instruction from the Prosident, although after hoaring my conception of the dangers of the proponal, he has given mo sono latitude in the matter of how it is handled. I would 1fico somo suggestions from the Department eithor by the end of the aftornoon BO that I can telephono the Prosident or by tomorrow torning ao that I might take it up with hin at the Cabinot. Dean Acheson DECLASSIFIED E. o. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, 1027.76 Bz NLT-HC , NARS 5 11-24-76 SECURITY INFORMATION