Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, and State and Defense Department Officials
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OCR Page 1 of 6TOP SECRET
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
COPY NO. 1
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Memorandum of Conversation
OF 8 COPIES
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
DATE: June 25, 1950
SUBJECT:
Korean Situation
RECORD$ "NATIONAL AND
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SERVICE*
PARTICIPANTS: The President
Secretary Acheson
Secretary Pace
Secretary Johngon
Secretary Finletter
Secretary Matthews
General Bradley
Admiral Sherman
Mr. Webb
General Vandenberg
Mr. Rusk
General Collins
Mr. Hickerson
State
Mr. Jessup
Dept.
1-1492
The persons listed above met with the President for
dinner at Blair House at 7:45 PM. Before dinner General
Bradley read a memorandum prepared by General MacArthur
in which he emphasized his Views about the importance of
denying Formosa to the Communists.
After dinner the discussion began around the table. The
President called on the Secretary of State to open the
discussion.
MR. ACHESON summarized the various problems which he
thought the President should consider. The first point was
the question of authorizing General MacArthur to supply
Korea with arms and other equipment over and above the
supplies of ammunition presently authorized under the MDAP
program. He recommended that this be done. He suggested
that our air cover should be used to aid in the evacuation
of the women and children from Seoul and that our air force
should be authorized to knock out northern Korean tanks
or airforce interfering with the evacuation. He then
mentioned the resolution adopted by the Security Council
and suggested that consideration should be given to what
further
DSCLASSIFIED
L. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
D.p.. of State letter, Aug 12.29.75 9,1973
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Ba NLT- HC , NARS Date 6-11-26
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