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    "ocrText": "CANATIONAL\nARCHIVES\n= SERVICE*\nTOP SECRET\n- 2 -\nfurther assistance we might render to Korea in pursuance\nof this or a supplementary Security Council resolution.\nHe next suggested that the President should order the Seventh\nFleet to proceed to Formosa and prevent an attack on Formosa\nfrom the mainland. At the same time operations from Formosa\nagainst the mainland should be prevented. He said that he\ndid not recommend that General MacArthur should go to\nFormosa until further steps had been decided upon. He said\nthat the Uhited States should not tie up with the Generalissimo,\nHe thought that the future status of Formosa might be determined\nby the UN.\nTHE PRESIDENT interposed \"or by the Japanese Peace Treaty\".\nMR. ACHESON finally suggested that our aid to Indochina\nshould be stepped up.\nGENERAL BRADLEY said that we must draw the line\nsomewhere.\nTHE PRESIDENT stated he agreed on that.\nGENERAL BRADLEY said that Russia is not yet ready for\nwar. The Korean situation offered as good an occasion for\naction in drawing the line as anywhere else and he agreed\nwith the actions suggested by Mr. Acheson. He said that\njets flying over her would have a great morale effect on\nthe South Koreans even if they were unable to spot the\nNorth Korean tanks. He said that naval action could help\non the East Coast. He questioned the value of sending\nmateriel which the Koreans were not trained to use. He\nmentioned the F-51'e in this connection. He said that we\nshould act under the guise of aid to the United Nations.\nHe proposed that we should move fleet units now in Subic Bay.\nHe thought it would probable not be necessary for them to\nshoot but that they might frighten off the North Korean\namphibious forces. He questioned the advisability of putting\nin ground units particularly if large numbers were involved.\nGENERAL COLLINS reported on a telecon with Tokyo.\nGeneral MacArthur is shipping the mortars, artillery, and\nso on with ammunition. These supplies will reach the Koreans\nwithin the ten-day period for which they already have\nsupplies. The F-51¹g are available in Japan for Korean\npilots to fly back. The Korean pilots will be flown from\nKimpo. General Collins urged that authority be given\nMacArthur to send a survey group to Korea.\nDECLASSIFIED\nADMIRAL SHERMAN\nH. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (T)\nDepr. of State letter, Aug. 12.2925 5,4913\nBx NLT. HC NARS Date 6.1176\nTOP SECRET"
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