Minutes of the Twentieth Meeting of the National Security Council

MLT/PSF/INSC/348 20P SECKET MINUTES OF THE 20th MEETING of the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL held on Tuesday, September 7, 1948 in the Conference Room at The White House MEMBERS PRESENT Harry S. Truman, The President of the United States, Presiding George C. Marshall, Secretary of State James V. Forrestal, Secretary of Defense Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force Arthur M. Hill, Chairman, National Security Resources Board OTHERS PRESENT Robert A. Lovett, Under Secretary of State Major General A. M. Gruenther, Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff Robert Blum, Office of the Secretary of Defense SECRETARIAT Sidney W. Souers, Executive Secretary DECISIONS with de to the 1. THE BERLIN NEGOTIATIONS a. Noted a report by the Secretary and the Under Secretary of State on the deterioration of the Berlin negotiations to the point that the negotiations may blow up shortly both in Moscow and in Berlin. b. Concurred in the course of action proposed by the Depart- ment of State, namely, to bring the disagreed issues to a definitive conclusion in Moscow and, if no satisfactory solution is reached, then to refer the Berlin situation to the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guicet ne, June 12, 1979 NJC LTR. 4-13-+2 By NLT- He NARS, Date 6-22-t2 mon SBOIET