NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY


  I am confident that with your wholehearted cooperation these
arrangements will make the National Security Council of even greater
effectiveness in the future than it has been in the past.
  Very sincerely yours,                           HARRY TRUMAN


                         Editorial Note

  United States-United Kingdom political-military conversations
occurred in Washington during July 20-24, 1950. The United States
was represented in the discussions by General Omar N. Bradley, Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador at Large Philip
C. Jessup. British representatives were Sir Oliver Franks, British
Ambassador to the United States, and Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Lord Tedder, Chairman of the British Joint Services Mission. The
primary subject of consideration was the world situation in light of
the outbreak of the Korean War. For documentation on these conver-
sations, see volume III, pages 1654 ff.


                          Editorial Note

  On July 24, 1950, Secretary of State Acheson appeared in executive
session before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He discussed
the world situation in light of the outbreak of the Korean War.
For the record of his testimony, see Reviews of the World Situation,
1949-1950: $Hearings HIeld in Executive Session Before the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (81st Cong., 1st and
2nd sessions) , pages 313-337.


700.00(S)/7-2550
Memorandurm of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for
                United Nations Affairs (Hickerson)

TOP SECRET                           [WASHINGTON,] July 25, 1950.
  The British Ambassador' asked to see me and came in at four
o'clock this afternoon. He opened the conversation by asking me to
read a telegram from the Foreign Office dated July 24. The telegram
may be summarized as follows:.

  'Sir Oliver Franks.


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