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versations were preceded by preliminary discussions commencing .on
-May 1. In addition to the tripartite sessions, United States officials
5 participated in bilateral meetings with representatives of Britain and
.France. Certain of the London discussions were concerned with the
:world situation in general, the threat presented by the Soviet Union,
-and other matters of immediate relevance. to the national security of
the United States. For documentation on the London F oreign Minis-
ters meetings and related discussions, see volume III, pages 828 ff.

 

“Department of State Executive Secretariat Files

M emorandum, of Conversation, by the Executive Seoretary of the
Ba Ean MN ational Seourity Council (Lay)

TOP SECRET Oe, | Wasnrxar0n, May 12 , 1950. |
“Memorandum for: Mr. Nitze ~ Oo
“ | General Burns
General Bradley —
Mr. Lanphier
Mr. Haas
Mr. Bissell -
Mr. Schaub
~ Mr. Dearborn
Mr. Murphy ©
_ Mr. Montague
_ Mr. Voorhees’
Subject: Fourth Meeting of the » Ad Hoe “Committes ‘on “NSC. 68
: ‘(May 12, 1950) ©
"After distribution of the comments of N SRB on N SC 68, 2 ‘the
“Executive Secretary suggested that this meeting of the Ad Hoc Com-
mittee be devoted to answering the questions raised by several agencies
on the facts and implications underlying NSC.68.
~~ Initial discussion centered on the question of the nature and extent
of the present and prospective Soviet threat to the security of the
‘United States as delineated in NSC 68. After some discussion it was
‘generally agreed that even if the U.S. were able to contain the USSR
within present limits, the threat it posed to the United States, accord- _
ing to NSC 68, was of increasing gravity. .
Discussion followed on the relations between the military build-up
and other forms of resistance to the USSR political, psychological,

| “Not identified in the files of the Department of ‘State, but see memorandum
by the National Security Resources Board, May 29, p. 316.