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   Mr. Webb agreed that, this is so-and-pointed out that the President
 and the Bureau off the Budget. would be subjected to. all sortsof pres-
 sure -for -expanding programs. He pointed out that the power people
 would. want, to expand and -would need a greater amount of money
 and likewise the public roads- people would say that we must have
 more and better roads and- every- -other: agency would press for more
 money to expand-their-programs. It-was agreed that this.sort of
 -thing must be headed off-that it required firm leadership to sort out
 the things which are important to be done and not agree to.programs
 such as these mentioned above which do not contribute to the primary
 objective of preventing war.
   The consensus of the group-was that the!-position .:,we should-take
 with NSRB, and also in the future in regard to -this.issue,, isthat we
 must concentrate on the political, psychological and defensive mecha-
 nism to prevent dropping of bombs and an out-break of war..We-must
 proceed with the assumption that we can not do everything and we
 should concentrate only on those thingswhich set the above pattern.
 We must reject the idea that we are fighting a-,arr-tomor-row .because,
 when planning is done with that assumption, the inevitable result
 will be to make ,the assumptioni come true.
                                              W. J. MCWLI~
Policy Planning Staff Files
Memorandum of National Security Council C6oneul.tants'eeting,
               Tkursday,. June29, 1950     SO 11-:3a. m.-
TOP SECRET-WAsHINGTON, June 29,- 1950.

Subject: Situation Resulting from Hostilitiesin Korea'
Present: Mr. Jessup                 Mr. Stalheim..
          Mr. Kennan                Mr. Childs
          Mr. Matthews 2            Col. Johnson
          Gen. Burns                Capt. Pryce.
          Gem Spalding              Col. Fulcher
          Mr. Lanphier              Mr. Lay.
          Adm. Hillenkoetter        Mr. Gleason
          Mr. Bishop 4              Mr. Farley.
          Col. Shell                Mr. Boggs..
  On June 25, forces of North Korea invaded South Korea; for documentation
on the Korean War, see volume via.
  21I-. Freeman Matthews, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
  Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Director. of 'the Central Intelligence
Agency.
  SMaxW. Bishop, Special Assistant to the Ambassador at Large (Jessup).


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