Office of the Historian

795.00/6–3050: Telegram

The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Far East (MacArthur)

top secret
emergency
Washington, 30 June 1950—1:22 p. m.

JCS 84718. Restrictions on use of Army Forces imposed by JCS 846811 are hereby removed and authority granted to utilize Army Forces available to you as proposed your C 569422 subject only to requirements for safety of Japan in the present situation which is a matter for your judgment.

  1. Transmitted on June 29 at 6:59 p. m., p. 240.↩
  2. Ante, p. 248.↩