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EUR files, lot 59 D 233, “Subject files IV”

No. 234
Memorandum by the President to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)1
top secret
Washington, August 9, 1954.

You and I once discussed the possibility of stationing the Trieste forces (in the event of a favorable outcome on the Trieste negotiations) in the Leghorn region. While of course I have no objection to the study of this matter, I am quite certain that we should reach no conclusion, even a tentative one, until after the Trieste business is settled, and until you, Radford, the Secretary of State and I can have a discussion of the matter. At such a meeting I may even want to have General Gruenther present.

D.E.
  1. The source text indicates that a copy was sent to the Secretary of State. A penciled notation by O’Connor also indicates that the Secretary saw this memorandum and that copies were sent to EUR, G, and U.↩