DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
April 10, 1952
Meeting with the President
Item 1. Corrective Statement on Appointment of NATO Head
The President after discussion with Mr. Roger Tubby and me authorized the issuance of a corrective statement in accordance with the suggestion which I made to them. The statement is on the subject of the procedure by which General Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander, which, in the absence of change, would seem to be appropriate for the appointment of any successor.
S DA:ma
April 10, 1952
Meeting with the President
Item 2. Japanese Peace Treaty
I went over with the President the material contained in Mr. Allison's memorandum of April 10. The President agreed that the action taken by Congress extending emergency power until June 1 was adequate for our present purposes. He authorized us to proceed in accordance with Mr. Allison's memorandum in concert with the Department of Defense. He said that he would sign the authorization to deposit the ratification when it reached him. He understands that on Monday or Tuesday we will give the ten- day notice in the event that the requisite number of ratifications have been deposited so that he may bring the treaty into effect on the 24th or 25th of April.
He also authorizes us to send over the nomination of Mr. Robert Murphy as Ambassador to Japan.
S DA:ma
April 10, 1952
Meeting with the President
Item 3. Reply to Soviet Note
I left with the President a copy of the Soviet reply to our note on Germany and told him that we were working on an answer to it and would have our recommendations to lay before him in due course.
S DA:ma