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Wake Island Meeting
President Truman and General MacArthur

 

Online Documents

 

Below are descriptions of the documents pertaining to the Wake Island Meeting between President Truman and General MacArthur on 14 October 1950. The hyperlink to the right will lead you to the actual document, and indicates how many pages that particular item is.


  • Memoranda for the President, dated October 9, 1950, pertaining to the proposed trip by President Truman to the Pacific to meet with General MacArthur regarding the situation in Korea. Papers of George M. Elsey. (3 pages)

  • Notes from Dean Acheson's meeting with President Truman, dated October 9, 1950, regarding the President's proposed trip to the Pacific to meet with General MacArthur including the subjects to be discussed. Papers of Dean Acheson. (1 page) 

  • Notes from Dean Acheson's meeting with President Truman, dated October 9, 1950, pertaining to the proposed speeches of the President concerning the situation in Korea. Papers of Dean Acheson. (2 pages) 

  • Statement by the President, dated October 10, 1950, discussing the forthcoming trip to the Pacific to meet with General MacArthur regarding the conditions in Korea. Papers of George M. Elsey. (2 pages) 


  • Message from the Chief of Naval Operations to the Commander in Chief of the Pacific General Douglas MacArthur, dated October 10, 1950, pertaining to the logistics of President Truman's trip to Wake Island. Papers of Harry S. Truman: President's Secretary's Files. (3 pages) 


  • Department of State Daily Opinion Summary, dated October 11, 1950, reporting the reactions of the media concerning the upcoming meeting of President Truman and General MacArthur. Papers of George M. Elsey. (1 page) 


  • Outline used by the President during his meeting with General MacArthur, dated October 13, 1950, containing discussion topics pertaining to Korea, Japan, the Pacific and the Philippines. Papers of Harry S. Truman: President's Secretary's Files. (5 pages) 


  • Notes from Dean Rusk's meeting with Ambassador Muccio, dated October 14, 1950, concerning the situation in Korea. Papers of Dean Acheson. (2 pages) 


  • Notes from Dean Rusk's meeting with Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman and General MacArthur, dated October 14, 1950, regarding the situation in Korea. Papers of Dean Acheson. (2 pages) 


  • Substance of Statements made at Wake Island Conference, dated 15 October 1950, compiled by General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from notes kept by the conferees from Washington. Papers of George M. Elsey. (24 pages) 


  • Statement by President Truman, dated October 15, 1950, pertaining to his meeting held on Wake Island with General MacArthur. Papers of George M. Elsey. (2 Pages) 


  • Department of State Daily Opinion Summary, dated October 16, 1950, reporting the reactions of the media regarding the meeting between President Truman and General MacArthur. Papers of George M. Elsey. (1 page) 


  • Department of State Daily Opinion Summary, dated October 17, 1950, reporting the reactions of the media pertaining to the meeting of President Truman and General MacArthur. Papers of George M. Elsey. (1 page) 


  • Memorandum for the President, dated October 17, 1950, regarding World Reaction to the Wake Island Meeting. Papers of Harry S. Truman: President's Secretary's Files. (2 pages) 


  • Speech given by President Truman at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, dated October 17, 1950, pertaining to the Wake Island Conference with General MacArthur. Papers of Harry S. Truman: Files of Charles S. Murphy. (7 Pages) 


  • Log of President Truman's Trip to Wake Island, October 11-18, 1950 compiled by Lt. Commander William M. Rigdon, USN. (74 pages) 

  • Notes from Dean Acheson's meeting with the President, dated October 19, 1950, pertaining to the meeting of the President and General MacArthur. Papers of Dean Acheson. (1 page) 

  • Handwritten notes by the President, dated November 25, 1950, regarding the Wake Island Conference with General MacArthur. Papers of Harry S. Truman: President's Secretary's Files (5 pages) 

 

 

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