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This is Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A record titled "Notes on Meeting in J-C-S Conference Room, Pentagon, December 1st, 1950." This memorandum of conversation details high-level discussions among U.S. officials regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Korea during the Korean War. This document is archived at archive.org. This document was declassified and released by The Black Vault under the Freedom of Information Act. Its release date is not publicly specified in the provided context, but it falls under the purview of declassification authorities for historical government records. The document opens with a list of participants, including Secretary of State Dean Acheson, General J. Lawton Collins, and others. The subject of the discussion is summarized: the desire to resume the very useful session which had been held in the previous discussions, namely, what to do in case the offensive failed. Secretary Acheson summarized the action in the Security Council yesterday and referred to the virtual state of panic which seemed to exist among our friends in New York. Many are complaining that the United States' leadership has faded, and the present difficulties are the fault of General MacArthur's actions. It is of the greatest importance that we should again bring about unity among our friends. The effect of disunity is felt not only in Asia but also in Europe. He emphasized the thought, which he said he was advancing for purposes of discussion only and not because he felt sure it was the proper solution, that if a line could be established from a military point of view, a political attempt should be made to attach some security to it. If this could be done de facto, perhaps it would open up a field of negotiation. He raised the question of the military desirability of a ceasefire resolution if some of our friends suggested it in the United Nations. He discussed the possibility that [three lines redacted under exemption B1] might agree to it, and the Chinese [three lines redacted under exemption B1] would not, as well as the possibility that if the Chinese agreed, they would still not carry it out loyally while we did. He suggested the possibility of armistice teams along the pattern which General Marshall had followed in China. He then passed it to a consideration of subsequent actions and raised the question whether we could get out of Korea hoping the Chinese would also withdraw. We might then leave the R-O-K against the North Koreans. The question was, where that would leave us. In any event, we must do something in Korea and we must do something to counter the rapid re-emergence of neutralism in Germany. He had made consideration [three lines redacted under exemption B1] going to New York next week to speak in the lines, but did not wish to have it appear that the United States Government has an agreed plan. If, from a military point of view, it is impossible to hold a line, we are confronted with a new set of…

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Filed OCT 28 · 2026Runtime 1 min

CIA Notes On Meeting In J C S Conference Room, Pentagon, December 1st, 1950.

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated October 28, 2026

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This is Declassified. S. officials regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Korea during the Korean War. org. This document was declassified and released by The Black Vault under the Freedom of Information Act. Its release date is not publicly specified in the provided context, but it falls under the purview of declassification authorities for historical government records.

Date: OCT 28 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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This is Declassified. Today, we delve into a declassified C-I-A record titled "Notes on Meeting in J-C-S Conference Room, Pentagon, December 1st, 1950." This memorandum of conversation details high-level discussions among U.S. officials regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Korea during…

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What was CIA Notes On Meeting In J C S Conference Room, Pentagon, December 1st, 1950. about?: This is Declassified. S. officials regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Korea during the Korean War. org. This document was declassified and released by The Black Vault under the Freedom of Information Act. Its release date is not publicly specified in the provided context, but it falls under the purview of declassification authorities for historical government records.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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