korea86_11.htm:. . . I was one of the many . . . opposed to this plan when
I went out there, but the magic of General [Douglas] MacArthur’s
presentation convinced me, as I think it did the others who were present.
. . . I sat up all night trying to summarize our views and compose a
little, condensed <a href = "sec3/mr850_1.htm">memorandum [of MacArthur's
August 8 presentation</a>]. I gave it to [the President’s Special
Assistant] Governor [W. Averell] Harriman on the plane before we got back
to Washington, and it had his approval. . . . <P> 


korea86_11.htm:Undated summary by Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway of a
conference in Tokyo, Japan, on August 8 (Tokyo time), 1950, at which
General Douglas MacArthur outlined his military needs and advocated an
early offensive in Korea. Papers of Harry S. Truman: President's
Secretary's Files. <a href = "sec3/mr850_1.htm">(3 pages)</a></li><p>