Office of the Historian

261. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Quarles) to the Secretary of the Army (Brucker)1

Washington, December 24, 1957.

SUBJECT

  • Introduction into Korea of the Honest John and 280mm Gun, [1 line of source text not declassified] (Top Secret)

You hereby are authorized, in implementation of State–Defense cables (1) To Seoul 229, dtd Sept 16, 1957;2 (2) DEF 933850, dtd Dec [Page 533] 11, 1957;3 (3) DEF 933889, dtd Dec 11, 1957,4 to introduce into Korea the Honest John and 280mm gun, [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] as soon as is feasible under Army deployment schedules.

Donald A. Quarles5
  1. Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 61 B 1672, 471.6 Korea. Top Secret.↩
  2. Document 247.↩
  3. Document 257.↩
  4. Not found.↩
  5. Printed from a copy that bears this stamped signature.↩