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842.20 Defense/11–1247

Memorandum by the Chairman of the United States Section of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, United States–Canada ( Acheson ) to President Truman 1

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Washington , November 12, 1947.

At its meeting at New York on September 11–12, 1947, the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, U.S.–Canada, adopted the following Recommendation:

“Recommendation of September 11, 1947

“That as a measure contributing directly to the efficiency of joint United States–Canadian defense arrangements, the service personnel (civil and military) of each country should be carried reciprocally in the military airplanes of the other country without charge for reimbursement.”

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The Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force have signified their agreement with the Board’s Recommendation.

I recommend that you approve the Board’s Recommendation of September 11, 1947.

Dean Acheson
  1. Marginal notation dated November 14: “Approved, Harry S. Truman.”↩