Executive Secretariat Files: NSC 34

Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council ( Souers ) to the Secretary of State

Subject: Retention of U.S. Foothold at Shanghai

At its 31st meeting the National Security Council:

a.
Discussed a memorandum on the subject,9 read by the Acting Secretary of State, which indicated the most feasible of three alternative means of retaining the U.S. foothold at Shanghai.
b.
Agreed that the Acting Secretary of State should prepare for the information of the Council a memorandum outlining the course of action currently being followed by the Department of State with respect to the retention of a U.S. foothold at Shanghai.

The action quoted in b above is accordingly transmitted herewith for appropriate implementation.

Sidney W. Souers
  1. Compare the memorandum of January 5, by Mr. Butterworth, p. 1210.