Editorial Note

The Truman–Attlee talks were discussed by the National Security Council at its 74th meeting on December 11, and at the request of President Truman the Department of State prepared a report for the Council recording the results of the talks. This report, designated NSC 93 and dated December 12, not printed, incorporated the substance of the Final Communiqué and the agreements and disagreements that emerged on various policy questions during the course of the conversations. Documentation relating to these developments, [Page 1789] including the text of NSC 93, is in the Executive Secretariat Files.