Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, East Asia and the Pacific, Volume XII, Part 1

Editorial Note

The United States Minutes of the Third and Fourth Sessions of the First Meeting of the ANZUS Council are not printed. (Conference files, lot 59 D 95, CF 116)

In the Third Session, which met at 10 a.m. on August 5, the three Foreign Ministers and their aides reviewed the situation in the Middle East and South Asia.

The Fourth Session met at 3 p.m. the same day. Admiral Radford briefed the Council on the military situation in Korea and gave an appreciation of the strategic roles of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.