78. Editorial Note

From October 20 to 22, the special task groups on inspection appointed by Harold E. Stassen to implement NSC Action No. 1419 met with Stassen’s Special Staff at Quantico, Virginia, for an intensive intergroup review of the entire inspection problem relating to disarmament. Regarding the appointment of these task forces, see Stassen’s letter to Wilson, Document 55. Regarding NSC Action No. 1419, see footnote 8, Document 45.

Preparatory documentation for the conference includes preliminary reports, segment reports, and weekly progress reports prepared during September and October, and is in Department of State, Disarmament Files: Lot 58 D 133, under the following folder titles: Task Force—Communications Systems; Inspection—Task Force; Task [Page 222] Force—Ground Forces; Task Force—Army; Task Force—Budget and Finance; Task Force—Budgetary and Economics; Inspection—Task Force—Nuclear; Inspection—Task Force—Navy; Disarmament Policy; Aerial Inspection; and Name Files—Official Correspondence. A verbatim transcript of the Quantico meeting; 11 preliminary summary reports, dated October 20–22; and a report of the Quantico session, dated November 10, are ibid., Inspection—Task Force.