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Meetings with Bohlen, Finletter, Lemnitzer, McConnell

27 May 1964
Description: This memorandum of conversation records a discussion between US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs Ural Alexis Johnson and high-level Western European defense officials. During the talks, CINCEUR Lyman L. Lemnitzer emphasizes the great threat presented by Soviet capabilities. However, Johnson remains skeptical of the intelligence briefings, which also disclose differences in estimates of NATO staying power against a Soviet attack.

Collection: NATO Military Planning

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Document Type: Memorandum of Conversation
Sender: Alexis U. Johnson, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
Recipient: Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State
Language of Original Document: English
Number of Pages: 22
Cold War Period: 1960s
Persons: Johnson, Rusk, Bohlen, Finletter, Lemnitzer, McConnell
Document Source: US National Archives, Department of State Records
Call Number: Record Group 59, Records of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs, Subject Files 1961-1963, Box 1, Memoranda

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