November 24 1954 MEMORANDUM OF CONFERENCE WI' 'H T HE PRESIDENT 0810 24 N ovember 1954 Others present Secretary of State for part • f mo eting S ecretary o f Defe ns e Mr Aile n Dulles Se c retary of Ai r Force General Twining Lt G e ne ral Cabell L t Gi nera l P utt Colonel Goodpaster Autho ri c ati • n wa s sought from the President to go ahead on a prog a m Lo produce th i rty s p ecial high p e rformanc e aircraft at a cost of about $ 35 million The President approved thi9 action Mr Allen Dulles i n li c3ted that his o r ganization could not finance this whole surn without draw-ing attention to it and ir was agreed that Defense would seek t o c a rry a substantial part o the financin g 'The Sec retary of D efense sought t h e Pr esident 's agreement to taking one last look a t the type of o peration9 planned when the aircraft a re ava 1l able The Pre s ident i n dicated agreement To a question by the President the s c -etar y oi State indicJ ted that lifficulties mi ht arise out of thes e operations but that we c ouid live through thcrn '' In ummary the Pre sident directed those prest nt t o go ahea l and get the equipment but befor e inili atin s operations to come in for one last look at the plan s ··- A J Goodpaste r