Mr. Cutler called on Secretary Dulles, but Secretary Wilson interrupted to state that it might be helpful to Secretary Dulles if he, Secretary Wilson, first talked for a moment about the Defense Department position on this issue. He said that his own personal position differed a little from that of many of his colleagues in the Defense Department. While he was quite aware of the military needs for modernizing U. 8. forces in Korea, he was also keenly aware of the political and psychological aspects of the problem. Above all, he wished to avoid "heating up” the difficulties in Korea any more than could be helped, and he was also very concerned about the problem of the costs of modernization. Secretary Wilson added that he had, how- ever, received a report from his people only yesterday, stating that if the package deal proposed in NSC 5702/1 were adopted, we would be able to bring home approximately 8000 American military personnel, and we could cut out four active South Korean divisions, whieh would . Save us approximately $125 million a year. f22II0IIfiir! ries eed ool Secretary Dulles then took the floor, and stated that the REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. EISENBOWER LIBRARY ? general proposal to countermand the provisions of Article 13(D) of the Armistice Agreement had been pretty well received throughout the Free World. The reason for this favorable reaction to our announcement was that our course of action had been carefully planned and pe oe refullyvorked out with our allies, (7/:02/ 100i 254