Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. CONFERENCE OF DEFENSE LEADERS, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. CONFERENCE OF DEFENSE LEADERS, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA

1953

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VS, arrival and departure of civilian and military leaders to conference with Secretary of Defense, Charles E. Wilson as host and Gen C.B. Cates, Commandant, Marine Corps Schools. Included in the arrival and departure with Wilson and Cates are the following: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen of the Army, Omar N. Bradley, Adm Arthur W. Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm Robert B. Carney, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, Gen Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr, USMC, Commandant of the Marin Corps, Gen Matthew B. Ridgeway, Army Chief of Staff, Gen Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen J. Lawton Collins, Adm William M. Fechteler, Gen Anthony C. McAuliffe, Robert T. Stevens, Secretary of the Army, Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force, Robert B. Anderson, Secretary of the Navy, Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Harold E. Stassen, Director of Mutual Security. MS, Eisenhower shakes hands with marine officer at parade grounds. MLS, MS, President and Cates leave parade grounds and walk twds limousine. LS, Eisenhower and Cates get out of limousine and walk to parade grounds. MLS, SV, defense leaders salute the Colors. MS, Ridgway examines range target. MS, Stassen seated on ground aims rifle with Sniperscope. Ridgway and Stassen examine weapon. MS, Wilson steps out of limousine and shakes hands with marine officer. VS, Wilson accompanied by Cates walks to airfield; Wilson climbs aboard H-19 copter. Pilot shows Wilson how to strap himself and use radio headset. VS, Eisenhower and Cates in jeep, troop the line. Marines on parade grounds dressed in solid tans and overseas caps. Defense leaders look on. VS, President, dressed in sportshirt and cap, accompanied by Cates proceeds to golf course. MS, ext, Ridgway and Twining talk. MCU, RV, Radford speaks with Lt Col Bertram Kalisch of SCPC MSs, CUs, monument of the "Iwo Jima Flag Raising". VS, int, defense leaders seated at tables in Hqs, Marine Corps Educational Center's auditorium. Wilson at speakers stand on stage with charts set up along stage. Sign on speakers stand, "Top Secret".

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