Forrestal Met British Defense Officials Week After Majestic 12 Directive in 1947

What was said

"Within one week of the Truman directive to Bush and Forrestal to in fact set up Majestic 12 and to report directly to him at the beginning of October 1947, Forrestal then had a meeting with Sir Henry Tizard, who at that time was the chief scientific advisor to the Ministry of Defense."

Kaplan disclosed that Defense Secretary James Forrestal met with UK Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Henry Tizard within one week of the September 24, 1947 Truman directive establishing Majestic 12. Following the lunch with Forrestal and Vannevar Bush on October 1, 1947, Tizard returned to the UK and established a secret Flying Saucer Working Party in the Ministry of Defense. Kaplan verified these meetings through multiple contemporaneous diaries and UK Ministry documents stating only one copy of the report would be produced and sent to Tizard following 'the American lead' on secrecy.