I am beginning to understand the importance of charts Martin and also of locations.
Just found this which answers the question I think of who set this meeting up. WATCH FOR THE WIND IN THE TREES, Paul.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wake/index.html
"On Monday, October 9, 1950, the President dispatched a message to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, USA (Commander in Chief, United States Forces, Far Eastern Command, and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command), informing him that he urgently desired to meet with him on either Saturday, October 14th, or Monday, October 16th. The President suggested Honolulu as the place for the meeting"
Notice the parameters of the meeting. Kevin will agree with me, or any good Navigator. To get to a certain point TIME is an important coordinate.
and thanks to Mr. Twigsnappers lead and the Truman Library accounts I have found this:
T"he idea for that trip [to the Pacific for President Harry S. Truman to meet with the Commander in Chief, Far East, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur] originated with George Elsey [Administrative Assistant to the President] . . . . And, so he talked to some of the rest of us on the staff about it, we in turn talked to President Truman about it. I don't think he was ever enthusiastic about it. But we persuaded him to go. And I don't think he ever did really care to go, to tell you the truth. But he went, and George Elsey went out as the advance man to Hawaii. George had been a lieutenant in the Navy in World War II and when he went out to Hawaii he was dealing with naval people from Admiral [Arthur] Radford [Commander in Chief Pacific] on down and he would tell them what they had to do. I think he got quite a kick out of it. They did it up right."
That last rings with an irony that anyone could hear! Elizabeth