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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 1
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ae ‘Tngoln ‘White tate. Deport| reine tet ley —_—
ment Press officer, ad to Teport-| : Dy ae by: OOF ont M . T
“an. official statement aired ‘ ribane is the” ‘leading pro-British oe een ta me wrannat mame 20H r. Quinn Tan
. defending: MacArthur's” newspaper in this country but has
: oe on any phose gt American newsp ape! Ty.
policy‘and asserting that nothing |. ;
: icontained in “his VJ-Day anniver- ment of Russia since the’ ‘war.
4 ‘sary | ‘ptatement: was: contrary to} Eugene Meyer’s internationalist | 1
: ! ithatrpolicy. : fh , ‘Washington ‘Post seems to have!
i | > American. policy, ‘White said, is|even more difficulty than ‘the|
. iset forth : inthe. Potsdam agree- Herald-Tribune Geciding whether . , i a “i
. | ment,’ ‘in’ the Japanese surrender|‘to be pro-British” or pro-Russian. '
\ | iterms,. in ‘a .White House state-|,Jt not only. carried the anti-Mac- . oe
t | iment of September.6, 1945, and inj, , pro-Comminist story. on its _ yh
: e decisions of. the Far Eastern||front page but published an edi- . )
: petite n. He added that Mac-| torial berating MacArthur for is-
‘commis is thoroughly‘ acquainted | suing his statement and for talk- 1
. ‘with the basic policy directives and i ne. peontidentially 2, members
‘Is. not required to clear-any state- iG tite. who later wormed of a
‘ment he’ ater pake with the} possible surprise attack by the
[s MacArthur’s statement said the [i in Korea, or elsewhere.
: “dread uncertainty”of ideological)/ The Post editorial even de-
‘nounced ;. publication:.of an of-'
conflict between democracy 85f| ficial dopument predicting that
é * ightin:
a people “long regimented under| Russia's, fightingage manpower ,
® philosophy of the extreme con-/ s cicjative reference service of the
. servative right, might prove easy Library of Congress published the
‘prey to those seeking to impose a booklet in response to. a House:
ion ‘under the philosophy of, the | 7°%
extreme radical left.” “It is hard to see how this sort!
of talk can inspire confidence in
A copyrighted Washington dis- :
patch to the New York -Herald iteane United States abroad or how
Tribune, which was also published | 44
on. the first page of the Washing-
ton .Post, said unnamed “State
Department sources” charg
MacArthur with “having la
between ourself and Russia,” said| '
‘|the Post.. |; i
‘The State Department‘s~stzang
on his own judgment vénti-| defense of MacArthur contrasted .
communist campaign in violation! with its attitude.of a year ago,} -
‘6r ‘INs"Américan’ policy directives
from. President Truman.” The
stofy quoted these. anonymous/supreme allied commander for
sources as saying American policyf stating that his occupation force
is Bimed at “building a bridge of: couid be reduced to 200,00 ix
friendship to Soviet Russia.” - “months, -" Oins li
- ' Acheson remarked that Mac- £2a= L dq. y f
hen Dean Acheson, as acting Sec- -
etary, publicly rebuked . the ~
Arthur was there as an “instru-
Dolley. ‘The reection to wie tec, 7 87. cP 6!
policy, e reaction last : Si ,
did fhot enhance the State Depart- WOK » & * $46
merit’s popularity. The oc jon
forge was reduced below 200,00
. months and is now down to
about 135,000.
Summers eee wemercerene
WASH ON TIMES HERALD
63 SEP (Begg
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