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furnish Soviet Russia with 8600 add nddd tions ticnal plenes and that he, NWacARTHUR, eee Director, FBI . New York, N. Y. JD s EMC ; ‘March 3, 1944 England for the use of EISENHOWER white he, MacARTHUR, hed to get along with 600. He stated further thet it was outrageous that the United States should after using every. ; argument possible, was only..able..to..get.an_additiona making a total -* “00 planes in the South Pacific. General MacARTHUR stated thet he felt the coming. invasion. of Europe. by. Ame rican troops was. Ddeing 1 made “solely a at the. request Of Russia. He stated . that there was obviously no military rea: sion as the constant bombing of Germany, plus the economic blockades, would bring about the early defeat of that country without any cost to human life. He stated further thet it was not even a good political maneuver o art of Presiden Roosevelt | as_it was too o great a gamble. At this point, jrectly b quoted Ge General MacARTHUR a as is follows: it is the greatest gamble in history, f like playing poker all. night a and at. at. ‘the. he end of the. the evening betting ¢ & P10) chips.on the turn of one card." “General MacARTHUR added that the ‘invasion — of Europe by the e United Stat States could easily result in the e death of § 500, 000 American soldiers. ~ . Of further interest to the Bureau may be the description of : neral MacARTHUR as related to } He stated that General MacARTHUR feels that he is a mean & nothix with h his. "plans. cco. QED isot out to Generel MacARTHUR was held in the presence of a Naval officer and that he, was the as well as being a fellow Wo veveran 0 eral Nac Se pointed out thet when Generel MacARTHUR learned of the United Stetes Navy'e plans to invade “the Marshall” ‘Islands and strike at Truk, ‘he, ne MacARTHUR, ‘tried to stop this affirmative action of the Navy's on the grounds that all offen- sives in the South Pacific should ‘come from the south-and™ not from the east. ointed out that following + the he Nevy o offensive in the Marshall 8 s and the Caroline Islands, General MecARTHUR then changed his own plens and instead of striking at Rabaul, by- these fixed Japanese points and raided the Admiralty islands. yee thet he had seen the original plans of MacARTHUR's forces as late as January 25, 1944 and that such an offensive action was not in those plans. Qf further interest to the Bureau may be the fact that none of the soldiers under General MacARTHUR's command have been al ‘leave to return to the United States. General MacARTHUR stated to hat he was afraid to permit these men to go home as such an act wou ish " MacARTHUR's enemies with the argument that he did not need additional forces \s he was already sending some of his men home on leave. -2Z2e