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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 4
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t for Friday, : ’ of information made between the
not Tuesday Pentagon and Lieut. Gen, Matthew
‘Puidnight. And Ridgway in Tokyo was a-‘cable
mhe reason. for. a fram Ridgway stating that no mat.;
Ahe sudden noc- ; ter what happened, his troops
turnal press an- : ycould hold out for 60 days. Re:
Rouncement- -- 0 7. gardiess of what was thrown at
wasatelephone © P earson *: | | him, Ridgway informed the Joint ||
reall from Secretary of the Army | | Chiefs ‘of’ Staff, he could. hold for,
yeat MacArthur planned to Jump || “This cable was in reply to White|||
fthe gun and get out his own state- House fears. that following Mac-
anent first = "* +47 Arthur’s removal, there might -be
E The President was still smart- | a-Chinese attack anda series -of
ing from an incident around ,; American defeats for which Tru-
(March 24 when MacArthur had|* having removed the supreme
Sulnped the gun on him, 80 nat compnander, would get the blame..
he was leery. He had sfnt]’ Ble oe
cArthur a policy statement ry
MMU. perusal ‘and ‘personal reactin | .
{8 policy which the White Hoe! .
{Planned to announce. as a_peace| ©
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eeler to China. But MacArthur,| | : — et
* -| “Sonal advisers, The nearest he
: od tits notifying t ranhington, is- ‘game to r was at last week's
peued she statement himself, walle binet meeting, just after former : j
retary Pace called) Socaker Joe Martin ‘released the! - var
zon Perna irene ‘Mackrthay elie = nr oo pO
mating that MacArth woight. :, “dts time to show the MacAr- } - {28 fm
into print agi ' ecide sthurs, the Time-L if fo |- _ —s Se
called Secretary of State Acheson] «he Sori s-Howard newspapers | CORDE'
Deputy Unders: Dean} who is running America i NoT RE
usk_to the White’ House where policy,” he e One ‘tertly. 42 oct 9 1951
p they : red _ Mi ay after MacArthur was. re-
press_telegse. >). +... | Jiewed, however, Truman received _—
y. Yrior to that, late.on Monday| ‘a call’ from former Congressman _ Page
afte fhe. Maury Maverick -of .Texas,: who
as a ‘brigadier
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“General. -° MacArthur's "grand )
tr@tegy for China has never been |}
speKed .out -in detail to. the public!
butfit:has-been argued back and’
forfh ‘repeatedly with Army Chiefj”*."** ti
of Staff Gen. Joe Collins and Adm. {China's ‘big coastal ‘ci
Forrest Sherman during their trips Bhanghidi and Tie tein. ae 2
\to Tokyo. ere. is what -it ‘boils A 3 Chiang Kaishet’s root
|| .4°A mighty .United , States air |tanded on’ the Ch: iy
strike against Chinese bases -i(|s major invasio
Mahchuria where Chinese reserves <4 Simultaneously “an har?
do Eheir regrouping; also against !N. attack in Korea, ‘with
thelMukden arsenal which ‘sendstiroops sent from the Unitef,
jarms to Korea. st mn mas
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enti: “What you have done: will‘make b, Times-Herald —__
4." sure that my Erandchildren will “ * e
= . chairman of| -be free and that civilian govern- 4 3
he Joint Chiefs ‘of Staff, and aj ‘ment will continue in the United. Wash. Post fe
- mild-mannered ‘man, -wes| States,” Maverick sald. re
est Sunified ‘the collar against| . ‘The President was neither cocky
: -Dor apologetic. He looked:a little
#ad, as if he-had made‘a terrifi-
jfally hard decision and knew that,
|. terrible ‘storm was going. to
: break over his head. 0.
Seni enhower's : you, Maury,” he replied,
pies ue difcale 2s St] And he wept face eine
y-Admiral Forrest Shernign, Chief} [%8Y best. 1 have-to follow <the
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Wash. News
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