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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 4

63 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 6, 1964 · Broad topic: General · Topic: General Douglas Macarthur · 62 pages OCR'd
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Tolson | 0-19 - 8 ~@ dope e. Nii oe a ~ | Ladd Clegg. Glavin CELI ge De ASE Bes Yet” hah. GAR” OG “Penn uns = Nichols____ Hill to D erie Co . - es Widnes - A : ee cthera piers Rosen Full Publicity. «. . ‘} ~~ secretary,. promptly canines 2 iste and Tracy foo 7.” EF] fhnged the published account She eenld. “Very na Harbo . By LAURENCE BURD ‘inaccurate, on. several msjot|g0 into the -Ms ; Belmont Congress moved yesterday to. points; : 9.00: je aeeeementa on Wake Island.”- -."4 omen strip the secrecy from events pre- | “Political” Issue: tnfortiation. oy of Alabama said Mohr. ceding the peremptory Truman Tele. Room__ As to the stoiy's ciatin that 1/S00%4 to show that firing of Gen. MacArthur as Mac-] | 7 Arthur was in full harmony ane Arthur's chief aide challenged the | {8S “documented,” Whitney said’ agreement withthe nines States Noase Administration’s line of defense, | [20 stenographic record was taken| Policy in Korea and the Fast Gandy. of the “most vital” portionof the are en aE . : epee - ‘I think ell the facts“in thts Wake, Island session_when the] ai. a A [President and. MacArthur con- able to een ¢ pamade Nea ‘ferred alone for more than one|as much-as possible whould be hour. Moreover, Whitney said, no|™ade public, within, the confines: one else was present besides the wey ca tS President and.the general. Later, should be turned ae sai ‘Be ;the two men met for two hours/ate committee now so there won'ti: with advisers present, =. fee nis battle of something leak Whitney told reporters that|want’ to ~ resolve orate ° thine whether Red China would com@/jthrough. a ‘battle of. the hea to the ‘war Was reecognized tg: Be ae solely political and tar beyond |fongréss Lett tn Dark. =~ e Teach and ge ! pte ey he Teach and knowledge of Army: Aiken - (R)_ of. Verm : On Capitol Hill lee’: rs of both parties demandey ws “frit story"* be made. public. This is imperative, they said, in’ view of an. unofficial piecemeal version, published yesterday, of the Tru: man-MacArthur ‘conference | : Wake Island last October. ° oint Staff Statement The Pentagon meanwhile sougHt bolster: the Administration’s case. A statement issued late. yes- terday by the Defense department said the joint chiefs of staff ap-. prove of the present conduct of Far Eastern operations, * _ “Operations in-the Far East being carried out in accordance with the view of the joint chiefs of staff,” the statement said. “These views will be fully ex- Plained tothe appropriate con- gresstonal committees. .An wnaly- sis of the basic ditferences which aff and Gen. MacArthur will esented at.that time.” 7 "" et ye . tney noted, did not enter th . “s " orean war until more than #W8s even submitted to Congress.|strated he knows. more” abot onth after the island conferenc If & newspaper can gain ac- America’s: problemy -in -the F Whitney noted that Gen. Mad ess to such information, then I] fast than any- other. man oot Arthur had warned publicly that|8®y its time the Administration! alive. He is the chief architect af the danger of Red China’s inter-|Make it available to Congress,”| allied victory in the. , Thy vening in: Korea’ was “inherent” preced anit. “Tt, should :do- ‘so! terrible.tam per @d-Mr. ‘Trumet | ~~. (should seek! and | welcome his: 3G in the Korean war. fen _‘The White House, State depart-| Sen. Kefauver (D)"of Tennes ment and Pentagon refused to'S€e. famed for his ‘crime investi coment on Whitney’s statement ation and. -a member. of the * burg. He ts due Beek ing. closed Re ‘had“asked: defense. -Pritchey, director pf-informa~ |J At: the: White. House, Dcrber yesterday's pu wt Pritchey, sf ides were visibly concerned over Punt Of thie Wake island meetingy he prompt réjoiner of Gen. Whit4 YS correct... The Short postponed’ ha wae ad ole’ Ps 2:30 pm. to huddle-with Claytor#| sented together.” = cys. “ é Fritchie, Pentagon - press officer.|,, Meanwhile, Sen. Kem. (R) 08, 4 When the session finally broke up| Missouri called on President: ‘Trug|/7~ — e Short sald ‘he had “no comment.”| man to tell his program for endg” > tary advisers, including the joint chiefs, shared ‘his views ‘from a military standpoint for stepping up the Korean. offensive. by carry- ing the: fight to. the Communists. talked by telephone to Kem said he has listened. to te 4 j - 1 2 ing President: before deviding| eX speeches by State Becrete Higés-Adrdda cit har to ‘Testify :?...050° Wash.-Post —_ was “leaked” to the. New. York tof Georgia of ; " stat LOW’ tG gee Wt, Ke tad J Wash. News Wash. Star W__ Mr. ‘Truman, he did not. believe]: - “that h N.Y. Mirror — WO Red China would interverie in the aWill demand all the evi N. Y. Compass__— APR 9 2 1951 Date:
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