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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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a : 4 fury yesterday... : a a > ORT TT [. Fe atthe meee Taw, DE alee aL The trum 1an-MacArthur con- ® troversy | exploded _ with new “Vartour's ‘dismissal swag “a mes- _ Sage the General, ‘sent ‘to Rep. Joseph Martin (R-Mass))° en: dorsing the idea of using Chi- nesé¢ Nationalist troops against the Communists in Koréa. The Former President © ‘Truman serted he fired Gen. Douglas a acArthur as Far Eastern com-| b tiander 1 because MacArthur}. |message ‘contained the famous . Was guilty of “insubordination” ‘sentence: -"“* = ' that threatened—in Truman’s af « e b gat te embroil the Nation in ° j Neos rar re sno Bu stitute an atomic World War acArth . a “MacArthur charged the for.| “4 a : _Troman “| But MacArthur said the reall ra | dleagreqmént reason for.his ouster may well! distortion of the truth. -The - have been a recommendation General linked his ouster with} ..-.. he made “that a treason ‘trial e a spy ring reaching into the. jhand, professed: “the “greatest |B initiated to break up a spy i his “savage and brutal” dis- 2 missal disast d z thie country’s struggle teas Far Eastern policies) to. Washington.” & 3 o g é. it out arallel arti-| = Slee in the current Life Maga.idecl lared: : . |lished- in a Washington new tpetaepy ose, bal el ie hE aA :,. world communism. i ie : - . . - British Foreign Office and said! respect for Gen. MacArthur,|ring responsible for the pur- the soldier.’’ But he said Mac-|loining of my top secret reports, 1950 “might well mean all-| MacArthur asserted there out general world war-—atomic|was.a series of leaks and that | weapons and all ”. _And chelone of his dispatches was pu “Mr. Truman and MacArthur; Tru | “T"eould fo ‘longer ! ‘tolerate|paper “within a few hours ¢ = being gerialized ie his insubordination.” * o: its ‘ihe Gener the: Sid not de an: opportunity to answer the! * former President's charge hh this.issue that MacArthur w. “in: open defiance” of .orders: from the White House and the “United Nations. ~ -- MacArthur leaped- at the _ chance. “Violence to the truth ... faney and fiction... dis- ~ ep _- * tortion: ond misrepresentation rie f°En ¢ ... Spite and vindictiveness”. \ ~~ ee are a sample of the accusations: MOT as JOREED » he hurled in -contending- his: oe OR onetime’ Commander in Chief 125 FEB 20 i956 - was falsifying for money the true story.of the Korean war. Mr. ‘Truman, ONngthewaiher =. wee asp wenn —_— % > FEB 10 496 Winterrowd Tele. Room Holloman Gandy Wash. Post and _Uf Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —_ Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date FEB 9
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