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, @ @ ~ Qo (7-855) GIR) Textor MacArthur Data pes. 3 oa poe So py Se og oat a vy . ated on his concept of qperations n Russia’s War Role,\ jee se "Following arg the. texts .of. ington planning. officers who|Japan was by the invasion of the -material-on ffe position, of jtalked with Gen, MacArthur on/|industrial heart of Japan. He L Gen ele acdrthur re- |February 25,1945: ~~. . _ {stressed the potency of the Jap-~- $: gardin ia's-entr~ into the.| Concerning over-all plan Gen-/anese army and stated that when -apar. against J° = us con- jeral MacArthur considers it es-|we entered Japan'we must be stained in a newiy re.eased {sential that maximum number of |prepared to reckon with the Jap- Defense Department report on |Jap divisions be engaged andlanese army in far greater ythat subject. = - pinned down on ‘Asiatic main-|strength than is now there. He ie gs TT _—_ land, before United States forcesiwas apprehensive as to.the pos- 1, A December 10, 1941, mes-istrike Japan proper... * ‘sibility of the movement of the sage from Gen. MacArthur to; s 4 paragraph from a Marchibulk of the Manchurian army x George C. Marshall, Army |, 3945, memorandum Gen. Lin-|and other Japanese forces from iChief of Staff: - . jeoln wrote for Gen. Marshall on|China to the defense of E The mass of enemy air and|the same convention after his|the homeland. He emphatically yoaval strength committed in the/return to Washington: .- __ |stated that we must not invade gtheater® from Singapore to the)” as to Russia, Gen. MacArthur |Japan proper unless the Russian :Philippines and eastward estab-|pointed out that politically theyjarmy {s previously committed to Bshed his, weakness in Japan/want a warm water port which/action in Manchuria. He said ibroper and definite information /would be Port Arthur. He con-|that this was esseftial, and that ‘available here shows that entry |cidered that it‘ would be im-|it should.be done without the tof Russia is enemy greatest fear-ipracticable, to deny them such|three month’s delay upon the Most favorable opportunity noWla port because of their great|conclusion of the defeat of Ger- and immediate attack onimilitary .power...Therefore, it]many as intimated by Marshal ‘Japan from north would not only |was only right they should share/Stalin to the President. He said ict heavy punishment but/the cost in blood in defeatingithat it was only necessary for Swould at once relieve pressure |Japan.. From the military stand-laction to commence in Man- from objectives of Jap drive ,o|point we should make every ef-|churia to contain that force of ured by Knight, who is known nese war before we go into Japan, ir invasion apan and ito Miles, establishes that heavylotherwise we will take the -im-|tre reoid comelucion Gf the wen ‘air attack on Jap objectivesipact of the Jap divisions and|re understands Russia's aims: yrould not only pull in much ofjreap the losses, while the Rus-|not they would want all of Present widely dispersed airisians in due time advance into Manchuria, Korea:and possibly Strength but would destroy much jan area free of major resistance.|4.4 of North China. This seiz- oftheir’ exposed oil supply./Gen. MacArthur stated he con- ure -of territory ‘was inevitable; Golden opportunity exists forjsidered the President should but the United States must in- ‘a master stroke while the enemy|start putting pressure on the . her’ be eedes ee sist that Russia pay her way by engaged in over-extended inj- (Russians now. - ~ dinvading Manchuria at the earli- dal air efforts. :.- | «|. Summary by Freeman — {est possible date after the defeat : Lincoln's Report 1.4 An informal memorandumjof Germany. [0 “by f 2, A report to Gen. Marshall written by Col. Paul L. Freeman,|: Still Favored Plan”. Breen. George A. Lincoln,|jr.. on February 33, 1945,, and| “a—He understood that the ¥, member of a group of Wash-|labeled “summary of an hour and Navy still favored a plan whereby ; fhey would ring Japan proper ith air bases and naval bases faa eventually blockade and sombard them into submission. (é said that this never would be sffective. (I informed him that éhat was the opinion of the JCS d was agreed upon at Sextant Code name for Cairo Confer- nce, November-~December that the only means of defeating. Lf, Mr. Tolson tAlr. Boa . Mr. Harbo aur NOT RECOF!. > é sf 126 OCT 28 :955 Y oeg 3¢ 2 & iJ3 . —_——eEEE, 5 OP es ee be Mr. Nf Mr. Belmont SG: Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror Daily Worker The Worker New Leader Date :