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Ynag .Belmo Mr. Mason Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Nease Mr. Winterrowd. Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy ADD 2 INFORMATION (IO9P) THE SUBCOMMITTEE ASKED ROSS WHY THE SO-CALLED MACARTHUR PAPERSS PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S 19S3 EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE ORDER ABOLISHED PAPERS. ROSS SAID THE ARMY "UPGRADED" THE PAPERS AND MARKED THEM *CONFIDEN TIAL, MODIFIED HANDLING.*S .HE SAID THE ARMY FELT THAT PUBLICATION OF THE 1O-YEAR-OLD DOCUMENTS WOULD BE A SECURITY. WAR PLANS_AND WAR OPERATIONS. THE PAPERS WERE AT ISSUE~LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF AN ARGUMENT OVER WHETHER GEN._MACARTHUR ADVOCATED RUSSIA S ENTRY INTO THE WAR TO BEAT JAPAN. EXCERPTS OF THE DOCUMENTS, WERE MADE PUBLIC LAST OCTOBER. DR. R..A:_WINNACKER, ARMY HISTORIAN WHO PREPARED THE EXCERPTS; TOL THE SUBCOMMITTEE IN A STATEMENT READ INTO THE RECORD, " THAT THE JOB: OF SCREENING SECRET WORLD WAR II DOCUMENTS WAS WMECHANICALLY INSURMOU! TABLE. .HE SAID THERE ARE 1OO,OOO FILE.DRAWERS OF SECRET WORLD WAR I PAPERS. ROSS SAID THE ARMY.RECLASSIFIED THE MACARTHUR PAPERS. MOSS TOLD HIM THE ARMY WOULD BE QUESTIONED. ON ITS ACTION. .HE SAID THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD SEEK TO FIND OUT WHETHER SECRET WORLD WAR II MATERIAL IS KEPT UNDER WRAPS BECAUSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY_OR WWE~WILL LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER, "HE TOLD ROSS. 7/10--GE548P -1510 Not recorded 126 JUL 17 :956 QOJUL17 i950 WASHINGTON CITY NEWS SERVICE