Evening star., 1950-12-05
Possibility Of 'Dunkirk' in Korea
ReportedFiguring in Par|eyHere;
Truman Sees Grave Risk Of War
President Renews
Talk With AttIee
In Tight Secrecy

The possibility that United Ma
tions forces may suffer total mill.
tary defeat in Korea, necessitatine
a Dunkirk-like withdrawal by see
and air, was said today to be fig
uring in crisis conferences here
President Truman. and British
Prime Minister Attlee resumed
their talks at l o'clock this after
noon under strict secrecy aboard
the presidential yacht Williams
burg.
Although hope has not been
abandoned that the onruShine
Chinese Communist hordes can
be stopped, the Associated Press
reported that Gen. Bradley, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
told President Truman and Prime
Minister Attic yesterday that
evacuation plans are ready if they
have to be used.
So far as could be learned here,
no firm decisions leoking toward
specific immediate action were
reached at the first conference
yesterday between the President
and Prime Minister. They were
reported working toward an agree
ment that the West must build up
heavy military forces in Europe
with all possible speed to Offset
the reverses in Korea.
Arthur Gavshon of the London
Associated Press staff quoted a
British informant, who did not
wish to be identified. as saying Mr.
Truman and Mr.. Attlee had also
determined that United Nations
forces should return to Korea in
the event the Chinese Commu-
nists drive them out. This in
formant said they agreed, too, that
the United Nations should dc
everything possible to avoid open
war with Communist China.
London Reports Denied.
The thought back of that is
this: The. Western powers should
not be drawn into making ma
jor military effort in the Far East,
leaving a weak Europe at the
mercy of Russia's Western armies.
(American and British Of
ficials in Washington today de-
MED the London report. Amer
lean officials familiar with what
went on yesterday said no de-
cisions were taken. Similarly,
well-informed British officials
here confirmed this and added
that specifically no decision was
made on the possibility of re-
turn to Korea.)
Today Mr.. Truman made a ges-
ture to the Republicans in invit-
ing a number of them to a
luncheon with Mr.. Attlee aboard
the yacht. The guest list was
broadened to include congressional
leaders of both parties who were
not present at the first meeting
of the President and the Prime
Minister.
Role of Group Undetermined.
Whether the Capitol Hill group
would be present for the entire
session this afternoon or simply
take part in the luncheon was not
certain, according to Eben Ayers,
assistant press secretary.
From Capitol Hill came House
Speaker Rayburn, Chairman Con-
nally of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee. Sen tor
George, Democrat Of Georgia, and
Wiley, Republican, of Wisconsin
ranking members of the Foreign
Relations Committee; and Rep
resentatives Eaton, Republican of
New Jersey. and Richards, Demo-
crat of South Carolina, ranking
members of the House Foreign At
fairs Committee.
Accompanying the President
and Prime Minister Attlee were
the British Ambassador, Sir Oliv-
er Franks, Field Marshal Sir Will
liam Slim, chief of the Imperial
General Staff; Sir Roger Makins
of the British Foreign Office,
Secretary of State Acheson, Sec
retary of the Treasury Synder
Secretary of Defense Marshall
Gen. Bradley. chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, w. Averell
Hartman, White House consul
ant on foreign policy, Chairman
w. Stuart Symington, of the Ma
tional Security Resources Board
and Walter S. Clifford, Ambassa-
dor-designate to Great Britain.
Aside from strictly military
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