Evening star., 1951-05-30

UEIp1ul Uas 1idNC lidh d1A ACIUAi-
naissance across the Yalu,
1T would have been helpful un-
doubtedly to Gen. Macarthur. :
the general replied. II do not be-
lieve, with the other sources OF
intelligences that he had available
to him. that air intelligence alone
would have been decisive
The witness explained it would
have been difficult to tell from the
air whether forces building UP
in Manchuria we're Chinese OF
North Koreans, but that "it would
have been helpful in getting esti-
mates of numbers which would
verify or throw out the intelligence
that was obtained from other
sources about their location and
numbers"
Couldn't Determine Intent.
Senator Smith-Was there any
reason why our airplanes should
not have gone across the Yalu to
determine the enemy concentra-
tions, even though we were lin
tied and were not allowed to dror
bombs?
Gen. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. we
now get into another complicated
area of how far do we go, anc
what good do we get out OF it -.
We knew right along that there
were masses along the Yalu River;
but the, big, problem was what
their intent was. d I doubt If you
could have gotten the intent By
aerial reconnaissance. That was
a combination of political intelli-
gence, diplomatic intelligence and
military intelligence behind-as
some one described it-a bamboo
curtain instead of an iron curtain
Asked If he thought Gen. Mac
Arthur was more aware of the
needs of his own theater thar
global responsibilities in recon-
heavier use of the All
Force, Gen. Vandenberg said he
would suppose that he was think
ing mainly of the impact on that
area"
Brings Up State OfficiaI.
Senator Hickenlooper then
made the charge that one man
in the State Department, in 1916
and 1947, had blocked program,
indorsed by the armed forces, to
import German scientists for re-
search on jet engines.
It was recalled that Gen. VAN
denberg testified yesterday that
the Russians, with German help
have developed a jet engine SUI
perior to those in American air
craft. The witness said he had
heard of the proposal to import
German scientists while he was
serving as intelligence officer to
Gen. Eisenhower in 1945.
us it fair to say. according to
your memory. Gen. Vandenberg,
Senator Hickenlooper asked, "that
one man in the State Department
put such blocks and hindrances
in the way of bringing those Ger.
man scientists over here that we
never got any appreciable numbe;
of them :? I am not talking
about the Secretary of State,
am talking about one individual
in the State Department"
Senator. that Is beyond my
cognizance; I really don't know,
Gen. Vandenberg replied.
Senator Hickenlooper then pro.
duced a memorandum which, hi
said, indicated that Assistant Sec.
retary of State John Hildring ir
1916 stated that he was unable
/. to cope with the variou.
preventative measures that were
thrown in theaKab Oh bringing thu
German scientists here"
Russians Took Scientists.
Nov the significance of that,
he added. "is that the Russians
as I think we all know, did taks
IA great many German scientist.
from Germany over to Russia
who have since then been
working in their scientific activity
there"
Turning to another point il
Gen. Vandenberg's previous testi.
mony, Senator Hickenlooper tool
issue with the air chiefs assertion
that our objective in Korea sis tt
kill as many Chinese Communist.
as is possible without enlargine
the war :" He noted report.
that the Communists are begin.
ming to use such statements a!
propaganda.
Referring to Senator Hicken
looper's comments Chairman Rus
sell, Democrat. of Georgia said h,
was in sympathy with the view
point that I'VE should have ,
clearer objective in Korea"
However" he added, st am /,
little at a loss to understand how
under any planned objective, tn,
basic requirement would not b,
that our forces kill as man,
Cinnamon as possible.
do you know any plan or pro
gram that you could adopt il
Korea that would not have as it
basic element the killing of a
many there as possible?"
Gen. Vandenberg answered tha
he did not. and the Senator re
sponded that he assumed the Chi
nese objective. whatever it is, 81
predicated upon killing as man
Americans and as many Unite,
Nations forces as they possibl
can"
/ In an exchange with Senate
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana Ger
IVandenberg brought up several OBJ
ljections to dispersal of American
industry as a defense agains
atomic attack. He did not, how
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