Evening star., 1951-05-26
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references to the subject to be
requests, but we cannot find in
the record any specific requests
as SUCH
Senator Wiley, Republican. of
Wisconsin broke in to demand
wnetner the JOINT LnielS' speclnc
instructions March 7 not to bomb
north of the Yalu River were the
result of the chiefs Judgment or
that OF the State Department.
ut was probably BOTH" Gen.
Collins replied.
ut was not wholly political
decision by matter of means, :"
he added. ITO me there were good
valid reasons for not wishing
TO. ~ *
Directives Were Cleared.
Gen. Collins said that after one
period. the date of which he did
mot remember. the Joint Chiefs
were required to clear all jos di-
receives with the Secretary of De-
|fense. He added:
That didn't mean that we
didn't have to clear them with
State. We cleared them in the
normal chain of command"
Opening his testimony today
with a discussion of casualties in
the Korean campaign, Gen. Col
Inns said that deaths in ratio to
the number of wounded are about
one-third less than the rate in
World War II. He credited the
perfectly marvellous job" of med
ical personnel for the reduction.
He also furnished statistics toI
back up an earlier comment that
non-battle casualties usually are
lower in combat than in normal
garrison areas. He said during
the period from last July l toI
81. there were 90 per cent
OF the personnel in Japan listed
as non battle" casualties, while
only IL per cent of those in Korea
were so listed.
Denies Secrecy on Casualties.
Gen. Collins said another pur-
pose in citing these figures was
to show the sheer doggerel' of
using the term ''non-battle cas-
ualty." 1t applies, he said, every
time a man reports for sick duty.
OF all these "non-battle casual
ties" in the Far East only 40 per
cent had to be returned to the
United States.
Gen. Collins also assured the
committee that there has been
mo concealment, no attempt to
fool the American public" on ac-
tual battle casualties. He said
that about 70.2 per cent of men
wounded in action have been re-
turned, to duty. s
Gen. Collins testimony yester.
day brought a statement last
night from Gen. Whitney assert
ing that Gen. Macarthur never
was restrained directly or indi-
rectly from sending troops to the
Yalu River.
The matter was expected to be
explored further today.
Knowland Differs With Collins.
Senator Knowland, Republican,
OF California, a committee mem
Der, sharply disputed Gen. Collins
views and said Gen. Macarthur
had no other choice in using the
troops available to him for push
ing on to the Manchurian border |
Gen. Collins modified his orig
NAL testimony during questioning
by Senator Knowland and said
the Joint Chiefs instructions were
not "a fiat directive" He also said
he was not accusing Gen. Mac
Arthur of blatant disregard of
orders" But he insisted the Far
Eastern commander action was
an indication "of our growing
concern as to whether or not Gen.
MacArthur-who by now quite
apparently was not in accord with
the basic policies would fol-
low them"
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
of Alabama, said-in contrast to-
Senator Knowland's views-there
was a strong feeling in the United
Nations. with which he concurred,
that use of non-Asiatic troops
near the Manchurian border, in
North Korea, was likely to stir
up trouble.
Joint Chiefs Not Advised.
Gen. Collins testified that the
Joint Chiefs sent the Far Eastern
commander policy instructions last
September 27 that only South Ko-
rean forces should be used near
the border. In case there was
any change by Gen. Macarthur,
the Army chief explained. the Far
Eastern commander was to advise
Washington.
There was a change and Gen
Collins said Gen. Macarthur never
informed the Joint Chiefs, al
though he had ample time toi
do cn