Evening star., 1951-05-13

or the action of the Soviet mill.
Itary planes.
Question-1f the Soviet wanted
to see fit to enter the Korean war
Gen. Marshall-From the infor.
lmation estimates that 1 have seen
1T would be very serious matter
because they have, according tc
estimates that I have seen, a con.
siderable force-I have forgotten
exactly how many thousands ir
the vicinity of Vladivostok, Dairen
Port Arthur, Harbin.
/ l don't know whether there are
any plane concentrations in rela.
ton to Sakhalin, but there have
been reports of troop concentra
tions and particularly japanese
prisoner, former prisoner, organi-
cations, presumably of indoctri-
mated japanese on the Sakhalir
point, which is not very far of
northwest Hokkaido (Japan).
APPEASEMENT.
Gen. Macarthur: l have my
own definition of appeasement.
believe when you enter into war
you should use sufficient force to
impose your will upon the enemy
He (the enemy is the aggressor
without cause or reason. He is
the one that sprung that foul
blow on us. It's to stop that, that
we fight. And say that anything
that does not tend to stop that is,
in my lexicon, appeasement.
| The recognition of Red
China the turning over of
FormoSa . those, if they were
accepted. would again fit my def
milton of appeasement. -.
If the other nations of the
world haven't got sense enough TO
see where appeasement leads after
the appeasement which led to the
second world war in Europe, if
they can't see exactly the road
they are following in Asia, why
then we had better protect cur
selves and go it alone.
! Gen. MARSHALL: We have
spurned appeasement. We have
brought to bear whatever has been
necessary, in money and man
power, to curb the aggressor, and
We have sought in every possible
way to avoid a third world war.
REASONS FOR MacARTHUR'S
RECALL.
! Gen. Macarthur: I know moth
ing about the reasons for my re-
call except the order the Presi-
dent issued I can't believe
the traditional authority that
the commander in the field has tc
negotiate with his vis-a-vis, the
site commander, on an armistice
would be the subject of criticism
from any source whatsoever in
the world
had not received the slightest
information that the matter was
under discussion
! I have been soldier 50 Years
I have in that time, to the best
Of my ability, carried out every
order that was ever given me
Any insinuation by anyone
however high his office. that |
have ever in any way failed. to
the level OF my ability, to carry
out my instructions is completely
unworthy and unwarranted
The reason was given that it
was felt I could not give my com
plete support to. the policies of
the United States and of the
United Nations but it seems
to me completely invalid. l have
not only carried out every di-
rective that I have ever received
but what I was trying to do was
to find out what the .directives
were for the future.
Gen. Marshall What has
brought about the necessity for
Gen. MacArthur's removal is the
wholly unprecedented situation by
local theater commander pub
llcly expressing his displeasure at.
and his disagreement with, the
foreign and military policy of the
United States.
IL became apparent that Gen.
Macarthur had grown so far out.
of sympathy with the established
policies of the United States that
there was grave doubt as to-
whether he could any longer be
permitted to exercise the author
lty in making decisions that nor
nal command functions would
assign to a theater commander
In this situation, there was no
other recourse but to relieve him.
:. But Gen. MacArthur's re-
lief was not based entirely on that
II During the early part of March,
when it appeared likely that the
forward movement of the United
Nations forces would soon bring
them back to the vicinity of the
38th Parallel, it was decided that
consideration should be given to
the preparation of a statement to
he issued by the President as the
executive agent of the United Ma
tlons, relating to the possibility
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