Evening star., 1951-05-13

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an action that might precipitate
the war"
Senator Lodge. Republican, OF
Massachusetts,, drew from Gen
Marshall the statement that the
bulk of China's war material is
coming from Russia.
"The Chinese Communist forces,
the Secretary added, would be
utterly unable to maintain them
selves without very direct sup
port by the Soviet Government.
Senator Russell brought out in
a series of questions that bomb
ing of the enemy's supply bases
in Manchuria would not neces-
sarily cut off the flow of war
materials. Gen. Marshall said the
Communists would be able to
disperse their bases into Soviet
territory.
Enemy Air Attacks Lacking.
The bombing phase of the con-
troversy also was touched on by
Senator Lodge. who asked Gen,
Marshall whether it was to the
interests of American troops in
Korea to carry out such bomb
ings as Gen. Macarthur advo-
Gated.
Under present considerations, "
the Secretary replied, 1T has
seemed we derive advantages
from the fact that no air opera
tions, no hostile air operations are
against u.s."
Gen. Marshall testified, in reply
to another Lodge question, that
the attitude of this country's
Allies against the bombing pro-
gram. on the grounds that it
might spread the war co-incided
with our own view that it is an
unnecessary risk"
Must we not do three things
Simultaneously-we have to keep
faith with our troops, carry out
the anti-aggression policy, and
retain our Allies?" Senator Lodge
asked.
Yes, sir" Gen. Marshall re-
piled.
Allies Have Other Commitments.
Gen. Marshall also agreed with
Senator Lodge that allies of the
United States have other military
commitmentS-in Indo- China and
elsewhere-which limits what they
are able to do in Korea.
"Is' it not true that the con-
tributions of other nations to the
fighting in Korea is steadily in
creasing albeit rather slowly?" the
Senator asked.
Gen. Marshall replied: II think
it is increasing. I think we have
good prospects for further in
creases."
Senator Lodge asked Secretary
Marshall if he thought the Krem-
lin had enough influence over the
Chinese Communists to call off
the Korean war if the Soviet wants
to do so.
My assumption" Gen. Mar
shall answered. would be they
could do it in a moment"
Senator Lodge turned to the
question of this country's pre-
paredness and inquired if Gen.
Marshall thought the proposed
Army strength of 18 divisions and
18 regimental combat teams was
sufficient. The secretary replied
that "at the moment it is big
enough"
Secretary Marshall told Sena-
tor Stennis, Democrat, of Missis-
sippi, you are always going to
have an extremely difficult con-
dition in the United Nations so
long as so much of the world is
weak and the aggressive nation,
the one with the intent which is
against all of our interests, is
very strong"
CIA Must he Developed.
The Defense S. cretary told the
Senators lit will lie quite while
yet before we have developed our
Central Intelligence Agency to
the point where it can give us
more accurate reports"
Senator Stennis had expressed
disappointment over "how far off
all of them were" at the Wake
Island conference last October.
He referred to Gen. MacArthur'e
conference with President Tru-
man and other officials. That
was before Red China intervened
in Korea.
In other questioning by Senator
Cain, Republican, of Washington,
the Secretary repeated earlier