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1t not appear from the terms Of
the Russian Chinese alliance of
1850 that bombing in China would
be the line beyond awhich the
USSR could not remain passive
under that alliance?
Gen. MacArthur.-Well, that I
couldn't tell you, Senator.
Senator Morse.-Would you ex-
pect the Russian Communists
mean the Chinese Communist
leaders, in case your program was
carried out, to call upon the So
Wet Union to come to their assist
ance under this alliance?
Gen. MacArthur.-That, again,
wouldn't speculate upon. There
are many things that they might
do. They might call upon the
Soviet for air assistance; they
might call for other types Of sup
plies that would enable them to
meet the conditions. Whether
they would wish to have the So
Wet troops and forces injected
into the very heart of China, I
don't know, sir. the primary
reading Of that treaty was as I
recall based upon the assumption
that Japan might again become
q military and imperialist power,
and that the other references were
to such countries as might be in
support of those imperialistic
designs.
Senator Morse.-Therefore gen.
orally you do not think that the
language of the mutual aid treaty
between Red China and Red Rus
sia is broad enough to encompass
a right to expect assistance byl
Red China from Red Russia in
case Red China was attacked by
any other country than Japan?
Treaty Terms Were Elastic.
Gen. MacArthur.-I think that
the terms of the treaty as far as
I recall them were so elastic that
it was subject to Interpretation
along those lines.
Senator Morse.-Do you know of
any other secret protocols or
treaties between Red China and
Red Russia which Red China
might feel justified in invoking in
case of any air attack upon her
hv tho TInitnd NationSo
Gen. MacArthur.-I do not.
Senator Morse General,
there is one line of argument in
this country that is to this effect:
That irrespective of a treaty of
mutual aid, Russia couldn't stand
by and permit China to be attacked
in view of the Importance of inde-
pendent Red China to Red RuSsia's S
security. What comment would
you make on that argument?
Gen. MacArthur.-I- don't be-
lieve that the Soviet has suf-
flciently associated itself with the
war in Korea to believe that the
defeat of Red China to the extent
of her being forced to evacuate
Korea would necessarily produce
great prejudice to the Soviet
cause in other parts of the world.
It has been quite apparent to
me, Senator, that the linking of
the Soviet to this Korean war
has pa1ed out as the events have
progressed.
When this was first started,
there wasn't any special thought
of Red China intervening. The
entire thought of the world, and
anxiety of the world was that the
Soviet might intervene, but as
time has progressed, the conjuc-
tion of the Soviet to this campaign
has receded rather than in
creased
The general relationship be-
tween China and the Soviet has i,
never been clearly defined. No
body knows it except those that
are intimately connected there
with, either from China or the
Soviet.
But by the logic of general
strategy of the general interna-
tional philosophy of the forces of {
the world, there is a point that I
might well be reached where the ,
interests of Red China and the
interests of the Red Soviet did not
run parallel, that they started to
traverse and become antagonis-