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ginning. We will hear next from
other officials of the Government.
beginning with Secretary George
c. Marshall of Defense.
have a procedural matter
here that was raised in private
conversation this morning.
In calling upon the Senators
for questioning last evening be-
fore we recessed, I called upon
the Senators in the order of their
seniority, but that was affected
by the presence. or rather the
absence of Senators who had not
had an opportunity to ask ques-
tions in their places at the table.
Senator Morse-Mr. Chairman?
Senator Russell-Senator Morse.
Senator Morse-I suggest that
you return to the order of senior
ity this morning and start with
whoever would be senior to my
self, who was allowed to start
questioning last night.
Senator Russell-Thank you,
Senator.
Question of Censorship.
Senator Knowland-Mr. Chair
man, before you proceed, I have
a matter on the subcommittee.
Senator Mcmahon is not here yet,
but I would like some guidance.
AS I mentioned yesterday, in
the hearings of May 3, Volume l,
there was mention made of Ger
tain restrictions on bombing
within Korea itself. I personally
do not see why that information
should not be made available.
I wondered what you had in
mind-whether the Senator from
Connecticut and the Senator from
California, who are the subcom-
mittee, should first discuss it,
then to take it up with the mill
tary censor. If we could get his
agreement, there is no problem.
If there is still disagreement, the
matter would then be submitted
to the full committee.
There is another area where
the general had requested the
troops of the Republic of China
from Formosa might be used. On
that I fully agree that the exact
Language of the TWX should not
be used, but it seems to me that
again that could be paraphrased:
and I wondered just what your
instructions were as to procedure
Chairman Russell-Wel, I shall
again undertake to express nv
own views. as I did yesterday
when I stated some of the deci-
slons had been quite battling to|
me. AS believe I stated yester-
DAY, 1t was my intention that the
Senator from California and the
Senator from Connecticut would
confer where either of them
raised any questions as to the
security value of any matter that
has been deleted from the record
under the proceeding we have
adopted, which, while not perfect
is the very best that the chair
could possibly devise.
If either of them thinks that a |
matter should appear or be print
ed, that should be discussed with
the officials of the Department of /
Defense who have undertaken this
Joo OF protecting the security in
tne release of these hearings. If
no agreement is reached with the
ofnclalS of the Department of
defense, it is my suggestion that |
that fact be reported to the com
mlttee, that the committee at that
Time could, either through a sub
committee of larger size or bv
action Of the whole committee
near briefly from the Senator who
mad raised the question, get the
views OF the Department of De-
tense very briefly as to their req
sons for assigning a classified des-
1gnatlon to the matter; then the
committee could vote upon wheth-
er or not 1t should be made public
Paraphrasing Involved.
Senator Knowland-That is en-
tlrely as far as I am concerned
During the noon hour shall en-
oeaVor with the. Senator from
Connecticut raised a point IN
certain items where I questioned
whether the security was neces-
sary or whether it could not he
handled, particularly if there be
q paraphrase. If we could get to-
gether at noon
Senator Russell-If the Senator
from California will pardon me
the question of paraphrase is
involved in the whole situation az
70 whether it be released, and
assume you can present your
view and it will be paraphrased
as the department has done with
certain documents.
Senator Knowland under-
stand that, but on this nartic,-
lar document am referring tn
II we could meet at noontime and
go over this together, then ner-
maps get the chief censor. Admiral