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Chang should have been con-
suited on the Yalta agreement
which gave Russia important con-
cessions in China.
6. He declared that in event a
stalemate persists among the
major U. N. representatives on
the recognition of the Chinese
government he would favor ne
gotiating a separate peace treaty
with Japan even if it meant ex-
Guiding Russia and representa-
tives of either the Chinese Reds
or the Nationalists.
Sees No Act Of War.
Senator Kefauver, Democrat, of
Tennessee. questioned the general
at length with reference to his
support of Gen. MacArthur's pro-
gram for speeding up the Korean
war. That program calls for the
bombing of Chinese bases and
naval and economic blockade of
Red China and use Of Chinese Ma
tionalist troops now on Formosa.
1.-The thing that bothers me
about the scope of bombing these
bases is whether or not that is an
act of war against the Soviet
Union-you think it is?" asked
the Senator.
mo. sir" replied the general.
Senator Kefauver then COM
mented that he was concerned
about your philosophy" since this
country had entered into plans of
collective security and collective
action.
Feels Allies viii Aid q. S.
do you conceive that by going
It alone we would lose our allies
rim our joint effert?" he asked.
Il can't visualize the United
States going it alone" declared
Gen. Wedemeyer. "I think all
free peoples will rally around dy-
manic, intelligent and vigorous
leadership"
What if they do not rally
around?" asked Senator Kefauver.
well, sir, if you investigate
the effort put into World War II.
both body-wise and material-wise;
If you investigate the effort be-
ing put into the Korean war in
the same two categorieS; you will
find that by far the United States
Is making the predominant ef-
fort" was the reply.
Gen. Wedemeyer volunteered
his statements about his recon-
mendation as to bringing the
Soviet Union into the Pacific war
with the comment that witnesses
should come before the commit
tee and admit mistakes.
Feared Japs Would Dig in.
''I made a mistake, an error in
strategic judgment. he then tes-
titled.
He said that Gen. Marshall had
asked him if he thought the Soviet
should be brought into the war
against Japan in February. 1945.
"And I said, Yes. SIR because it
was my conviction then that the
Japanese would hole In in what I
call the Shantung industrial cres-
cent and up in Manchuria. where
they had industrial effort and I
was afraid the war would go on
for long time and we would lose
a lot of Allied lives . my judg-
ment was wrong"
Asked then if he approved or
disapproved of the .Yalta agree
ment which brought Russia into
the Pacific fighting, Gen. Wede-
meyer said he then was In India
and was not involved.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat.
of Alabama, questioned the sen
eral about his ideas on the Japa-
nese peace treaty.
The general explained that zone
has to be a realist and we are
contending with recalcitrant ma
tions."
Air Force May Have Averted Crisis.
II would go it alone" he said.
81 would make a separate peace
treaty with Japan" if the British
refused to sit down at peace
conference table with the Ma
tionalist Chinese and this country
refused to deal with Red China
In the matter.
At another point, Senator Know
land, Republican, of California
asked the general If he thought an
Air Force of 10 groups in being
might have prevented the Korean
aggression. The Presidents Ali
Policy Commission urged a TO-
group force in 1948, but it was cut
to IS groups.
eft Is possible" Gen. Wedemeyel
declared, because I think the