Evening star., 1951-05-05

sacrificed, if you keep on indefinitely
the entire Korean nation and
people. The high moral reason for
our Intervention in Korea was to
save Korea. If you do not continue
and save her, you are going to de-
IStroy her.
She is pretty we'll destroyed now.
This question of stopping halfway,
of completely destroying the moral
tone which caused us to intervene
in Korea completely ignoring the
enormous bloodshed which goes on
there month after month, that very
concept shocks me, old soldier as
I am. If these risks that you speak
of were so real and so compelling,
why did we intervene in Korea?
Risks Are Unchanged.
There is nothing that has hap
pened that has changed those risks
or increased those ffsks. The whole
moral tone of the world resounded
when in its nobility the United
States and the United Nations fol-
lowing them intervened to save
Korea
| At one stroke you would abandon
that, at one stroke. You don't pay
the slightest conception to that
80 million of people in Korea, and
that great nation and our own boys
by the thousands and thousands.
I've been here two days now, and
I have heard no proposition yet,
outside of the ones that the Joints
Chiefs made and myself, which
would offer any hope for a success
full conclusion of the Korean
struggle.
I believe it would mean that If
you don't attempt to bring this
thing to a short and honorable
conclusion, it means not only the in
definite sacrifice of life, but it means
what is almost equally important,
the complete degradation and sacri-
flee of our moral tone
Yugoslav Aid Brought Up.
Senator Fulbright-. This busi-
ness of Russia and what she may
do in Europe 1t does seem to
me that if We become begged down
in China. if by chance it proved to
be a little more difficult than you
think, that then the thing would
come about that you mentioned
earlier in your testimony, that one
of the major things that might in
duce Russia to attack all out would
be a relative increase in her strength,
which would come about if we ex-
Ipended very large resources in Asia,
and if perchance at the same time
our budget was cut $40 billion, as
suggested by the Senator from Ohio.
All those things might happen.
| So that a cautious attitude might
be justified under your own sug-
gestion that the-one of the things
that might induce .an attack would
be a rather large increase in the
power of Russia relative to our own.
:. General, during the winter
we had a bill before this Congress
in my committee, and happened
to be delegated to handle it on the
floor, concerning aid to Yugoslavia
We voted some fifty odd millions to
Yugoslavia in aid, transferring ECA
supplies.
Do you approve of that action?
Gen. MacArthur-I never read
the bill, Senator.
Senator Fulbright-The bill al
located over $50 million worth of
wheat and grain to the aid of Yugo-
slavia, just this past December. 1t
was very simple bill. Do you ap-
prove of that action?
Gen. MacArthur-I have had no
chance to even consider it, Senator
I would not attempt to pass any
superficial judgment on such ques-
tions as that. -.
Bradley Supported Cited.
Senator Fulbright - Why rot,
General? 1t seems to me to be a
very simple question. It was die
tated primarily by military consid-
erations. That is, Gen. Bradley
appeared before our committee,
Gen. Collins, I believe, also, and
said this was militarily justified,
because Of the thirty-odd divisions
that the Yugoslavs had.
Gen. MacArthur-If you have
such good assurances, why ask me?
Senator Fulbright-. You re-
ferred to the necessity of combat
ing the Russians and resisting them
in Europe as well as in Asia. You
expressed great confidence that we
can resist them successfully on all
! fronts.
Now, one of the important ele-
ments-at least we were told by
the Chiefs of Staff-is the question
of Yugoslavia. Now you mentioned
in your observation there that you
were not aware of the degree of
communism in Yugoslavia. We were
given to understand that is sub
stantially Communist, if not 100
per cent. Would that make any
difference to you as to whether or
not we should aid Yugoslavia?
Gen. Macarthur 1t certainly
would. The question of the political
concepts and Affiliations of any ma
ton would be an important factor
as to whether you take them into
your camp as an ally or not, I
have no knowledge of the present
situation in Yugoslavia, Senator.
r Communism Is Enemy.
Senator Fulbright-. >. You said
in answer to a question by the
Senator from Connecticut that the
enemy-and it is important,
think, that we try to identify the
Ienemy-is communism.
Gen. MacArthur-That is correct.
Senator Fulbright-What is your
concept of Communism? / mean is
this the communism of Marx and
EngePs, or is it the communism as
practiced by the Kremlin?
Gen. Macarthur - Communism
has many various factors. The
great threats In what is called
ETesent communism is the imBf-