Evening star., 1951-04-22
Joint Chiefs to Air Differences With Macarthur

" TIT N0CAFInUF
might have prevented aggression
in Korea last June.
Senator KEN. Republican of
Missouri. called on President
Truman and Secretary of State
Acheson to present a plan Of their
own for ending the war in Korea
if they are unwilling to accept the
Macarthur proposals. Said Sem
ator KEN:
I'm his speech before Congress
Gen. Macarthur presented a def
mite. specific. concrete plan. Mr..
Truman and Mr.. Acheson are not
willing to accept Gen. MacArthur's
plan. What have they to offer?
Congress is no longer interested
in statements from them about
Communism protecting our form
of Government-and the bless4
ings of peace. What we wish to
know is. How shall we end the
hOf6du Wal
Jebb Warns Against Policy.
Sir Gladwyn Jebb. chief British
delegate to the U. NJ, said yes
terday he should not want to
think about" what would happen
to Anglo American relations and
the q. m. If Gen. MacArthur's
foreign policy ideas prevail in this
country.
Interviewed in Cincinnati, the
British diplomat said there are
fewer points Of conflict between
British and American foreign
policy than many persons think.
One of the points at issue. he
added. is Britain's recognition of
the Chinese Communist govern
ment.
1--WE have recognized the Com
muniSt government just as we
recognize the moon because it
exists" he said. IF you don't even
recognize that the Communists do
exist and are in fact in Korea,
how can you begin to negotiate
with them for peace? Recognition
in no sense implies approval"
Gen. Whitney. who returned
from Japan with Gen. Macarthur
last week, did not make any ref
erence in his comments on the
Times story to that part of 1t
which implied Gen. Macarthur
miScalculated the combat efici-
ency of the Chinese Reds.
Story Describes Conference.
The Times report had this to
say:
President Truman, as the 10
conferees sat In an aviation hut.
asked Gen. Macarthur about the
possibilities of Chinese or Rus
sian intervention.
Gen. Macarthur said that he
saw little chance of this. But he
added that if there had been such
Intervention in the first two
months of the war, it would have
meant victory for the Communists.
He went on to say that he no
longer feared their entry into the
war. and that the United Nations
forces were now stronger. The
Chinese had 100000 men in Man
churia with not more than 125. 900
along the Yalu River.
About $4,000 or 10000 could
cross the river, he believed, and
they had no air force. If they tried
to attack toward Pyongyang, the
troops would be slaughtered, Gen.
Macarthur said"
II this report is accurate-and
it has not yet been challenged
then it means that Gen. Mac
Arthur underestimate the ability
OF the Chinese to move troops
south from the Yalu River.
Would Explain Defeat. a
1t would mean that Gen. Mac
Arthur at most expected only 50,-
600 or 10000 Chinese to confront
his army-when in fact the Reds
were able to hide more than $780,
600 troops in the North Korean
hills.
And, II true, it would explain
in part why the United States 9th
Army and Tenth Corps were de-
feated by the Chinese Reds in
late November.
The Times story said that Gen
Macarthur and Mr.. Truman
reached a harmonious under
standing on Formosa after dis
cussing the issue.
Last August. Gen. Macarthur
had written the Veterans of For-
|eign Wars that he favored occu-
patton Of Formosa as vital de-
fensive island in the Pacific.
His letter aroused a controversy
lat the time because the Truman
policy was to "neutralize" For
mosa and prevent its fall to the
Reds pending a final decision on
the islands future by the United
Nations.
The Times said Mr.. Truman