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General Under Further Examination on His Far Eastern Policy Views
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to permit the realistic adjustment
of military strategy. Such decision.
have not been forthcoming"
Is that correct?
Gen. MacArthur-That is what
would say. There has been NJ
change in the normal basic resolu
ton which the United Nation.
passed which gave as our mission
the liberation, unification of al
Korea. The United Nations has mo-
acted to change that mission which
was dictated entirely when the
North Korean was the only enemy
Since new country, new great
military force, was thrown in against
us there has been no change in the
basic diplomatic political decisions
that have reached the command in
the Far East. Those I have con-
Stantly asked for.
The tactical contrc' IF the troops
has been modifie7 our Joint
Chiefs of Staff = limitation
that the basic co. that the COM
mander in CHEZ should exercise
was the security of his forces and
the '~8tion that our main
Oh there was the protection
Meaning of Victory.
Senator Gillette - In your
speech before the joint meeting
of Congress April 10Th you said
Wars very object is victory,
not prolonged indecision. In war
there is no substitute for victory" A."
I should like you to clarity pre-
ciSely what you mean by victory
in the conflict now being waged
in Korea. and my question there
fore has three parts.
A. By victory do you mean the
defeat of the Chinese Communist
armies wherever they may be in
Korea, in Manchuria, in China
proper, or by victory do you mean
what we meant in 1945 by victory
over Japan and Germany. the
total defeat of Chinese Commu-
mist power, military and political
throughout East Asia?
Gen. Macarthur think have
answered that a number of times,
Senator. but I will do so again.
The objective that I referred to
by victory was to force the Chi
nese Communist armies to cease
their depredations and attacks in
North Korea. =.
Soviet Interests Mentioned.
Senator Gillette-Now, my next
question is, you have said the
Chinese Communists, and ! quote,
interests are at present parallel
to those of the Soviet"
Do you believe it would be in
the interests of the United States
to try to turn Communist China
against Soviet Russia rather than
to encourage their forming a solid
LULU against uo!
Gen. MacArthur-T have fire.
quently stated that I would well
come and aid and assist, as far as
was in my power, anything that
would break up any Communist
combine that threatened demo-
cratic countries.
Senator Gillette-In the event
that the steps you propose against
China did not lead to victory, but
to prolonged warfare between us
and Communist China, would you
say that such a war would tend to
cement Russia and China ire
vocably together or to separate
them and lead to hostilities be-
tween them?
Gen. MacArthur-I would not at
tempt to assay what are the Stra-
tegic, political. industrial or COM
mercial concepts, actions and plans
of the Soviet, and the Communist
Red Chinese government.
Sees No Isolation.
Senator Gillette. NY last
question is, in your April 18th speech
you uttered the following truism,
the issues are global and so inter-
locked that to consider the problem
of one sector oblivious to those of
another is but to court disaster for
the world"
-. Would you favor going ahead
on our own in China, even if that
brought about the loss of all sup
port from our Atlantic Allies, even
if that led to the breakup of the At
lantic Alliance, defending our East
ern shores; even if that meant the
loss of the right we now have to
use the territory of those allies in
Europe, North Africa and the Medi-
terranean for air and sea bases for
our strategic air force and naval
forces?
Gen. MacArthur-Senator, the
plan propose. I believe, would be
followed by the great majority of
the United Nations-perhaps, by
all of them.
I believe that we would not be
isolated; I believe all they need
was the leadership, which was neces-
sary, and which we supplied in the
beginning. I believe that everything
that you picture there, the reverse
would be accomplished by the plan
that propose.
Economic Blockade.
Senator StenniS-Gen. MacAr-
thur. reverting for a moment back
to the first thing you mentioned
here with reference to your recon-
mendations to the Joint Chiefs of
Staff was the economic blockade
of China. D.. Do you consider that
very important and very vital then
and now?
Gen. MacArthur-I do indeed,
Senator The lack of industrial
capacity of China makes her pc
culiarly dependent upon the i'm
ports that she receives.
Senator Stennis-Do you under
stand that the objection to putting