Evening star., 1951-05-03

MS side OF the Korean tactical d
counted. The estimates of the
air strength in the Far East vary
I have seen it put as high al
number deleted for security rea-
sons planes, including the nava
planes of their 5th and It'll
Fleets, which are out there.
My own belief is that they coulC
initially launch. perhaps (deletec
for security planes.
Most Red Fighters Are Jets.
OF these planes, the majority
are fighters. OF those fighters
the majority are jets. and art
excellent.
The Soviet probably suffer.
greatly from a lack of mainte.
nance facilities. gasoline, petro.
leum supplies, and other things.
How long she would be able tc
maintain an air effort in an all.
out war out there is, of course
speculative.
My own opinion is that it woulc
not be too long. I believe thai
their efforts would deteriorat,
from the beginning of hostilities
She has over there now in countec
planes, of course (deleted for Sc.
curity), but they are scattered
their use. their logistical position.
give no indications of any immedi.
ate preparation for assault.
Now, when you speculate along
that line, you are truly speculat.
ling. This is the estimate had a.
the time I left.
The very fact that when
poured all our troops from Japar
into Korea, and there was M
| slightest evidence on the part oi
the Soviet to take any advantage
as far as Japan was concerned Of
that situation, would tend to beal
out my estimate.
Asked About Submarines.
Senator allow about tht
submarine strength Of the Sovie,
in that area?
Gen. MacArthur-The Soviet
the Russian over the centuries
has never been able to develop {
navy. It has been, of course, tht
political basis of Russian foreign
policy to obtain a commercial
naval force with a combat force
to protect it.
The Russian has always believed
that he could not take his right.
full place in the international
sphere of commerce and industry
unless he shared the commerce ol
the seas.
For centuries he has been seek
ing warm water. The objec-
tive of Russian for many decades
was the Mediterranean. Now
recently, the Russian has probably
had new vision open. That
vision is no longer confined tc
the warm waters of the Mediter-
ranean or Europe. 1t is the pos.
sibility of reaching the warm
waters Of the Pacific and the In.
dian Oceans.
If by any combination she
could extend down to the Indian
Ocean, she would not only out
flank the Mediterranean, oil
course, but it would place her fan
and flush upon the continent OF
Africa, which for the next hun
dred years, with its enormous in
dustrial potential is something
that attracts all commerce ano
all industry whatever it's national
ity might be.
1t is vision which perhaps
transcends anything that the ole
Czarist regime ever had.
1t takes decades, some of us
believe it takes centuries to de.
velop merchant marine and COM
bat vessels to protect them. The
Russians have never shown that
capacity in the slightest degree.
Over in the Far East, their fleets
the 5th and the 7th Fleets, are
light elements, cruiser, destroyer
They would not be a match either
in quantity, and certainly not in
quality with our own forces.
Submarine Estimates Vary.
Along the lines of submarines
the estimates vary. Probably the
superior methods of gathering in
telligence here in the Central In
telligence Agency, give great deal
more information than I could
give you. 1 am very limited, and
what I could gather was on my
immediate front. and under in
hibitions that have probably never
been equaled.
My own belief is that she might
have, in the neighborhood oi
Vladivostok, and in that area
probably (deleted for security
submarines.
Senator RuSsell-Any Snorkels
General?
Gen. Macarthur should say
that she should have perhaps (de-
|leted for security modern sub
marineS-German.
Now, whether sne has the Ger
man crews to man them, do not
know. If they have they are first
class. No better submarine serv.
ice was ever developed than the
The majority of their subma.
rines are of low radius, and arr
largely for defensive purposes
Their training is largely to pre-.
vent an amphibious thrust by u.
into their harborS.
Now, the submarine attack is {
serious thing in logistical lint
of supplies overseas. The mere
threat of it means that you can.
not dispatch transports and sup.
Iply ships without the enormou.
effort of conveying them. So, tht
mere threat of summarizing woule