Evening star., 1951-05-25

Ipart OF his commands.
Senator Fulbright then quoted
la reply from Gen. Macarthur to
the effect that there was CO.
|ordination and that 1t was quite
impractical to have a continuous
lime across the neck" between the
two forces.
"As a matter Of fact, since that
time you do have continuous
lime, don't you?" the Senator
asked.
Gen. Bradley-Yes, we do. sir.
Senator Fulbright-So that. in
the light of events. was not cor
rect Judgment of what is practical,
was it?
Is Practical Now.
Gen. Bradley-Well, it certainly
lis practical now. Whether or not
it was then, he might have had a
different view on it.
Senator Fulbright then quoted
Gen. Macarthur as having told
the Pentagon that. while his ele-
ments were extended, the terrain
made it difficult for an enemy to
gain advantage. He then asked if
that did not prove to be "a COM
|plete misjudgment, because they
did take advantage of that sit
uation."
Gen. Bradley replied that the
enemy did take advantage of it.
The Senator said he. was inter-
ested because it was "a result of
this misjudgment that we suffered
our heaviest casualties of this war,
was it not?"
The general admitted that this
period did bring the heaviest
losses, but that he could not say
how many were lost because the
right flank was exposed and how
many because the Chinese "hit
him harder than he expected"
Senator Fulbright said he
thought it important that, in
considering the views of Gen.
Macarthur, the committee also
should consider "how infallible
the proposer has been in the
past"
ut seems to me fair to say
that at least on two occasions,
and maybe more, the Joint Chiefs
OF Staff sent what can properly
be called a warning to the gen.
eral as to the disposition of his
troops and the coordination of
their actions. In each instance,
he did not accept the warning,
or at least he did not change his
actions in accord with the sug-
gestions of the jos. Is that a
fair and correct statement?"
II think So" the general re-
piled. "As I stated here once
before. it is hard to say what you
would do this far away, but I
think I stated that, knowing what
I knew at the time, I would have
done it somewhat differently"
Senator Cain, Republican, Of
Washington, asked a series of
questions about the advisability
Iof using forces for the European
defense from outside the Western
European nations. -. j.
Against the premises that the
iallies are not now prepared for
Iglobal war and that such show
down might result from bombing
Red Chinese bases, he said, "E
want to ask what steps are being
taken. and by whom, to incor-
Iporate within the defense struc-
Iture of Western Europe the mill
tary forces in being-and these
include. as I understand it, prob
ably more than a million men
which are presently possessed by
Turkey. Greece and by Spain"
Would it not" he asked,
largely minimize the fear which
lis so prevalent among us and
among free men and our allies if
these forces in being were a part
today of our common defense for
Western Europe?"
From a military viewpoint"
Gen. Bradley replied, 1--WE should
like to see all three of those forces
included"
To further questioning by Sena-
tor Cain, however, Gen. Bradley
said the State Department would
have to answer as to how far, if
at all, progress has been made in
that direction.
Senator Cain then declared that
Western European Allies have
contributed less than one ground
division to the Korean war and
asked If more could not be used.
I'VE have troops from Turkey,
some from Thailand and some
from Greece. but they are not in
Western Europe" the Senator de-
clared.
"Is there any real reason" he
continued, why some of those
divisions in Europe should not be
committed in Korea, even if we
in the United States sent some
divisions to take the place of
those European divisions, which
might be moved on into Korea?
I wonder if there is a possibility
lof that being done?"
More Would Be Helpful.
Gen. Bradley think it would
lbe very helpful if they did send
additional troops, yes.
Senator Cain-Is it not true,
despite the fact that everybody
hates war, that the best way to
learn how to fight is in a war /.
and wouldn't it be very helpful,
Jas a possible hedge in the future,
to have some of those European