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leaCeo Japanese forces and mad
them available to the Chang gov
eminent instead of letting then
fall into the hands of the Com
maniSts.
In response to a request by Sen
ator knowland, Gen. Wedemeye
discussed the Yalta agreement an,
related that he had accompanies
former Ambassador Patrick j
Hurley when Chang Kai-shek wa
Informed of it's terms.
He said Chang Kai-shek wa
silent for about minute" afte
Mr.. Hurley had told him through
an interpreter the terms of tn,
agreement.
And then he asked Ambassado
Hurley, through the interpreter
to please repeat that" the genera
testified. s"He could not believ'
what he heard was accurate.
And it was repeated to him. Ant
then he just.said that he was ter
ribly disappointed, or words tt
that effect"
AcheSOn Answer Recalled.
In asking about Chaing's reac.
tion to the agreement, Senator
Knowland said some impression
had been given by Secretary oi
State AcheSon that the Chinese
were not too unhappy about it.
The agreement provided that
President Roosevelt would obtair
Chinese approval of the Soviet
rights in Manchuria.
Gen. Wedemeyer told Senator
Mcmahon that he had heard
rumors of vast fortunes held by
Chinese in other countries, but 81
was never able to put my finger
on any particular individual"
He said he did get list of 10
Chinese reported to have such
holdings while he was wartime
China theater commander.
The general testified that the
list was given to him in conf
dence and when he refused to
turn it over to Chang, the latter
"was quite angry with me when
! refused to violate that conf
dence."
Depressed by Deterioration.
Senator Mcmahon cited the
1947 Wedemeyer report stating
that there were approximately 10
million Chinese living abroad and
that "it has been conservatively
estimated in America that they
could raise at least 81 billion"
II was depressed when I saw
the deterioration that had taken
place in the period between 1945
to 1947 and that runs throughout
my report" the general stated as
Senator Mcmahon mentioned that
the generals recommendation for
eliminating graft and corruption
were never carried out.
so. general. we leaned on q
pretty weak reed. didn't we?'
asked Senator Mcmahon.
Yes. sir, but I thought still an
important reed that we should not
desert entirely" replied the gen.
eral." I wouldn't say that we
should have just given up entirely
any more than we gave up some
of our allies in Europe when they
were down and out"
Officer Assignments Blocked.
In reply to questions by Senator
Knowland, Gen. Wedemeyer said
directiveS issued to him while he
was in command in China pre-
vented the assignment of American
officers to Chinese Nationalist
forces at the combat level.
This was done in Greece and
Gen. Wedemeyer said he believed
that if the Greeks had not had
American advice in the lower mill
tory echelons they would not have
succeeded in expelling the Com
munists.
China was an immense area
and they had large forces involved
and it may have involved a tre-
mendous number of American Of
ficers and non-commissioned Off
GERS had we decided that we should
send advisers right down to the
battalion level as we did in Greece,
which was an infinitely smaller.
in scope, operation" the witness
testified.
Senator Knowland made a for
NAL request for military orders
issued to Gen. Wedemeyer in China
to compare them with those which
applied to American assistance in
Greece.
"Was Told to Keep Quiet"
Gen. Wedemeyer told Senators
Cain, Republican. of Washington.
and Mcmahon, that he could not
understand why his 1947 report
on the Far East was not published
Immediately.
It was told to keep quiet and I
did" he said. But I just didn't
understand why the entire thing
wasn't published and made avail
able to the American people, but
If not to the American people their
representatives in Congress, he
said.
Gen. Marshall, then Secretary of
State, has said that he was re-
sponsible for suppressing the
famed Wedemeyer report. He told
a press conference several months
ago that the report was made to
him and for his information as
Secretary of State.
The general said the Moscow di-
rection of the Chinese Communists
had been progressive over the
years.
Agrees ON Interpretation.
He admitted under questioning
by Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
Of Alabama that the wording of
the 1945 telegram concerning Far
East policy did indicate that he,
Gen. Macarthur and Admiral
Raymond Spruance favored
coalition of Cbipecal NotiopoIicte