Evening star., 1951-05-04

military appraisal, my military ap-
ipraisal of the situation, and my
offer to meet the commander in
chief to discuss peace terms. E. ;.
i Senator Morse is it your
understanding that the administra-
,tion considered that the notice
which you served on the Com
tmunist Chinese military leaders
embarrassed the President in con-
nection with the paper or docu-
ment that he was working on, in
that your notice could not be
Ireconciled with what he proposed
to make public?
i Gen. MacArthur-I was not
aware of it. It was the last thing
lin the world that I would have
wished to have done, to embarrass
1.-The President or any one else who
lis working to bring about peace.
/ Senator Morse-You had not
1been advised by any one, including
1.-THE President or any subordinate
ito the President, that your notice
to the Chinese leaders embarrassed
the completion of the plans that
the President was working upon in
respect to the notice that he was
preparing to serve on the Chinese
Communists?
Received Message From Chiefs.
Gen. Macarthur received from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after
put out my statement, a message
which called my attention to the
fact that any statements involving
politics had to be cleared with the
State and Defense Departments
and that if any contacts were made
by the enemy commander in chief
with me, I was to Immediately re-
port them, which of course I would
have anyway.
Senator Morse-Is it not true,
general, that the message that you
received from the Joint Chiefs of
Staff prior to the notice that you
served on the Communist military
leaders stated, in effect, that the
administration was in the process
of carrying on negotiations with
the representatives of allies in the
United Nations concerning pro-
posals for a settlement of the Ko-
rean struggle with the Chinese?
Gen. MacArthur-It did. But II
, had no reference to any particular
terms, or any particular situation
1t was merely normal. And the
purpose of that message to me was
! to find out what notifications
! might be necessary in limitation OF
our advances north to some par
ticular line, and they wanted to get
my views on it.
Senator Morse-You would be sur
| prised then if any witness for the
administration in this hearing
, should take the position in his testi-
mony, that it is the view of the ad-
ministration that the message you
received from the Joint Chiefs oi
Staff prior to your serving the notice
on the Communist military leaders
gave you what they considered to
be adequate notice that you should
have cleared with the administra-
ton before you issued the notice tc
: the Communist leaders?
Gen. MacArthur-I would be sur
prised, yes. It didn't make the
slightest impression of that sort
upon me. >.
, Senator MorSe-I want to hastily
ask one more question. 1t is true, il
it not, general, that there are base!
, in Russia as well as bases in Man.
churia which are supplying the
Communist forces with materiel al
the present time, constituting par
of their supply lines?
J Gen. Macarthur couldn't tel
= = you. But I believe that the supplies
= that are being furnished by the
Soviet are diminishing. I do not
= believe the Soviet is supplying the
Chinese Communist troops in the
same way that they supplied the
original North Korean army.
= believe that these forces, from
China now, are much more or
S their own resources than the North
+ Korean forces that originally at
tackled. Those forces were supplied
with Russian material but much oi
the material the Chinese Com.
t munists now have is not Russian
There is no indication that there
!, has been step-up quite the con-
trary, in the supplies that the
Soviet has been furnishing to the
y battle front in Korea.
S Senator Russell-Senator Nc.
4 Mahon?
= Faced With GIobal Problem.
e Senator McMahon-Mr. Chair.
t man, want to start by. saying thai
y have many questions, and I will
I make no apology for the time thai
f I take because we are here dis.
y cussing the survival of our Nation
t which means the future of civiliza.
S ton itself.
: General, we are faced, are WI
e not, with the global problem in thu
ambitions of Communist Russia?
d Gen. MacArthur-Unquestionably
o Senator Mcmahon - You hav,
r, given that problem a great deal O
thought, 1 assume? Don't you hea
I me, general?
Is Gen. Macarthur - Yes, sir,
/, have, sir.
t Senator McMahon-And, there
e fore