Evening star., 1951-05-04

port of a communique issued at that
time Is that a fair statement Of
the Presidents and your position
when you conferred on Formosa,
if you care to say? That was a pri-
Vate communications, of course.
Gen. Macarthur don't think
the communique had any reference
Ito Formosa. Senator, and think
that when the President said that
he and I were in agreement about
Formosa, that he meant the agree
mert was that both of us had
dropped the question of discussing
it there at Wake Island, at any
tother time.
The strategic situation of For
mosa, its value, and its general
Irelativity to security in the Far
East was not discussed by me with
the President.
Calls Quotation Incorrect.
Senator SaltonStall-May I ask
you, sir, one more question? In
Iyour address to the Congress you
stated that you felt that military
necessity and the conduct of the
war-and I think I quote you ac-
|curately from here on-"Removal
of restrictions on the forces of the
Republic of China on Formosa with
'Ilogistical support to contribute to
their effective operation against
the Chinese mainland" a.
i My question is: Just what do you
visualize this logistical support
would amount to in the way of men,
material and ships, as well as air
i support?
Gen. MacArthur-The quotation
from my statement is incorrect,
Senator. What / said was not with
reference to the Chinese mainland
but what 1 said was against the
/; common enemy. AS l explained this
morning-or tried to-the use OF
the troops, the Chinese National
ist troops-Should be left to the
Judgment of the Chinese command
er-in-chief; and I tried to explain
the various ways in which he might
use those troops.
/ 1t is an absolutely incorrect
statement, which I have great diff
Guilty in comprehending why it was
made, because I gave a copy of my
statement to the clerk Of the Sen
ate or the House, whoever was
there, and it was recorded and you
will find that there was a mis-
quotation on it. What we have
recommended there. as I said this
morning, I appointed a commission
that went down there with the
approval of Washington, who made
a full report after two months of
study of what materiel was neces-
IsaryS to place the troops, the
Nationalist troops on Formosa, in
a condition Of general preparedness
for fighting. That report has been
in general approved, and as I
understand, is being carried out
now.
i Senator Russell-Senator Green
Senator Green-What would
like to ask is a question which
seems to me to go to the basis OF
the whole difference that has been
developed. 1t is this:
The theory that we could win a
quick victory in China simply by
lending logistic support to the
Chinese troops now in Formosa
and in bombarding the coast cities
and in establishing a blockade
; would, in the first place. would il
mot, indicate we would proceed
: alone and not with any help from
the other United Nations?
), Gen. MacArthur-I can give yor
no testimony about the United Ma
tions, Senator.
U. S. Urged to Avoid Appeasement
Senator Green-What would b,
: your expectation?
Gen. MacArthur-My hope woult
be of course that the United Ma
tions would see the wisdom ant
i utility Of that course, but if the,
: did not, still believe that the in
+ terest of the. United States beinI
3 the predominant one in Korea
t would require our action.
Senator Green-Alone?
7 Gen. MacArthur-Alone, if nee
essary. If the other nations of tn,
, world haven't got enough sense t.
( see where appeasement leads aftel
the appeasement which led to tht
: second world war in Europe, i.
T they can't see exactly the road thai
they are following in Asia, why
/ then we had better protect ourselves
. and go it alone.
Senator Green-Then why do you
5 think that the Chinese now in
FormoSa, even with that help and
without our ground forces in China
could achieve victory when Chang
) Kai-shek suffered such a severe
defeat previously?
! Gen. MacArthur-I don't believe
that the Chinese Nationalist forces
) alone, Senator, could achieve any
such victory, but using them in con-
junction with our own forces in
accordance with the recommended
tions the Joint Chiefs of Staff made
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