The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-11

administration plan at that time to bring the Chinese Nationalists and Communists into a coalition govern ment.
 9. Acheson gave "an erroneous impression" that he (Wedemeyer) had shared the State Departments "pessimistic views in 1949 that For mosa, island stronghold of the Ma tionalists, would fall into the Com munists.
 "Pessinlistic Views"
 Those "pessimistic views" were expressed in document the State Department circulated to it's repre- sentqtiyes abroad.
 Wedemeyer said he understands that document was never coordi- hated with the Military Department. He added that he was concerned be- cause Acheeon had resisted" the efforts by the Senate inquiry panel to learn which individuals in the State Department prepared it.
 Eighth Witness
 Wedemeyer, a tall eray-haired man, is the eighth witness in the inquiry by the Senate Armed Serv- ices and Foreign Relations commit tees into MacArthur's dismissal and the Korean war policy differences figuring in it.
 Wedemeyer is now the command ing general of the Sixth Army, with Headquarters at San Francisco, but much of his Army service has been concerned with the Far East. In l945, Wedemeyer was com- manding general of U. S. forces in China, in l949 = when the State Departments Formosa document was circulated he was deputy chief of staff of the Army with head quarters in Washington.
 In between those assignments, Wedemeyer made survey of the Far East in 1947 at the request of President Truman and wrote the now famous Wedemeyer report on China and Korea. That report pre- dicted a probable future Soviet backed effort to take over all of Korea
 Would Bomb Red China
 Wedemeyer also told senators to- day he would adopt Gen. MacAr- thurs proposals for bombing Red China's bases and blockading her coast even if it meant war with an other country"
 Testifying Wedemeyer said the re- fusal to permit the deposed Pacific commander to bomb bases where the enemy was gathering his strength" was an unfair restriction" and ''un- realistic"
 He said he would shell Red China's coast cities as well as use naval and economic blockade.
 Senator Green commented that military witnesses had testified that blockade and bombardment would be "an act of war"
 Fast Exchange
 "Yes, sir" Wedemeyer said. The exchange went on:
 Green: And if so, Russia was obliged under her treaty, to come to the aid of China"
 Wedemeyer: "Yes, sir"
 Green: And it is hard to imagine our fighting Asia I mean China and Russia alone, and it would prob ably lead to third World War, would it not?"
 Calculated Risk
 Wedemeyer: Tt might sir; that IS a calculated risk"
 Wedemeyer told the senators he asked to be relieved as deputy chief of staff because T felt frustrated"
 q had served in the department for number of years, and from time to time I made suggestions along policy lines, and those sug- gestions were not accepted or imple- mented"
 He added
 ''The policies, the plans for Amer ican action in the west and in the east I did not agree with"
 Wedemeyer was the first witness on MacArthur's side of the great controversy over the Far Eastern policy since Macarthur himself tes- tified over month ago at the open ing of the inquiry by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Rela- tions committees.
 In the meantime, the senators have heard a succession of admins tration witnesses.