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to discount the possibility of sucl
intervention at that stage"
Gen. Whitney declared ther,
were no stenographic notes takel
at the Wake Island conferenc,
and that part Of 1t was a secre
meeting between only Gen. Mac
Arthur and the President. TIL,
implication seemed to be that an,
detailed report of the meetin,
could comes only from Presiden
Truman himself.
The Times story. among othe
things, said Gen. Macarthur hat
apologized to the President for an,
embarrassment caused by thei
differences over administration
policy toward Formosa. And i
said Gen. Macarthur and Mi
Truman had reached accord OF
the necessity of adhering t,
policies made in Washington"
No White House Comment.
Whitney issued his statement al
the general rested at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel from the thunderou
welcome Friday by an estimated
rs million people.
There was no comment at tn
White House or the Pentagon OF
the New York Times story, or Gen
Whitney's rejoinder. The Presi
dent was spending the week end Oh
the yacht Williamsburg on Chesa,
peake Bay.
Even before Senator Russell an.
r1ounced he had called for al
available Government document.
bearing on the Korean conflict
there were reports that the Whit,
House and Defense Department
were having detailed study mad,
OF the messages between Gen
Macarthur and the Joint Chief!
OF Staff in preparation for tn.
Congressional hearings,
Gen. MacArthur'S claim thai
the Joint Chiefs shared his view.
on overall military strategy /.
bound to be a highlight of thu
inquiry, to be conducted joint,
by the Senate Armed Services ane
Foreign Relations Committees
And the records now being assem-.
bied should have a direct bearin,
on that issue.
Two Conclusions Expected.
Officials familiar with the study
were said to be of the opinion
the records would indicate tw.
conclusions:
/. That if the question of how
to deal with Red China wer,
viewed from a military stand.
point alone, considerable support
may be found for Gen. MacAr;
thurs contentious.
2. That. taking into accoun
not only the military standpoint
but also the broad political con.
siderationS and the global pic.
ture. the Joint Chiefs would bt
found supporting the President
and not Gen. Macarthur. Tht
administration has taken tn,
view that expansion of the Ko.
rean war might touch of Worlc
War III.
One of the proposals which
Gen. Macarthur put forward ir
his speech to Congress Thursday
was the imposition of a nava
blockade against the China coast
1t is understood that on one oc.
casion the Joint Chiefs spoke ia.
vorably of such q blockade. But
that was at a time, according tc
administration informants, when
the United Nations command was
faced with a possible withdrawal
from Korea and was deciding
what steps might be taken against
China in such an event.
Macarthur Phrase Critical Point
Administration officials hav,
decided that the critical point il
the controversy which will reacf
the committee hearing stag,
toward the end of this month i
Gen. MacArthur's own phras
from a military standpoint" H
said his proposals for an eco
nonlic and naval blockade O
China, for air reconnaissance
over China and for a mainlan,
invasion by Chinese Nationals
troops with American suppor
had been shared in the past "fror
a military standpoint" by prac
tlcally every military leader con
cerned with the Korean cam
paign" including our own Join
Chiefs of Staff"
The Joint Chiefs, according +
administration informants, appar
emily agreed at some point in tn
past that from the strictly mill
tary perspective, it could be con
sldered desirable to bomb base
north OF the Yalu river in Man
churla. But according to tn
same information the jos hav
consistently supported the Presi
dents polic..-which Gen. Brad
ley indorsed in a public speec]
earlier this week-of keeping tn
Korean war confined to Korea
at all possible. Broadly speakine
tnat involved not only considera
tlons from a military standpoint
but also from a political stand
point, including such questions a
What the Communist air force i
Manchuria would do and how tn
Russians would react to attack
on Chinese territory.
Senator Russell said he has no
seen the documented material re
1erred to in the New York Time
account of what happened q
wake Island. but said the commits
tees naturally will have to Q
INTO 1t at the hearings" He adde
tnat since they have embarke
on a policy of letting out som
documents, the committee shoul
have all of them"
In New York Eyo,,cc Hr:.1