Evening star., 1951-05-05

Gen. MacArthur-YeS.
Senator Kefauver - It seems
= ;, that I recall that Mr.. Nehru. and
; probably others, through the
!. British Embassy-did they not
. protest that even if the fighting
were carried beyond the 38th
. Parallel that would bring Red
: China into the conflict?
Gen. MacArthur-I am not ia
miliar with what he said, Senator.
was furnished no information
, from him. .... ....
y Information Was Limited.
, Senator Kefauver What the
! Indian delegate said at the United
Nations was not brought to your
!. attention?
Gen. MacArthur-I have moth
! ing of that sort from Lake Sue
cess, which was furnished me.
Any information of that sort was
limited to what saw in the press.
1 Senator Kefauver-Mr. Chair
man, so that the record can be
complete, I think can rightly
|, say that the Indian delegate did
make some representations at that
time to the United Nations at
Lake Success.
/ I wonder if that could be placed
in the record?
Chairman-YeS, sir. II you can
get the material I will be glad to
Isee it is placed in the record.
i Senator Kefauver-Gen. Mac
Arthur, what kind of a situation
would we be in in Korea If the
United Nations, while not very
substantial in force-that is, out
side of our own country-if they
should not carry on with us in
Korea?
Gen. MacArthur-As far as the
ARMED forces are concerned, the
total contribution Of all the other
nations, outside Of the United
States and South Korea, is a very
small fraction.
The subtraction of those forces
would have no material effect upon
the tactical situation.
Senator Kefauver-I do not
mean to imply by this question
that any member of the United
Nations should have troops there,
but if they abandoned the con-
Iflict in the event your suggested
program were followed, we GER
Itainly would not want to do any
thing that would even cause those
forces to pull out, I take it?
Asks Larger U. N. Forces.
Gen. Macarthur - I think it
would be tragic. I believe that
everything possible should be done
to cement the international fea-
ture of the United Nations effort
there. I would say not only that
the idea should be deprecated of
their pulling out, but it should be
emphasized extraordinarily that
they should send much larger
forces, and that those nations
which have not contributed any
thing, should contribute.
On the contrary, one Of the
great weaknesses of the United
Nations effort there is that it is
not well balanced. Almost the
entire burden of blood and effort
and money is confined to two
countries, the native country of
| the Koreans, and ourselves.
Agrees on u. N. Contribution.
Senator Kefauver-Well, I agree
with you certainly about each
member of the United Nations
ought to carry it's share of the
responsibility, and on that basis
all of the nations ought to come
in, and some who are in should
send in larger forces. But I take
lit that it is important to keep
those there and also to get I'M
more, not only from the military
viewpoint but from the viewpoint
of opinion in the Far East and
world opinion in this conflict.
Gen. MacArthur-I agree with
you completely.
Senator Kefauver-So that the
effect of the operations that you
have recommended, or that may
be taken in the Far East upon
the attitude of those associated
with us would be one of the mat
ters that should be considered by
the political factors that go toI
make up the opinion as to what
should be done. You would agree
with that, I take it?
Gen. MacArthur-It is inherent.
I will say this, though. Senators:
That the relativity Of authority
in making international decisions
should be based in some degree
upon the responsibilities of the
agents that carry it out. And If
one nation carries 80 per cent of
the effort, it's quite inappropriate
that nations that only carry a
small fraction of the efforts and
the responsibility should exercise
undue authority upon the deci-
sions that are made.
Senator Kefauver-YeS. Well,
I will agree with you, general,
about that. Another theory has
some circulation in this country,
and that is that you stated in
your magnificent address to the
Congress that Asia had undergone
revolution in the past few years
not only in China but in other
parts of Asia; that they are look
ing for new kinds of leadership,
ct cetera.
A great many people in this
country believe that in the eyes
of other Asiatic peoples besides
the Chinese, particularly the In
dians. and other people in Asia,
that Chang Kai-shek is not in the
high standing that he might be,
and that if we joined in helping
him invade the mainland of China,
that all of the other people Of
Asia would turn even more against
us than they to some extent at the