Evening star., 1951-05-26

a
proposal for the lifting of restric
tions on the Chinese Nationalists
8. The current strength of the
Army is between is million ano
l.6 million. He has recommended
that additional National Guarc
units be called this year.
4. There had been an estimated
1.025.000 enemy casualties ir
Korea "as of now"
/ S. Gen. MacArthur's recon-
mendations for ending the Korean
war probably could not be put
into effect without a directive
from the United Nations Security
Council.
Specific Violation.
It was during questioning by
Senator Smith. Republican, OF
New Jersey, that Gen. Collins
told of Gen. Macarthur sending
the American forces to the Man
churian border. Senator Smith
had started to say Gen. Mac
Arthur had never violated an
order.
.'He sent American forces di-
rectly to the frontier without ad-
vising us ahead of time on 1t,
and when we asked him, chal-
lenged his doing this. he said
he did it of military necessity" +"
the witness testified.
THE action had already been
taken, and we did not counter
mand it, but that was a specific
example "of violating an order"
Gen. Macarthur took the action
in the U. N. drive last October
and, in his order to his field COM
manders, cautioned that U. N
ground forces, other than South
Korean, should be withdrawn as
soon as feasible and replaced by
Republic of Korea troops"
On the same day, Gen. Collins
testified, the Joint Chiefs advised
Gen. Macarthur that his action
was not sin consonance" with
their previous instructions and
asked for reasons for the move.
Could Have Messaged.
Then Gen. Collins said:
"In my judgment. Gen. Mac
Arthur could readily have sent
back message saying: The
situation has developed when I am
going to have to extend my oper-
ations ; We certainly would
have considered 1t. That was not
DONE" .a..-.
Senator Knowland sought to
break down Gen. Collins charge
by citing a message to the Far
Eastern leader from the Joint
Chiefs, outlining a course of ac-
ton to be followed by forces in
Northern Korea. One part of it
said that forces dominating ap-
proaches to the Yalu should be
principally ROK troops
Gen. Collins then cited the Sep
tember 27 instructions that were
sent to Gen. Macarthur.
He said that, paraphrased. 1t
had this effect:
Under no circumstances, how
ever, will your forces cross the
Manchurian or U. S. S. r. borders
of Korea, and as a matter OF
policy-not fiat directive but as
a matter of policy-no non-Ko-
rean ground forces will be used in
the northeast provinces bordering
the Soviet Union or in the area
along the Manchurian border"
Denies Insubordination Charge.
Senator Knowland responded
that at that time Tin September)
Gen. Macarthur wasn't even up
near the Yalu River The No
vember communication, he added,
when he got close to the Yalu.
did not prohibit him from having
American troops on the Yalu, but
the clear statement in your own
paraphrase is that they hoped a
majority Of the troops would be
ROK: but no clear directive that
he must not have any American
troops"
Gen. Collins denied that he had
stated Gen. Macarthur was guilty
of "disobedience or an insubor-
dination" in sending American
troops near the Manchurian from
tier.
II cited it as an example of
the fact that Gen. Macarthur did
take action contrary to this mat
ter of policy without advising us
flrst-he could readily have ad-
vised us first on the matter"
The general also disclosed that,
as early as last September. intel
ligence information was received
he added that 80 per cent of
all Far Eastern intelligence infor-
nation came directly from the
Macarthur command - showing
that the Chinese Communists had
begun to move their troops up the
China mainland in the direction
of Korea.
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat,
of Connecticut-In other words,
they were putting them in position
to march down in Korea as early
as September?
Gen. Collins - Yes, sir, they
were
Then the Army Chief of Staff
went on to say that information
received from Chinese Nationalist
sources indicated a Red Chinese
buildup as early as July and that
there were possibilities that the
Chinese would come up to inter-
vene."
Often Not Reliable.
But he added that "a goodly
portion, if not majority" of such
advices from Chang Kai-shek' S
government had proved erroneous
on previous occasions.
The Chinese Reds entered the
Korean war last November "a.
When Senator Mcmahon asked
if Gen. Macarthur had in his pos