Evening star., 1951-05-05

|LWO OIllLGU NublUklS dI1A11C0. AS-
sumo that means the 9th Army
and the 10th Corps operating in
Korea at the time of the Chinese
Communist attack. Do you care TO
comment on that?
| Gen. MacArthur-That is COM
lpletely false.
Chairman Russell-There was
adequate liaison?
Gen. Macarthur - Absolutely
Complete coordination under my
own immediate command.
Asked About Withdrawal.
Chairman Russell. You have
presented the point of view to
. all the American people. That
is that you have an affirmative
policy designed to end the slaughter
:, to force the Chinese to cease
their .depredations and to bring to
an end the terrible destruction :,
and you state that you have not
heard at any time of any other
proposition offering any affirmative
hope of bringing this contest to a
successful conclusion.
Now what is wrong with a pol
icy or what would have been wrong
with policy that had been adopted
as soon as it was evident that Red
China was intervening in mass
which would have directed the evac-
uation Of our land forces from
Korea and laying siege to Red
China by sea and by air until they
did withdraw from their predatory
did withdraw from their predatory
attacks upon Korea? =.
Gen. MacArthur-The great diffi-
Guilty in accepting that formula,
Senator, for Korea itself, is that
you would abandon Korea to the
enemy.
1t would result probably in the
destruction of the Korean people
The ruthlessness of the enemy, If
we withdrew our protection from
South Korea, would probably result
in thousands, perhaps even millions,
of those people being exterminated
1t would be the collapse, it seems
to me, of the moral obligation we
took to protect Korea.
1t seems to me that the psyche
logical effect of withdrawing from
Korea would collapse the confidence,
not only of the Far East. in our
strength to carry out an obligation
which We have announced, but
throughout the world.
... believe that we cannot turn
back . if We don't go on, I be-
lieve we will go under.
Moral and Spiritual Terms.
Chairman Russell-You place it
then on political considerations
rather than military grounds?
Gen. Macarthur i would 20
higher than the term political con-
sideration." would say they were
moral and spiritual consideration
! I believe the million Koreans
that have died, one way or another,
should not be sacrificed to a half
way effort.
I don't see that there would be
any real advantage in the with
drawing of our troops -. I believe,
on the contrary, it would material
Ily compromise the results if we
withdrew the pressure and the
threat of our ground forces, and
tried to do it solely by blockade,
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| Chairman RUSSELL appreciate
| your criticism"
| I propose that, along with it
(proposal to end land fighting in
Korea, we drop leaflets with
bombs, wherever they fell, and
where they did not bomb, in order
that they might know that attacks
would cease upon their ceasine
their depredations against Korea.
! I cannot see that it involves any
breach of moral obligation If we
that is, before the world-an-
nounce that those attacks would
continue until Korea was evacu-
Iated.
! Gen. MacArthur-I believe the
presence of the troops there, Sen
ator, is the anvil which enables
the air and the Navy to make
such conclusive blows; without the
anvil they would be almost hitting
into loose air.
Questioned by Wiley.
Senator WileyAI have listened
now for two days and the first
issue, I think, was very quickly re.
solved when you said there was nc
question about the constitutional
power Of the President to recall
you.
The next issue, as I zee it, that
Is more or less an issue between
you and the President, is whether
or not in the opinion Of the Ameri-
can people there were justif1able
grounds.
I have listened to the evidence
so far and there appears to have
been no justifiable grounds. What
the evidence will develop hereafter
I do not know; but I am going tc
ask you again what I asked you ir
the beginning, whether there have
been any grounds of any kind as.
signed other than that which ap-
peared in the letter that was in the
~ H. L.