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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 1

16 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: General Douglas Macarthur · 15 pages OCR'd
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U, Mr. Tolson__ - Mr. E. A. Tar Mr. Clegg Mr. Glavi Mr. L ‘Mr. Nichols__ ‘Mr. Rosen Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson___ Mr. Egan Mr. Gurnea___ € _ Mr. Harbo Lif, ih, ied Mr. Hendon___ ee ee x - f Mr. Jones Mr. Penningto) ae ‘Tngoln ‘White tate. Deport| reine tet ley —_— ment Press officer, ad to Teport-| : Dy ae by: OOF ont M . T “an. official statement aired ‘ ribane is the” ‘leading pro-British oe een ta me wrannat mame 20H r. Quinn Tan . defending: MacArthur's” newspaper in this country but has : oe on any phose gt American newsp ape! Ty. policy‘and asserting that nothing |. ; : icontained in “his VJ-Day anniver- ment of Russia since the’ ‘war. 4 ‘sary | ‘ptatement: was: contrary to} Eugene Meyer’s internationalist | 1 : ! ithatrpolicy. : fh , ‘Washington ‘Post seems to have! i | > American. policy, ‘White said, is|even more difficulty than ‘the| . iset forth : inthe. Potsdam agree- Herald-Tribune Geciding whether . , i a “i . | ment,’ ‘in’ the Japanese surrender|‘to be pro-British” or pro-Russian. ' \ | iterms,. in ‘a .White House state-|,Jt not only. carried the anti-Mac- . oe t | iment of September.6, 1945, and inj, , pro-Comminist story. on its _ yh : e decisions of. the Far Eastern||front page but published an edi- . ) : petite n. He added that Mac-| torial berating MacArthur for is- ‘commis is thoroughly‘ acquainted | suing his statement and for talk- 1 . ‘with the basic policy directives and i ne. peontidentially 2, members ‘Is. not required to clear-any state- iG tite. who later wormed of a ‘ment he’ ater pake with the} possible surprise attack by the [s MacArthur’s statement said the [i in Korea, or elsewhere. : “dread uncertainty”of ideological)/ The Post editorial even de- ‘nounced ;. publication:.of an of-' conflict between democracy 85f| ficial dopument predicting that é * ightin: a people “long regimented under| Russia's, fightingage manpower , ® philosophy of the extreme con-/ s cicjative reference service of the . servative right, might prove easy Library of Congress published the ‘prey to those seeking to impose a booklet in response to. a House: ion ‘under the philosophy of, the | 7°% extreme radical left.” “It is hard to see how this sort! of talk can inspire confidence in A copyrighted Washington dis- : patch to the New York -Herald iteane United States abroad or how Tribune, which was also published | 44 on. the first page of the Washing- ton .Post, said unnamed “State Department sources” charg MacArthur with “having la between ourself and Russia,” said| ' ‘|the Post.. |; i ‘The State Department‘s~stzang on his own judgment vénti-| defense of MacArthur contrasted . communist campaign in violation! with its attitude.of a year ago,} - ‘6r ‘INs"Américan’ policy directives from. President Truman.” The stofy quoted these. anonymous/supreme allied commander for sources as saying American policyf stating that his occupation force is Bimed at “building a bridge of: couid be reduced to 200,00 ix friendship to Soviet Russia.” - “months, -" Oins li - ' Acheson remarked that Mac- £2a= L dq. y f hen Dean Acheson, as acting Sec- - etary, publicly rebuked . the ~ Arthur was there as an “instru- Dolley. ‘The reection to wie tec, 7 87. cP 6! policy, e reaction last : Si , did fhot enhance the State Depart- WOK » & * $46 merit’s popularity. The oc jon forge was reduced below 200,00 . months and is now down to about 135,000. Summers eee wemercerene WASH ON TIMES HERALD 63 SEP (Begg DATE —
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