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General Douglas Macarthur — Part 4

63 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 6, 1964 · Broad topic: General · Topic: General Douglas Macarthur · 62 pages OCR'd
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7 @ , 0-19 (Fev, 5-27-63) . py, Toje6n/ — . i Casper Callahan Conr Babgioech a ans . Gale Rosen S Ta Trotter Tele Room Holmes The Washington Merry-Go-Round a | MacArthur Had-¥ aulty Rae edd oe LENT SITET . Le PY boat ‘commander: ‘In By Drew Pearsor * ithe Pacific, He should have “its too bad that’the Old Sol. been court-martialed. Those ; | dier who was ‘laid to rest iast PT boats carried only one tor-|! |week authorized those two bit- pedo. They were underorders|: ter interviews ardi to fire and then get out, They|' were defenseless. Kennedy]: hung around, however, and let! : a Japanese Mestroyer mow j him down,” a Secret Bombing ‘Deal When you’ re" sitting all te ay ‘|senhower, wh alone ina hotel room, with a a “ {didn’t speak tog long vista. of years to look foots A “ him oars ine back on, it's only natural that 3) “ ix e forgotten “the Pearson” memory becomes -.dim - and past ~ @ al history is mentally rewritten. 2 st and . Paid him, ? 0 However, the :reai history of . But the ‘posthumous “inter-| the Korean War, as shown ‘in views, in’ which ~ MacAi . files of . the. Pentagon, Ytried-to write history: the way| proves. the contrary. of Gen. x j jhe thought it should be—not|/MacArthur’s memory.:_ ™; The Washington Post and D | qthe way it was—have now] And since the reputations of! dopened old wounds. They. also/ other military men, along with! Times Herald shave -opened ~ “some hitherto a former President of. the The Washington Daily News jconfidential files in the Pen- United States, ate~at ‘stake; The Evening Star ftagon. er eae and ‘since many people have New York Herald Tribune ’. These files, ‘plus’ ‘other con-| blamed - ‘Truman for’ refusing Uversations with the. Old Sol-/to permit bombing ‘north - of New York Journal-American — ddier, show that in his latter the Yalu River, this column! New York Mirror dyeats ‘sitting high fn the Wal-|will undertake to report | from, New York Daily News Ndorf Towers, he was_a bitter,/ the. Pentagon files. New York Post brooding man—brooding over ‘They show three - points ew Borewe fine last battle he fought,|which Gen. MacArthur either The New York Times i which ended in his ummary ignored or forgot: _ wes —_ The Worker etirement. : 1. There was a secret agree- ‘ The New Leader RG continued | 50 bitter that ment with ‘the Chinese Com, . The Wall Street Journal —_—_ p. the summer of-1960 he told|munists thatwe would no EC-21! ° ‘one ‘distinguished “diplomat: {bomb north of the Yalu Rive The National Observer —______ “Eisenhower wes always weak,{and they in turn would not People’s World oni as a young officer.” bamb south of: the 38th P ‘ le = Date p2- Ee Oi 79 pK APR 14 1964 wr RECORDED a 46 APR 20 1964 ~~ Gees ae
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