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From Hearings on Military Situation in Far East, p. 737-738
General Bradley. I am reading from a note I have in my
U.S.
LIBRARY
book, sir.
GOVERNMENT
We are forced to the conclusion, based upon
all the factors known to us, including particu-
larly those presented in your recent message,
that it is infeasible under existing conditions,
including sustained major effort by Communist
China, to hold the position in Korea for a pro-
tracted period.
It would be to our national interests, however,
and also to the interests of the UN, before you
issue firm instructions for initiation of evacua-
tion of troops from Korea to gain some further
time for essential military and diplomatic
consultations with UN countries participating
in Korean effort.
It is important also to the future of UN
and NATO organizations, to the United States
prestige world-wide, and to efforts to organize
anti-Communist resistance in Asia, that maximum
practical punishment be inflicted on Communist
aggressors and that Korea not be evacuated unless
actually forced by military considerations. In
Washington it is not possible to evaluate present
state of morale and combat efficiency of UN forces.
/Deleted7
In your messages of 30 December 1950 and
January 4 1951, you had indicated it would not
be necessary to make an anticipatory decision
to evacuate until our forces had arrived at
the old Pusan beachhead.
Including consideration of the factors out-
lined above, your estimate is desired as to timing
and conditions under which you will have to issue
instructions to evacuate Korea.
Directive contained in paragraph (c) of our
message of 9 January meanwhile remains in effect.
That was, as I said, to fight in successive positions.
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