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mam & Pres. 1 Oct. 45 - letter, E. to wife MacN+ NYHT MacA told E that Pres. apparently hostile to him for some unknown reason - "He felt that the Pres sld realiz that if MacA does a poor job it will reflect on the Pres. He said the SD was at acking him but that he felt Acheson's attacks possibly came from the Pres as a trial balloon. He said a lot of unfavorable press had come from the reporters accredited to the navy out here who did not know him." - MacA said he'd tried during war to get reports on atrocities released, but FDR and Curtin of Aus. had refused - reports now being released, but still padded SCAP said NYHT always unfriendly to him "for some reason wh ch he never understood" - when E asked if thought difficulties w/ SD due to his real rule over J, MacA replied thought SD had difficulty accepting Occ's suscesses in J - E. said found Gen. Gairdner and British very friendly, poss. out of fear of Russia Eich Paper: Letter sock 30 1995