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Letter to Representative Martin of Massachusetts:
(From Congressional Record of April 5, 1951)
20 March 1951
Dear Congressman Martin:
I am most grateful for your note of the eighth forwarding me a
copy of your address of February 12. The latter I have read with much
interest, and find that with the passage of years you have certainly
lost none of your old time punch.
My views and recommendations with respect to the situation created
by Red China's entry into war against us in Korea have been submitted to
Washington in most complete detail. Generally these views are well
known and clearly understood, as they follow the conventional pattern of
meeting force with maximum counter force as we have never failed to do
in the past. Your view with respect to the utilization of the Chinese
forces on Formosa is in conflict with neither logic nor this tradition.
It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia
is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their play for
global conquest, and that we have joined the issue thus raised on the
battlefield; that here we fight Europe's war with arms while the diplo-
mats there still fight it with words; that if we lose the war to
communism in Asia the fall of Europe is inevitable, win it and Europe
most probably would avoid war and yet preserve freedom. As you point
out, we must win. There is no substitute for victory.
With renewed thanks and expressions of most cordial regard, I am,
Faithfully yours,
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.
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