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PA134
P
BULLETIN
Y
DRAFT (TOPS 104)
WASHINGTON-HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER MARTIN OF MASSACHUSETTS
TOLD
THE
HOUSE
TODAY
GEN.
MACARTHUR
FAVORS
USE
OF
CHINESE
NATIONALIST
TROOPS IN THE KOREAN FIGHTING.
RZ303P -5
to
PA135
WASHINGTON ADD DRAFT (134)
Co and
DEBATING A BILL TO EXTEND THE DRAFT LAW AND CREATE THE
MACHINERY FOR UMT, MARTIN SAID HE HAD REQUESTED MACARTHUR'S VIEWS
ON THE USE OF CHINESE NATIONALISTS TROOPS NOW IN FORMOSA.
MACARTHUR, HE SAID, WROTE HIM A LETTER ON MARCH 20 ENDORSING
MARTIN'S DEMAND THAT THE TROOPS OF CHIANG KAI SHEK BE USED AGAINST
THE CHINESE REDS.
THE TEXT OF MACARTHUR'S LETTER, AS MADE PUBLIC BY MARTIN:
DEAR CONGRESSMAN MARTIN:
AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR NOTE OF THE 8TH FOR RWARDING ME A
COPY OF YOUR ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 12TH. THE LATTER 1 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 DIPLOMATS 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."
RZ312P 4-5
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