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    "ocrText": "Senator CIL\n25\ntion we get with regard to Europe, which of\numinous than it has been in the Far East certainly, in the\nCommittees I have been on, is that there is a very definite\nrelationship today between the leaders of Communism\nFrance and Italy with Moscow, that they are in constant Wis\nmunication and take their orders. Isn't that your\nfrom what you know?\ntaoup\nem\nGeneral MacArthur. I don't know, sir.\nSenator Fulbright. Well, is it true in the Far East? I\nHIUU\nlieve mention was made here the other day of a case\narose and was studied in Japan itself. I don't recall the name.\nItavas a Communist spy, a quite famous one, in Japan.\nunder the direction of Moscow?\n,\nS Geperal MacArthur. I couldn't tell you. I don't know\nyou are referring to. You will have to be more specific.\niqmioo\nNotamen\ntian Biboge was the\nthat was sane\nyear before. we occupied Japan.\nSluoo\nSenator Fulbright. I thought it was after you were in\nBifs\nFar East.\n9160\nMacArthur. As I recall, he was an accused Sovjet\nthat was arrested and executed in Japan, but that was d\nthink, in '42 or '43. It has no connection and relation thatal\ncan see to what has occurred in Japan since the surrendere\nNow, as to the statement that you said that I had inferged\nthat Communism throughout the Asiatic countries was sen-\ntrolled and dictated by the Soviets, my speech to the Congress\nshows very clearly a divergence from any such thought.\nv\nfon\nSenator Fulbright. We have been told that Mao\nwas >trained in Moscow and had close personal\nMorgow Is that not true?\nofdeneral MacArthur. How would I know, Senator?\nB bas\nnofenator Fulbright. You don't know. You know that thatein\ncommonly reportedSattimmoo taioi lo adt\nGeneral MaçArthur. That is what has been reported but\ncan gRe you bas 99 on do nsm B asw yM\nSenator Fulbright: Have you any Belleve Is\nnot so?\ndgin en\nGeneral MacArthur. I have no reason to believe\nam not a competent authority to discuss it. the\nsH\nKBUMAN\nSenator Fulbright.\nARCHIVES \"NATIONAL RECORDS AND\nADMIN.\"\nU.S.\nI won't repeat all of the background, but in the course of\nquestions by Senator Morse was the mechanics of what would\nhappen if Chiang's troops were utilized and the Generalissi-\nmo's troops did go on to the mainland, what would happen\nif after that happened the Chinese did withdraw from Korea?\nWhat would be our obligations to the Generalissimo? I ask\nthat purely as a matter of information. I would assume that\nthe Generalissimo, if they were at all successful, would wish\nto continue.\nDo you think we could honorably disengage ourselves from\nany obligations, to pursue it?\nPreservation Copy"
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