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curtail our air lift, and our planes were jammed so closely on the
fields in Korea that surprise raids could do us very great damage.
Despite these facts, General Bradley said that the Joint Chiefs of
Staff do not believe that General MacArthur should be authorized to
bomb airfields in Manchuria.
The President asked if there was any way to lessen the damage
sudden
which we might suffer from a air attack by the Chinese com-
munists.
General Vandenberg said no there was not, short of moving many
of our planes back to Japan. This would, of course, mean a considerable
slowing up of our own military operations.
The President then asked General Marshall to speak.
General Marshall said that the Armed Forces Policy Council had
met in the morning, and that the three Service Secretaries had met
thereafter. General Marshall said that the results of the meetings
were admirably summarized in a memorandum prepared by the three Service
Secretaries and he asked the President's permission to read the
memorandum. (A copy of this memorandum is attached.)
8
After reading the memorandum, General Marshall said: "We talked
over what our immediate reaction in the way of positive action ought
to be. We must act on the assumption that United Nations forces can
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