Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman John W. McCormack
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OCR Page 1 of 6PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear John:
I appreciated very much your good letter of March
twenty-eighth concerning the China situation, I have thought of
that matter very carefully in the light of this letter, and in the
light of the conversations I have had with you on this subject. I
am sure that it would not be wise to appoint a fact-finding com-
mission for this purpose.
I have not said much about the situation in China be-
cause a frank statement of the facts would only make matters
worse. But we know all too well what the facts are.
General Marshall spent a year in China, and then I
had General Wedemeyer over there for quite awhile, We have had
complete reports from them, as well as from General Barr, who
has been quite familiar with the Chinese military set-up. We also
get regular reports from other sources,
Much of this information has been put before the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, I am told, however, that General Barr has not appeared
before the House Committee, although he has appeared before the
Senate Committee.
It seems to me that it would be helpful for the House
Committee to hear General Barr on this subject, If this is to be
arranged, it should be done promptly as he is scheduled to leave
for a foreign assignment within a few days, But, if the Committee
wants to hear him, I will keep him here long enough for that purpose.
We must maintain a flexible position in which we can
deal appropriately with the situation in China as it develeps, I am
sure that this can be done better by the Congress and the Executive
Branch using the regular methods, than it could be done if the situ-
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