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Transcript of Longhand Note of President Harry S. Truman
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Transcript of Longhand Note of President Harry S. Truman
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Korean War Files
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At request of President copy of this was given to - Gegrge Elsey
Even Ayers
The President kept his longhand note or memorandum.
Rose A.C.
WAKE ISLAND
We arrived at dawn. General MacArthur was at the Airport
with his shirt unbuttoned, wearing a greasy ham and eggs cap that
evidently had been in use for twenty years.
He greeted the President cordially and after the photographers
had finished their usual picture orgy the President and the General boarded
an old two door sedan and drove to the quarters of the Airline Manager on
the Island.
For more than an hour they discussed the Japanese and Korean
situation.
The General assured the President that the victory was won in
Korea, that Japan was ready for a peace treaty and that the Chinese
Communists would not attack.
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A general discussion was carried on about Formosa.
The General brought up his statement to the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
which had been ordered withdrawn by the President. The General said
that he was sorry for any embarrassment he'd caused, that he was not in
politics at the time and that the politicians had made a "chump" (his word)
of him in 1948 and that it would not happen again. He assured the President
that he had no political ambitions.
He again said the Chinese Commies would not attack, that we
from Korea
had won the war and that we could send a Division to Europe in January 1951.
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