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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nGENERAL MacARTHUR:\nHe is doing a job now in Japan and\nabout two or three months after he is through he could be spared.\nTHE PRESIDENT: General MacArthur has suggested that I\nsend for Quirino. Maybe I should send for him and tell him what we want\ndone. I am not sure whether that is the right thing to do.\nGENERAL MacARTHUR:\nIf you are going to give him fifty\nmillion dollars, I think you should (laughter).\nTHE PRESIDENT: General MacArthur and I have talked fully\nabout Formosa. There is no need to cover that subject again. The General\nand I are in complete agreement.\nGENERAL BRADLEY:\nWith regard to the offers of additional\ntroops from the United Nations, are not some of them more trouble than\nthey are worth militarily? Politically they are fine. Some of the offers are\nstill in nebulous form. Some are due to arrive in Korea in February or\nMarch. In most cases it will be necessary for us to pay for their transporta-\ntion, maintenance and training and inasmuch as General MacArthur expects\nto have concluded military operations by November, is it worthwhile to con-\ntinue working on them or should we ask only for token forces ?\nGENERAL MacARTHUR: They are useless from the military\npoint of view and probably would never see action. From the political point\nof view, they give a United Nations flavor. I think that the balance between\nthese two considerations should be struck in Washington. I cannot do it.\n20\nTOP"
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