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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDEN I
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I have met with General MacArthur for the purpose of getting
first-hand information and ideas from him. I did not wish to take
him away from the scene of action in Korea any longer than necessary
and, therefore, I came to meet him at Wake. Our conference has been
highly satisfactory.
The very complete unanimity of view which prevailed enabled us
to finish our discussions rapidly in order to meet General MacArthur!
desire to return at the earliest possible moment. It was apparent
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that the excellent coordination which has existed between Washington
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and the field, to which GeneralMacArthur paid tribute, greatly
facilitated the discussion.
After I had talked with General MacArthur privately, we met
together with our advisers. These joint talks were then followed by
technical consultations in which the following participated: General
and Ambassador John Muccio;
of the Armies Douglas MacArthur,/M Aver 11 Harriman, Special Assistant
of The Amering
to the Presdent, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Omar Bradley,
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Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Commander-
in-Chief Pacific Fleet, Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and
Ambassador at Large Philip C. Jessup.
Primarily we talked about the problems in Korea which are
General MacArthur's most pressing responsibilities. I asked him for
information on the military aspects. I got from him a clear picture
of the heroism and high capacity of the United Nations forces under
his command. We also discussed the militamy steps necessary to bring
peace and security to the area as rapidly as possible in accordance with
the intent of the resolution of the United Nations Genral Assembly and
in order to get our armed forces out of Korea as soon as their United
Nations mission is completed
good
We devoted a gateat deal of time to the major problem of peaceful
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reconstruction of Korea which the United Nations is facing and to the
solution of which we intend to make the best contribution of which the
United States is capable. This is a challenging task which must be
done
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