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9-29-53 have Pre Heroe STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDEN I cafer of The Army Douglas RA of the altrate 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 ARCHIVES "INATIONAL AND F RECORDS . SERVICE' that the excellent coordination which has existed between Washington ROVERIA 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, A N. 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 a 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