Message from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General Douglas MacArthur, with Related Material

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24 MAR 51 TO: COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FAR EAST, TOKYO, JAPAN ABCHWES AND RECORDE SERVICE" FROM: JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, PERSONAL FOR MACARTHUR The President has directed that your attention be called to his order as transmitted 6 December 1950. In view of the information given you 20 March 1951 any further statements by you must be coordinated as prescribed in the order of 6 December. The President has also directed that in the event Communist military leaders request an armistice in the field, you immediately report that fact to the JCS for instructions.