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0 our - AND THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 1, 1951 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: General MacArthur's Theateritis In his address to Congress on April 19, 1951 General MacArthur stated: "The issues are global, and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector oblivious to those of another is to court dis- aster for the whole." In his testimony before the Joint Senate Armed Services - Foreign Relations Committee, May 3-5, 1951, General MacArthur repeatedly stated that he knew nothing about, nor had any responsibility for problems outside of his own theater of operations. Nevertheless, he him- self stated that the problem was global, and a considerable portion of his testimony involved his own speculation about Russian strength and intentions. Kenneth W. Hechler