MACARTHUR PUZZLES PENTAGON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R001100670125-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 125
• Publication Date: December 30, 1950
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/14
CIA-RDP74-002978001100670125-2
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to I~iO cOt~.^~.ato ;jv~t s:'tx days bcforo that t~ICrQ t^ea'^ not ? eno~s~,h C}I:~ne:
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~QCea!bvr ~~, ho:?: ever, i ~C11rtl~tu^ t~Ppad h:ts eStS.m~~to ?uo 2':o1^G ~;han ono
::~.7.l;I.cn Chino3o in i{area cr on rho bordor, ;:h:~1o on ?~~ccmbor 3.~ he
anno:anccd teat "a botto^~les:~ Yroll of Ch;Ir_eae Corizaun~.:~t:~ r:~a~IZ?~o':rer cor-
tan:~o3 to flv~?r ~.n to ,{oraa."
^ar lnatanco, '?iacAxthtar cOtlrka reel pt~.blicly nn ~econbor ? tiI~1L s~,horo ?`~~
~?roro a'oo~tt ~CU,000 ChincOO troorO in I{ore~t. (`I'II~.;~ tt~nt~ '_in d:lroct contrast
'I3ar.~;h31e :?acArthur~s publa~c Otatomc~~ta in Tokyo arfl `'requQntly
7.1~ co~.rl}~le l.8 v~'i:'~.anc3 ,~;ith the confidontiocl rc~porto c~~blcd l~acl: bg }~i~.O
?L'1t3~.~ igoncq Crloi, an~~ t=It~.oh~.n~ton, :in tt~.rn, is ~u.^^1cc1 a~C ;rh:io?z to
bel3.ove,
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l:rvmo co~ancler!3 in~:cl'l:l.gonco raportO, ,
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gPFc~IT~: REPORTH
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c~~b13:~7 th Jo3.nt Ch~.ofO of S t3f i. On Decomber b, ;jiTOt ;?,.~ro dayt~ after
? `r~?~c~rthur rad ~~,nnouncad his -~lllion~r~an Chlnooo array o:~t~.rz