YOUNG CITES HISTORY TO BACK BLAST AT MACARTHUR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800170017-1
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: February 21, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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READERS SAY
Youn Cites History to Back Blast at MacArth'
Answering the published letter of Fricis ' of my "loose judgment." My statc-ncnt is
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. Rungis, I repudiate his statement that I historically correct. When American forces
made a "deplorable accusation in blaming in North Korea were caught, as two armies, ~
Gen. Douglas MacArthur for offering 'poor . with a 'mountain range between them, they
F~o'advice' to President Harry S. Truman." 1 fought bravely but were driven back with
Fricis 'Rungis would be'well advised to heavy losses. This sudden surprise attack on
'read Gen. MacArthur's "Reminiscences," our forces started in late 1950 within a few
wherein he admits receiving bad intelligence days after Gen. MacArthur, relying on the
rfrom the CIA and relying on it. In November bad int igence report furnished by the CIA,`
1950 in Lawson's works, "The United States made his optimistic prediction.
in the _ Korean War," "In your opinion" It will be remembered that at Clark Air'
President Truman asked Gen. MacArthur, Base, nearly eight hours after Gen. Mac 3
"is ther
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e Chinese might Arthur had wgrd of the calamity at Pearl
!enter the war on the side of North Korea?" Harbor American war planes were still
i MacArthur, shook his head. "I'd say grounded and were sitting ducks for the
.there's very little chance of that happening. Waves of Jap bombers. They were destloyled
;They have several hundred thousand men
f an the ground.-
north of the Yalu, but they haven't any air Facts,hQt Fricis Rungis' appraisal, v/14'
force. If they tried to cross the river our air determine -whether Gen. MacArthur was t1 id
force would slaughter them. At the most per- greatest,geheral of the. 20th century. isj
I. has 60,000 troops would make it. Our infan-
haps SEN. STEPHEN t -"F?
try could easily contain them. I expect the
actual fighting in North Korea to end by Us Sena a Office;Buil hg, ?; ,,)A
Thanksgiving. We should have our men
Gen. MacArthur's "Reminiscences" and
Lawson's authoritative history show that at
r; the time Gen. MacArthur discarded the ad-
vice of American Air Force intelligence d-
accepted=the-.inteliigence