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If-CSec. 2Mtttosman,a!em, OrV Thursday, Oef. 20, IMS pipers Refute Mac ArtHur Claim That He Opposed Russ Entry Into Japan War : By EDCREAGH Washington wv-Thepen- tagon - made public Wednesday long-secret documents reporting that Gen. Douglas MacArthur fav ored Russia's entry into the war y ith Japan as late as June, 1943 less than three months before the war ended. -' MacArthur has said he was ftiost emphatically" against winging the Soviet Union into Ihe, conflict at the time of the yalta Conference in February, and would have said so if tlis advice had been asked. The newly released documents, part ' of a defense department study of Russia s 11th hour entry Into, the war, contain nothing either to confirm or-refute the former Far Eastern commander's statement last March that his views were not solicited tor the "The Pentagon ' account says ilacArthur was told of the Yalta decisions that Russia would en ter the war after V-E Day in ex change, for territories from Japan j by a war department repre sentative. And it quotes Mac Arthur as telling two official visitors shortly after Yalta: : 1. The United States should Rake, every effort to get Russia into' the war before launching aju attack on the Japanese main land. "Pay HerWay" -.' 2. He felt it was inevitable that Russia would take - over all 5 of Manchuria, Korea and possibly j part of North China, but believed . Russia should "pay her way" by ujvtiuuiK Japanese - a e ixi auuf ehuria as soon as possible after the defeat of Germany. ; MacArthur himself is quoted its saying in a message to Gen.; George C Marshall, then army , hief of staff, in mid-June, 1945, ) Chat "sooner or later a decisive ground attack must be made" against Japan and that: 1 Lessen Hazard , n-he hazard and loss win be greatly lessened if an attack is launched from Siberia sufficient ly' ahead of our target date to commit the enemy to major com bat,". - - . ; MacArthur said in a statement Issued last March 23 that, at the timer of Yalta, he regarded the Japanese as about , to collapse and "I would most emphatically have recommended against bring ing, the Soviet into the Pacific war at that latedate." ;; !, He said, too, it would have seemed "fantastic" to him to make "vital concessions" such as those made at Yalta to induce1 the Russians to carry out their ; promise to join the fighting. . , Foresaw Defeat ' '. ! IacArthur cited two instances dispatches or reports he said he made Sept, 21 and Oct 20, 1944 in which he voiced belief Japan's defeat was imminent The Pentagon survey does not contain a reference to either in Itance. " . The Defense Department last spring said MacArthur appeared to be referring to his March state ment to news releases issued from $ls headquarters rather than offi eial reports through military chan The Department'said the survey, composed of official documents. yras issued "in response to tn-j fuiries by members of the Con-! gress and the press," adding it ' floes not tell "The full story" of Russia's entry into the war since tome aspects of the subject were bandied outside the war and navy jSepartments. ft tat e Department Papers This was not' further explained. The. study does quote from State icpartment papers as well as Jnilitary documents, f -A controversy over MacArthur's iews arose after the State De partment made public last March the "Yalta Papers," the record of the U.S.-British-Russian , confer ence in the Crimea which pinned down the. Soviets' promise to enter the Japanese war after V-E day. MacArthur said after the "Yalta Papers"-were released that he knew nothing about the confer ence ' at the time and followed through with his statement that he would have recommended against bringing in the Soviets if be had been consulted. Sought CSBcessioas The Washington Post and .Times Herald challenged the general's statement, saying he was "known" to have messaged the joint chiefs of staff "pleading for concessions to get Russia into the Japanese war." Sen. Lehman (D-NY) - ac- . ' cused MacArthur in a Senate floor speech of "trying to rewrite his- tory." In the ensuing debate, which saw many . Kepumicans rany to Mac Arthur's support newsmen sought access to MacArthur a wartime dispatches. The Army refused at the time to release them and put the question up to the defense de partment which, finally resolved the issue by publishing some of the dispatches as part of Wednesday's 33,000-word study. Much of the controversy hinges on whether President Roosevel. was guiaea in large measure ay military advice when he and Prim Minister Churchill made concessions to Soviet Premier I chiefs stressed inset Stalin at Yalta as the price out just what The record shows virtually' all-fensive operation" was. Some war planners, the (documents show, suggested Russia might hurt rather than help the allied cause if she only to suffer, a the nations military leaders, in eluding MacArthur, wanted Russia in the war immediately i after Pearl Harbor, but that there was growing belief as the Pacific war progressed that Japan could' De beaten without Russia. The final military survey pre pared by the joint chjefs on the eve of the Yalta conference said: "We 'desire Russian entry at the earliest possible date consistent with ber ability to engage in of fensive operations and are pre pared to offer the maximum sup port possible without prejudice to our main effort against japan. At the same time the joint a need for finding Russia could do of getting Russia into the war . I what her "ability to engage in of entered the war quick defeat ; . Told of Decisions The Pentagon! account say Brig. Gen. George A Lincoln flew from Yalta' to MacArthur's head quarters immediately after the big three conference and told Mac- Arthur of the Yalta decisions, in cluding the one on Russia s entry into the war A memo from Marshall, dated j said:? "As I to Russia, thur J pointed ; out which 'would be Lincoln to March S, Gen. 1945, General MacAr that poltically they want a Warm water port Port Arthur. He considered that it would be im practicable to deny them such a port because of tneir great military power. Therefore, it was only right they should share the cost in blood in defeating Japan, ttom the military standpoint we should make every effort to get Russia into the Japanese war before we go into Japan, otherwise we will take the impact of the Jap divi sions! and reap the, losses, while the Russians in due' time advance into" an area free of major resis tance. General MacArthur stated he considered the president should start i putting pressure on the Rus sians; now. ' - ?; -y Tells! of Talks . - f In i another report : to ' Marshall; Col. Paul L. Freeman Jr., a war department representative, sum marized as follows an hour and a half conversation with MacArthur on the same day as the MacArthur- Lincoln. talk: "He emphatically, stated that ws! must not invade Japan proper un less the Russian Army is previously- committed to action in Manchuria. . . 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