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Controversy Grows on MacArthur Opinion of Soviet Entry in War
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The President of the United Na
tions Security Council acts to
day on an Israeli request for an
'urgent meeting" to take up
new charges against Egypt.
Arkady A. Sobolev, Soviet
delegate and council president
for April, was expected to call
the session for Wednesday.
Otherwise the Jewish Passover
beginning Thursday night and
Friday will probably prevent
the meeting from being held
until next week.
Israeli Ambassador Abba S.
Eban asked for the session to
consider his government's charge
of "continued and a purposeful
Egyptian aggression." One of
the alleged incidents occurred
as recently as last Sunday.
El Centro, Calif. 4U.R) Dom
inic Grasso complained to police
that his neighbor's rooster crow
ed before dawn and woke his
whole family up. An officer in
vestigated and reported: "Roos
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Tuesday, April 5, 19SS
Official Papers
Probably Won't
Settle Argument
Washington (U.R) The con
troversy over what Gen. Doug
las MacArthur thought about
Russian help against Japan dur
ing World War II widened to
day. It probably won't be settled
by the now-planned publication
cf official documents bearing on
MacArthur's views about Rus
sian intervention in the war 10
years ago. Defense Department
security officers are reviewing
the stack of papers now and may
have them ready for publication
in the next few days.
The controversy was fanned
Monday when an Army histor
ian asserted flatly that Mac
Arthur at the time of the Febru
ary, 1945, Yalta conference was
"thoroughly in favor" of Soviet
entry into the war against
Japan.
Favored Concessions
Louis Morton, chief of the
Pacific Section of the Army's
Office of Military History, wrote
in "The Reporter" magazine that
MacArthur was "perfectly will
ing" to work concessions to gain
Russian participation.
The historian's claims were at
odds with MacArthur's asser
tions that if anyone had asked
him at the time of Yalta he
would have opposed Russian en
try "at that Jate date."
MacArthur said Sunday night
that President Roosevelt and
ether heads of state got their
military information at Yalta
from their chiefs of staff who
"acted solely upon their own re
sponsibility." He said his views
were never asked and he learned
of concessions to Russia months
later.
Morton contended the desire
of the American chiefs of staff
for Russian help was "supported
by the theater commanders." He
said MacArthur "stated emphat
ically at the time of Yalta to
more than one visitor that Amer
ican forces should not Invade
Japan until three months after
the Red Army had attacked in
Manchuria" where Japan had a
huge army.
Otherwise, Morton wrote, the
Japanese could move large num
bers of troops from the continent
to their home islands and take
a high toll in American casual
ties in the then-expected Inva
sion of Japan.
The view that Soviet forces
should pin down Japan's Kwan
tung Army on the Asiatic main
land has been attributed to
MacArthur in several books.
Robert E. Sherwood said in
"Roosevelt and Hopkins," pub
lished in 1948. that at Yalta Mr.
Roosevelt's prime concern in all
Far Eastern discussions was
American war plans against
Japan. He said, "MacArthur's
calculations were based on the
assumption that the Russians
would contain the great bulk of
Japanese forces on the Asiatic
mainland" during the invasion
of Japan.
Sherwood had visited Mac
Arthur shortly after the Yalta
conference.
In his Sunday statement Mac
Arthur said a distinction had to
be made between pre-Yalta and
post-Yalta events. What happen
ed -after Yalta implemented de
cisions made at the conference.
He said there should be no "par
tial and selective" but full re
lease of official documents.
Griffin Creek Grange
About 75 attended -the 19th
anniversary dinner and program
of Griffin Creek Grange. Jessie
Minear ga'e atf interesting his
tory of the Grange and it's prog
ress during this 19 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brown
and Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Eagle
Point were visitors. Jake Brown
was first Master Griffin Creek
Grange.
Next meeting will be on April
14 at 8 p.m. '
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