1:31:00
for Sino-American
military cooperation.
1:31:02
Damn it! Didn't we send MacArthur
to Formosa to do just the opposite?
1:31:06
Call off Chiang and tell him he couldn't send
his troops into mainland China or anywhere?
1:31:10
We didn't send him over there to
forge his own personal alliances.
1:31:12
Hell, that sounds like we're concluding
some kind of mutual defense treaty.
1:31:17
Mr. Secretary, I want you to radio
a message to His Majesty MacArthur.
1:31:21
What's the matter with them
back there?
1:31:24
Have they lost their nerve?
I know all about Chiang.
1:31:27
If he had two horns
and a tail...
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we should use him
as long as he's anticommunist.
1:31:33
We can reform him later.
1:31:37
It's my destiny
to defeat Communism,
1:31:40
and only God or those Washington
politicians will keep me from doing it.
1:31:44
You didn't
read this one, did you?
1:31:46
It's a letter to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
1:31:49
"Nothing could be more fallacious
than the threadbare argument...
1:31:52
"by those who advocate appeasement
and defeatism in the Pacific...
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"that if we defend Formosa,
we alienate continental Asia.
1:31:59
Signed, Douglas MacArthur. "
1:32:01
You hear that?
Appeasement. Defeatism.
1:32:04
That's me he's talking about. Alvin,
can you explain why he's done this?
1:32:06
No, Mr. President,
I'm afraid I can't.
1:32:09
Did any of you know in advance
this letter was gonna be printed?
1:32:13
I want it withdrawn
right now.
1:32:33
Good morning, General.
Whitney.
1:32:36
I haven't seen that pipe
in a long time.
1:32:39
In looking over your positions
this morning, General Walker,
1:32:42
I saw that plans are afoot to conduct
retrograde movements and abandon the perimeter.
1:32:47
Effective immediately,
these plans will be scrapped.
1:32:50
The present line
will be held.
1:32:52
We don't have any perimeter, General.
Just a few scattered strong points.
1:32:56
As soon as I put out one fire,
another two get started.
1:32:58
I know that you're outnumbered in this
thing, but sending you more troops...