MacArthur

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General Bradley called me at 6:15 this
morning with a message from General MacArthur.

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He says there are 260,000
Chinese out there against him.

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He says he's stymied.

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Says he has to go over
on the defensive.

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It isn't a matter of a few volunteers.
The Chinese have jumped in with both feet.

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Well, what are they saying
about me in Washington?

1:45:48

Sir, to be candid about it, they
think you walked into a Chinese trap.

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That was a deliberate
misunderstanding.

1:45:55

The defeat of the North Koreans
was decisive.

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In the face of this victory,
the Chinese Communists...

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have committed the most offensive act
of international lawlessness in history!

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We are now facing
a new, fresh,

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highly trained army!

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What does Truman mean by
calling this a "police action"?

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Isn't it a fact that the
casualties are mounting daily?

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This "police action"...

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has almost destroyed
the Korean nation.

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For what?

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I've seen as much blood and
disaster as any man now living.

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Every time
I come out of here...

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I could just...
just be sick!

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It curdles my stomach.

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Does he intend
to let this go on?

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By what sophistry
of reason?

1:46:49

Sir, he has the Russians
to consider...

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and our allies.

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General Bradley
feels the same way.

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He says that a war with China
would be the wrong war...

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at the wrong time in the wrong
place and with the wrong enemy.