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...interview with the Washington Post last week, Major General John K. Singlaub, 55, flatly declared that Jimmy Carter's proposed withdrawal of the 31,700 U.S. ground troops in South Korea over a four- or five-year period "will lead to war." Singlaub, third-ranking U.S. general in South Korea, insisted that the pullout would encourage North Korea to launch a second invasion...
Angry Reaction. Though Singlaub went on to say that he would nevertheless "execute such a withdrawal with enthusiasm and a high level of professional skill," that scarcely took the sting out of his criticism. Carter and Defense Secretary Harold Brown were furious. The President immediately summoned Singlaub to Washington for a face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office last weekend. Afterward, Secretary Brown announced that General Singlaub had been relieved of his Korean command because his public statements "inconsistent with announced national security policy have made it difficult for him to carry out" his Korean duties...