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...real story behind the famed Wake Island report came out. Senator Russell asked to see the complete transcript of the President's island conference with MacArthur, which Harry Truman had leaked to the New York Times to prove that MacArthur had been wrong about China's intervention in Korea, and to imply that he was likely to be wrong in his estimate of Russian intentions (TIME, April 30). The Department of Defense dutifully sent along the report, with a covering letter from General Omar Bradley...
...report on the military operations on Bunker Hill." MacArthur hadn't even known that "surreptitious" notes were taken. He had wanted some taken himself, but had been specifically told "that there would be no stenographic reports taken of the conference." Had he received any copies of the transcript? asked New Hampshire's Senator Styles Bridges during the hearings next day. He had been sent copies, MacArthur admitted, but had filed them away without a second glance. "I have no doubt that in general they are an accurate report of what took place...
Oddly enough, the report made almost no mention of Formosa, the question that had stirred up all the fuss. The transcript simply quoted Harry Truman as saying to the assembled staffs that he and the general had "talked fully about Formosa," and were "in complete agreement." Was that true? asked Massachusetts' Senator Leverett Saltonstall. "The agreement," answered MacArthur, "was that both of us had dropped the question of discussing [Formosa] there at Wake Island, [or] at any other time...
...Very Large." Repeatedly in his testimony, to the irritation of Senators, General Marshall withheld passages and facts from the Senators on security grounds, and he insisted that many of his words-in one case, a chunk of more than eight pages-be censored out of the public transcript...
...This week the Democrats prevailed, announced that MacArthur would be heard before the combined Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees (14 Democrats, 12 Republicans) in closed sessions. After each day's testimony, a security officer from the Defense Department and a representative of General MacArthur will edit the transcript before its release to the press...