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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eloquently expressed, were well known in Washington. But for all MacArthur's reputation as a strategist, his pleas-considered political, and hence beyond his province-were largely ignored. In 1948 the Defense Department had answered with a flat "no" the general's request for more troops to buttress Japan, which MacArthur regarded as the only firm anchor of the U.S. position in Asia. Last January the State Department had overruled MacArthur's urgent proposal that Formosa be defended. He had warned Washington that Communist capture of Formosa would break the defense line Japan-Okinawa-Formosa-Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over the Mountains: Mountains | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

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